Features

A family affair

28 Sep , 2015  

Agricultural contractors play a massive part in the farming community as their services allow work to be done, without costing farmers huge amounts in having to invest in the machinery necessary to complete these tasks. For each activity, different machinery is needed and such is the cost of the various equipment that it just wouldn’t […]

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A model service

28 Sep , 2015  

Since its inception some seven years ago, Michael Quigley Haulage in Wexford has been providing an excellent service to a range of customers across the Model County and beyond. We dropped into the company’s Barntown base and had a chat with Michael about the services offered, his trusty fleet, and day-to-day activities. Be it crops, […]

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One of Munster’s best in agri-contracting and quarry products

25 Sep , 2015  

Shanahan Bros are well established Agricultural Contractors and quarry owners serving the Limerick North Cork and North Kerry regions. Agricultural contracting services provided include silage cutting, full tillage service , slurry spreading and bailing. From their base in Newcastle West they also supply and deliver crushed stone, sand and gravel to farmers and the building […]

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Three generations of agricultural contracting

25 Sep , 2015  

There’s no question that Liam Trench Agri Contractors has established itself as a leading contracting company since its inception way back. Irish Tractor spoke to Liam Trench himself to tell us about business based the Ballindoyne-based business. When a family-run business moves into its third generation you know that something is being done right. That […]

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Machinery from Belfast to Killarney and anywhere in between

25 Sep , 2015  

GPS Recovery has supplemented its core recovery business by also introducing a keen agricultural machinery transport service, which is proving to be extremely popular with customers from all over the island. We visited GPS’s base in Inniskeen, along the Louth / Monaghan border, and spoke to Shane Martin, who oversees the machinery transport side of […]

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McHale Plant Sales adds to awards tally

25 Sep , 2015  

A major European sales award from Komatsu and two Innovation Awards in its farm machinery division have seen McHale Plant Sales add to the tally of awards presented to it over the past two years. For the second successive year, managing director Michael McHale and his team recently returned from a major Komatsu European distributors […]

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A name you can trust

24 Sep , 2015  

At JP Murphy Bros they have been erecting agricultural buildings and other steel buildings since 1998. A friendly, family-run company, they pride themselves on their great customer relationships. JP Murphy Bros Ltd is the south east’s leading design and build contractors for the Agricultural sector. With years of practical experience in farming and building, MD […]

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Features

Choose the healthy option

24 Sep , 2015  

As a population, we Irish have become more conscious about what we eat nowadays. The increase in awareness to the benefits of eating healthy has resulted in a spike in the popularity of organic food and the emergence of businesses such as the award-winning Beechlawn* Organic Farm of Galway are helping to satisfy the customer […]

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Making hay when the sun shines

23 Sep , 2015  

Based in Castlefinn, Co Donegal, Wauchope Agri Contracting is a family farming and agricultural contracting company. William Wauchope, who runs the business along with his father Robert and brother Kenneth, talks Irish Tractor & Agri magazine through how they have established a reputation which is second to none. It was by accident rather than design […]

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Best in the West

23 Sep , 2015  

Celebrating a quarter of a century in business, Sean O’Malley Plant Hire Ltd is a family-run concern specialising in plant hire, land drainage works, forestry development, road-making and turf cutting. Founder and managing director Sean O’Malley is joined in the business by his wife Ita and daughters Sarah and Niamh. The company, which currently has […]

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