WR Shaw has been trading successfully for over 30 years across Laois, Offaly and north Tipperary. Proud to be dealers for New Holland tractors and spare parts, Managing Director Billy Shaw has no intention of resting on his laurels. It could be said that it is by accident rather than by design that Billy Shaw […]
Alan Milne Tractor was set up in 1982 has become one of Ireland’s leading AGCO supplier with Massey Ferguson, Fendt & Challenger Tractors with many other leading brands. The firm supply agricultural machinery to a worldwide audience from their bases in N. Ireland, Newry and Carryduff, while they also supply spares with a dedicated e-commerce […]
Local manufacturer Quad-X offer innovative machinery to help you save time and hassle in feeding your sheep meal and silage outdoors. Why spend valuable time hauling bags of feed around your farm? Why make your everyday jobs harder than they have to be? The Quad-X Stock feeder has been designed to take the hassle out […]
The summer months are a hive activity in the farming community as there is so much to be done in a short time frame. Winter brings about its own perils and although it may not be as hectic as the previous two seasons, it certainly is not a case of downing tools for a couple […]
Waterfall Farms Ltd is a family-run business specialising in the growing, harvesting and preparing of vegetables for the catering trade. Founder Declan Martin explains more about the thriving Co. Cork-based concern. Waterfall Farms Ltd was established in 1998, but the Martin family have been growing vegetables since the early 1970s. On a rundown neglected 50-acre […]
Merlo has added the ‘Plus’ factor to their new telehandler range – shorthand for a number of special features now being fitted as standard within the price package. In one version, these include a joystick (compared to levers), 40kph speed (compared to 35kph) and an engine increased to 101hp (compared to 75hp). Distributed here by […]
All new John Deere Gator utility vehicles can now be equipped with the nationally approved CESAR security and registration system from Datatag ID Limited, as a factory fit option. An XUV 855D model was unveiled on the CESAR stand at LAMMA 2015 in January as the scheme’s 200,000th registered machine. The system is now being […]
For over half a century, John Dan O’Hare has provided customers in County Down with a top-class agricultural contracting service. We met up with the long-serving Banbridge man to take a look at his impressive fleet and to get an insight into the wide range of services provided. For some, agricultural contracting is simply in […]
Established in 1988, O’Hanlon Herbs provides Irish customers with a full range of fresh herbs. We met up with company founder / proprietor Tom O’Hanlon at his Glenealy, County Wicklow nursery to take a closer look at this unique operation. From humble beginnings in a small suburban back garden / kitchen in County Dublin some […]
Amongst the machines making their debut at the FTMTA farm machinery show in Punchestown is the new Komatsu WA320-7 wheel loader. Being exhibited alongside Zetor and Merlo on the McHale Plant Sales stand, the WA320-7 is an upgrade of the WA320-6 model that was beginning to prove popular amongst a number of leading contractors as […]
