2015 saw Corby Rock Mill Ltd celebrate 40 years of continued excellence in animal feed products, so Irish Tractor & Agri felt it was time to catch up with the Co Monaghan-based company which now has a thriving trade in the Poultry, Ruminant, Sheep and Calf markets. Established since 1975, Corby Rock Mill was set-up to […]
Currently milking 450 Holstein Friesian cows three times a day, the Gardiners are one of the biggest dairy farmers in the Craigavon area. Reggie Gardiner explains more. Reggie has been involved in dairy farming since the age of 16 when he started out with half a dozen cows. Fast forward nearly 60 years and he’s […]
Glen Keen Farm has left no stone unturned in its quest to become Ireland premier agri-tourism attraction. We travelled west to the Wild Atlantic Way and caught up with Catherine O’Grady Powers & her husband Jim Powers to get an insight into this spectacular sheep farm and the wide range of activities that attract visitors […]
Watertop Open Farm is the brainchild of Patsy and Terry McBride and the brothers have successfully developed the family farm into a popular Northern Ireland tourist attraction. Open for caravan and camping, school and group visits, from Easter to Halloween, the activities for day visits are now open for July and August. Watertop Open Farm […]
McCaul Dairy Services is an approved DeLaval distributor for all of Co. Cavan and North Meath. Offering a comprehensive service to its customers, the family-run business is also an agent for Alfco automatic scrapers and cow mats as well as Cashman and Orby parlour feeders. Established in September 2013 by Padraig McCaul who has been […]
The Robson name has been synonymous with breeding pedigree cattle around Ballyclare in Co Antrim for decades now. Irish Tractor & Agri found out more about Kilbride Farms Simmentals from Michael Robson, one of the members of the clan. Breeding champions is no easy task – whatever field you might be in – but the […]
From his base in Macroom, County Cork, Noel Kelleher provides a range of outstanding services, including tree cutting / harvesting and wood chipping, hedge cutting and site clearance as well as cleaning poultry houses and running a beef suckler enterprise. We interrupted his busy schedule to find out more. Cork man Noel Kelleher certainly couldn’t […]
From an early age, North Kerry farmer / contractor Neilus O’Connor identified the importance of diversification, which has culminated in a varied and successful enterprise comprising potato production; silage and baling contracting; and firewood production, We travelled to Moyvane and caught up with the practical, highly-motivated and industrious young Kerryman, who was recently elected vice-chairman […]
Located in the heart of Co. Down, Glastry Farm Ice Cream is truly homemade. Will Taylor and his family have been producing a decadent range of ice creams since 2007. The Taylor family have been farming dairy cows and producing milk on Glastry Farm since 1856. In 2007, as part of a farm diversification project, […]
The 2016 summer has been generally good for the farming community as there were plenty of windows of opportunity to get the seasonal work done. It can be a hectic time for farmers as there is so much to do in a short space of time, and whether they do the work themselves or employ […]
