Siobhán Talbot, the Managing Director of Glanbia, is the inaugural winner of The Irish Times Business Person of the Year Award. Ms Talbot was one of 11 winners of The Irish Times Business Person of the Month Awards which were launched last May and who was eligible for the overall award. The purpose of the […]
A new addition to the Landini tractor range will make its debut in Ireland at the FTMTA’s Grass & Muck Event, Gurteen Agricultural College, Co Tipperary on May 17. The 110hp Landini 6-115H will be hot off the assembly lines at the Argo Tractors factory in northern Italy, where more than 70% by value of […]
With more than 25 years under its belt, William Foster Tractors Ltd in Co Wicklow continues to lead the way when it comes to the supply of New Holland products. Irish Tractor & Agri caught up with the man himself to learn more about the company. These are busy times for William Foster Tractors Ltd […]
Hughes Brothers Agri have been providing unrivalled contracting services for more than four decades. We travelled to the fertile terrain of Ballinkillen in County Carlow and touched base with Philip Hughes to find out more about this highly-regarded family-run enterprise. Specialists in wagon silage, self-propelled silage and baling & wrapping, Hughes Brothers Agri are renowned […]
With over 30 years’ experience, Naas Farm Machinery has established itself as a leading supplier of new and used tractors and agricultural machinery. Irish Tractor & Agri learned more about the business from its General Manager, Murt Murphy. When George Delahunt first set-up Naas Farm Machinery back in 1986 he’d have hardly anticipated being in […]
There was delight for the Ronaldson family at the Zurich Farm Insurance Farming Independent Farmer of the Year Awards at The Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin on Friday, May 26 2017 when they scooped the Tillage Farmer of the Year award for their modern use of technology on their 300-acre farm near Ballymore Eustace in Co. […]
For more than three decades, PFM Machinery & Fabrication has served the farming community with outstanding service levels when it comes to manufacturing and erecting high-quality steel sheds and agricultural buildings. We travelled to Rathangan in County Kildare and spoke to managing director Pauric Fitzpatrick to find out more about the wide range of products […]
In Ireland, hedges are of exceptional importance as habitats, particularly for birds but also for wild flowers, shrubs and trees and provide food and shelter for birds and other wildlife and enhance the diversity of nature in our countryside. However, from time to time our hedges and trees need to be cut back or in […]
Getting a tow bar and trailer lined up can be one of the most frustrating aspects of towing with a van, estate car or 4×4 – but Spaldings has a solution in a range of Quick Hitch couplings that make it much less of a hit-and-miss affair. The Quick Hitch bolts to the back of […]
John Deere will be featuring the new generation HarvestLab 3000 crop constituent/manure sensing system and V400 Series variable chamber round baler for the first time at three major grassland events in May. The machines can be seen working at Grassland UK in Somerset on May 10, the Royal Welsh Grassland Event in Powys on May […]
