Being a successful horse trainer is made up of many ingredients that can take years to formulate correctly. However, for some, they have that ‘knack’ from early on in their careers. Kerry native Michael O’Callaghan is a relatively ‘new kid on the block’ as he has only been training full time for the past two […]
We caught up with Derry White of Derry White Agri Contractors who has grown the business from modest beginnings and built up an extensive fleet of tractors and associated machinery. Derry White Agri Contractors is a family run contracting business based in Broadford, Co Limerick and they have been successfully delivering and developing their agricultural […]
JR Perry Ltd. is a long-established family business that has been offering unrivalled agricultural machinery solutions to farmers and contractors across Kildare and surrounding counties for more than half a century. We revisited their Athy head office and touched base once more with managing director Stephen Perry to find out how this outstanding, customer-focused company […]
John Deere’s new generation StarFire 6000 satellite receiver has been designed to set new standards in operational accuracy and signal uptime, while also improving the connectivity of machines using the John Deere FarmSight range of precision farming solutions. The receiver will be making its UK show debut at CropTec on the East of England Showground, […]
Based in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, Lakeview Farm specialises in breeding pedigree Suffolk and Bluefaced Leicester sheep. We caught up with Gary Beacom to find out more about this exceptional family business which has established itself as one of the island’s premier pedigree sheep farms. Lakeview Pedigree Livestock certainly isn’t your ordinary, everyday sheep farm. Gary […]
Eddie Slattery Dairy & Refrigeration Ltd in Tralee, Co Kerry has grown to become one of Ireland’s leading DeLaval dealers, so we felt it was time to catch up with company Sales Manager Derek O’Brien to find out more. The origins of Eddie Slattery Dairy & Refrigeration Ltd date back to 1972 when north Kerry […]
The Liston family in Banogue, Co. Limerick have been steadily increasing their dairy herd size in recent years. Fiachra Liston explains more. Fiachra and his father Aidan are currently milking 280 Holstein Friesian cows, which is more than double what they were milking a decade ago. Since returning to the family farm in 2004, Fiachra […]
Davoren Plant, incorporating Davoren Plant Hire and Davoren Plant Services, is a highly-regarded family-run operation based outside Eyrecourt in Co. Galway. With its 50th birthday just around the corner, we caught up with Niall Davoren to discuss the history and success of the business. Davoren Plant has come a long way since Michael Davoren established […]
As well as being one of Northern Ireland’s leading sheep farmers, Crosby Cleland is a successful fencing and gate contractor and is halfway through his term as Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) beef and lamb chairman. Crosby’s Brookmount Farm in Saintfield, Co. Down, which has been in his family for at least four generations, consists of […]
Now part of the Karro group, Cookstown is the largest single pig processing plant in the UK and Ireland, with 1.2 million pigs processed annually for domestic and international markets throughout Europe, Asia, the USA and Africa. Cookstown is one of largest employers in Mid-Ulster and is a major supporter of Northern Irish (and Republic […]
