A young farmer in Donegal says innovation is vital to the future of farming. Stephen Robb is a farmer from Newtowncunningham, Co.Donegal and earlier this year he won the Young Tillage Farmer of the Year award at the FBD/Macra Young Farmer of the Year Awards. The competition is organised by Macra na Feirme in partnership […]
Father and son partnership Ken and Richard Mathews from Killeigh in Co. Offaly have one of the top performing sheep flocks in the country and have the award to prove it. The Mathews’ ability to delivery excellence in sheep management and production saw them named as the Zurich Farm Insurance / Farming Independent Sheep Farmer […]
Looking for an agricultural contractor on the Ards peninsula? Get in touch with James Angus & Partners Agricultural Contractors who offer their clients a wide range of services. Irish Tractor & Agri caught up with Andy Angus. Farmers need not worry about taking time out from their busy day when they employ the services of […]
The meat processing industry has stringent rules in place that ensure traceability on all products related to the sector. Over the years, major investment has been placed in facilities to ensure that the proper standards are met. One of the leading meat processing plants in Ireland is a family run business based in Rosemount Business […]
For half a century, the O’Gormans in Kildare have been synonymous with producing high-quality potatoes. We visited their prolific and self-sustaining mixed home farm in the south of the county and caught up with Brendan O’Gorman – who oversees day-to-day activities alongside his brothers, John and Kevin – to find out more about the exceptional […]
Ireland has produced it’s fair share of horse trainers over the years and for this month’s edition of Irish Tractor & Agri, we profile the long-serving Pat Fahy. A life time interest in our four-legged friends has seen Pat work with horses for many years. Having initially started out as a jockey, the Carlow native […]
Backboned by their DeLaval agency, Portumna Farm and Dairy Services boast an extensive stock of farm and dairy products for your farm and full back-up with servicing and repairs. Irish Tractor & Agri caught up Tim Walsh, who runs the family company along with his brother Liam, to find out more. DeLaval is a world […]
For this month’s edition of Irish Tractor & Agri, we speak to JC Engineering Ltd managing director James Coyle about the success of the business and he explains to us how they have managed to continuously keep their customers’ happy. One of the secrets to the success of this Donegal based company is the ability […]
Maurice Gannon never seems to stop working so we really appreciated it when he let us interrupt his hectic schedule to find out more about his outstanding farming and contracting enterprises. At Keelogues, near Cregg in north Galway, we caught up with one of the most enthusiastic, passionate and energetic men on the island. Eighteen-hour […]
Codd Mushrooms is responsible for 55 per cent of all mushrooms consumed in Ireland every year. The development of a €5.5 million environmentally-friendly production and packing unit on the family farm in Tullow, Co. Carlow in recent years has been central to the company’s continued growth. The growing facility is 17,712sq/m and is divided up […]
