This is what René Coppens, Program Director Vital Pig Farming Rabobank, said on Tuesday morning 3 July 2018 at the ratification of the investment fund between Rabobank, MS Schippers and Van Loon Group. Through these collaboration, pig farmers are offered financial support in their transition to HyCare. The investment fund offers the opportunity to make […]
Sherwood Farms in Melton Mowbray – the UK’s first farmer to specify a tractor on Michelin’s new AxioBib 2 tyres – is reportedly noticing the soil protection benefits of the Ultraflex technology fitments after just 300 hours operation. Working an arable farm that produces wheat, barley and oilseed rape, director, James Parker’s Fendt 724 tractor […]
Formed in 2014, DMS Tyres is a one-stop shop for all your car, truck and agri tyre needs. The busy Co. Laois tyre centre can supply all ranges of tyres from small tractor tyres to large slurry tanker tyres and offers high quality new and part-worn tyres at affordable prices. In just three years, DMS […]
John Deere has signed an agreement to cooperate with Pessl Instruments GmbH, a leading supplier of agricultural weather stations, telemetry and other equipment for precision farming. John Deere has a strong, well-established European dealer network and offers an extensive range of agricultural machinery equipped with AMS (Agricultural Management Solutions) technology. Under this partnership John Deere’s […]
A tracked version of the innovative Teleskid has been introduced by JCB to handle loading and re-handling tasks in farming and forestry where conditions underfoot are delicate or especially demanding. The Teleskid 3TS-8T is unique among compact tracked loaders in having a telescopic boom that adds to the machine’s capabilities and performance envelope. It has […]
Pat O’Connor & Sons Agri Plant is a leading agricultural contracting firm based in Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary. The family-run business provides a wide range of services to farmers in four different counties, including silage cutting, slurry spreading, lime spreading, ploughing, reseeding, hedge-cutting and excavation work. The O’Connor family have been in the farm contracting business […]
Based in Newcastle West, Gary Brogan Tractors are main Landini dealers for counties Clare, Kerry and Limerick. Irish Tractor & Agri learned more about the company from its Managing Director Gary Brogan recently. Nestled in the heart of west Limerick, Gary Brogan Tractors specialises in the sale of both new and pre-owned agricultural tractors, machinery, […]
Since its inception in 2012, Collins Agri has been helping dairy farmers become more efficient by providing a superb variety of high-quality dairy products, incorporating milking parlours (ATL), dairy hygiene solutions (Cotswold) and animal health monitoring systems (HerdInsights). We caught up with marketing manager Cora Harty to learn more about the outstanding products and services […]
J Whyte Agri Services has earned a glowing reputation for providing its clients with an excellent service year in, year out. Irish Tractor & Agri heard more from Managing Director Brendan Casey who has high hopes again for 2018. 2017 was a busy year for Cork-based company J Whyte Agri Services and the man behind […]
Headquartered in Virginia, County Cavan, Green Belt Ltd. have over the past three-and-a-half decades established themselves as Ireland’s premier forestry company – a status that was underlined when they scooped the 2017 Agribusiness of the Year Award for Forestry in November. We caught up with Investment Manager Maurice Ryan to get an update on the […]
