The chairman of the IFA’s National Field Vegetables & Protected Crops Committee, Matt Foley talks about issues affecting members. A tomato grower based in Rush, Co. Dublin, Matt is into his second two-year term as chairman of the Committee which represents approximately 170 field vegetable growers in Ireland. The National Field Vegetables & Protected Crops […]
The new 150hp, top-of-the range Forterra 150HD tractor drew large numbers to a series of events hosted by nine Zetor main dealers over the past month. Outlets included Gorman Tractor Sales, Dundalk, McKeever Tractors, Portglenone, Jacobs Service Station, Enniscrone, David Garrihy Tractors, Ennistymon, Munster Tractor and Plant Services, Kilfinane, Derry O’Donovan, Timoleague, Kildalton Agricultural College at an […]
A market leader in the supply and installation of equipment to the modern day pig farm, Phil Bennis & Son Ltd’s Managing Director Philip Bennis tells Irish Tractor & Agri why their products are very much in demand. If your agricultural business is producing for the meat trade, then you know that yield and quality […]
Ireland’s leading supplier of firewood processing and timber harvesting and forwarding machinery, Oakleaf Forestry has carved a niche for itself in the marketplace since its inception eight years ago. We met up with founder / proprietor Joe Litter to get an insight into the day-to-day operations at Ireland’s leading supplier of machinery to the timber […]
John Deere’s variable chamber wrapping baler can be seen for the first time at a UK event on the company’s stand at Grassland UK in May. Developed in partnership with the Austrian Göweil company, a specialist manufacturer of bale wrapping systems, the G5040 Kombi Ready option is available to order with any 900 Series variable […]
As the only manufacturer of tractor front loaders in the country, Rossmore Engineering Limited are asking farmers to buy Irish. And you won’t regret it because Rossmore’s products are renowned for their reliability and quality while the interest of the customer always comes first. In existence over 30 years, Rossmore Engineering Limited is a family […]
The summer months are upon us and in the farming community that points to one thing, making silage. The adverse weather conditions in Ireland mean that cutting silage is not a procedure that can be achieved at the same time every year, but when we do get ‘dry spells’, it is essential for agricultural contractors […]
It is every company’s aim to continuously look at ways to improve the service that they provide their customers, even businesses that have been operating since the dawn of time! One such firm is Kerry based Rhyno Quality Feeds, which has been supplying animal feeds to an extensive customer base since early in the twentieth […]
To coincide with Armstrong Machinery Ltd.’s 60th-anniversary celebrations, we dropped into their Lusk base and got an insight into the history and current well-being of this long-standing family business from director Charles Hutcheson. Twenty-fourteen is a very special year for Armstrong Machinery Ltd.in Lusk, North County Dublin, which is celebrating 60 years in business. To […]
For ten years and counting, O’Brien Brothers Transport Ltd. has been providing a first-class service. Having started life as a livestock exportation specialist, the business has expanded and diversified to also embrace continental refrigerated distribution. Irish Tractor & Agri travelled to the company HQ in Ballyorgan, County Limerick to get an insight into the history […]
