Tractamotors Agri is one of Ireland’s premier importers and distributors of agricultural machinery. We travelled to the company’s well-appointed facility on Cavan town’s Dublin Road and caught up with manager James Clarke to find out more about this exceptional operation and the excellent range of equipment supplied through dealers nationwide. The Tractamotors name may be […]
The IFA’s National Liquid Milk Committee Chairman John Finn talks us through their Milk Wise 2025 strategy. In April 2016, The IFA National Liquid Milk Committee elected Galway dairy farmer John Finn to succeed Teddy Cashman as their Chairman for four years. John milks 150 cows near Oranmore with his wife Joan and son Eavan, […]
Castlerea Co-Operative Livestock Mart is synonymous with high quality livestock and offering the highest standard of sales and after-sales is at the core of the business, according to General Manager Brendan Egan. That goes a long way towards explaining how they have successfully managed to stand the test of time. One of the leading livestock […]
Massey Ferguson is unveiling a new-generation rotary combine harvester range which promises a major step forward in performance and productivity for business-orientated farmers. Among a host of exceptional new features, models in the IDEAL from Massey Ferguson line-up offer the biggest integral grain-tank capacity now available on the European market, the fastest unloading rate and […]
Four years ago, two of Ireland’s longest-established timber processing companies – the Grainger Group and the Palfab Group – merged to give rise to GP Wood. Investments of nigh on €20m in its two plants at Enniskeane and Lissarda, have seen the new company quickly establish itself as one of Ireland’s largest and most advanced […]
McHale Plant Sales has further expanded its range of activities through its appointment to represent Komatsu Forest equipment in Ireland, north and south. Effective from mid-October, the appointment will see McHale assume responsibility for all aspects of Komatsu Forest sales and after-sales. Owned by Komatsu of Japan and headquartered in Sweden, Komatsu Forest manufactures and […]
Craigavon, County Armagh-based OBE Waste and Agri Engineering Ltd was named Farm Supplier/Machinery Company of the Year at the Farming Life and Danske Bank Awards 2016 last October. Irish Tractor & Agri caught up with company partner Darryl Hylands who traced the company’s roots from humble beginnings to market leader in its chosen field. The […]
The Harkin brothers from Bridgend, Co. Donegal are one of the leading potato growers in the country and even have the awards to prove it, including the coveted Bord Bia ‘Potato Grower of the Year’ accolade which they won a decade ago. From humble beginnings, Harkin Bros Potatoes Ltd has become one of Donegal’s largest […]
Komatsu has completed the roll out of its EU Stage IV compliant ‘Dash 8’ range of wheel loaders with the arrival on the market here of their new, smaller 12-tonnes WA200-8 model. Said by its distributor, McHale Plant Sales of Birdhill and Rathcoole, to have a particular appeal for agricultural contractors, grain wholesalers and suchlike, […]
Millbank Farm is one of Ireland’s leading turnip and leek producers. Based in Killinchy on the western shores of Strangford Lough in Co. Down, the farm has been growing and selecting only quality fresh produce for over 40 years. Originally beef and dairy farmers, the McGowan family has been involved in commercial turnip production since […]
