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The fuel injection specialists

17 Feb , 2022  

Between investing in state-of-the-art technology and launching an e-commerce website (www.des.ie), Diesel Engineering Services Ltd is always ahead of the curve in the fuel injection market. The Shercock, Co Cavan based company has been servicing the needs of the local agricultural sector and beyond for over 50 years. Diesel Engineering Services Ltd has always taken […]

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Leahy Agri Business celebrates 15 years

15 Feb , 2022  

Celebrating 15 years in business, Leahy Agri Business Ltd is one of Kerry’s foremost agricultural contracting firms. The Causeway-based operation offers a wide range of services to the farming community, including pit silage, bale silage, maize, grain, sugar beet harvesting and reseeding.  Founded by Maurice Leahy and his nephew Kevin Leahy, the family business is also engaged in tillage farming and […]

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Anniversary year for slurry specialist

11 Feb , 2022  

Slurry equipment manufacturer and contractor Tramspread is still seeing increasing demand after 25 years for its contractor engine driven pump unit (EDPU). The Suffolk based company is also celebrating 15 years production of its popular random wrap hose reel. Managing director Terry Baker commented: “Tramspread started umbilical contracting 25 years ago with a single axle […]

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Scally Silage setting the standard through investment, efficiency and foresight

10 Feb , 2022  

Delivering unrivalled services to customers for three-and-a-half decades and counting, Scally Silage is one of Westmeath’s longest-established and most vastly-experienced agricultural contractors. We touched base with conscientious, meticulous founder / proprietor Paul Scally – who also fronts leading groundworks and steel fabrication company RKC – to find out more about his exceptional, forward-thinking silage operation. […]

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The highest standards guaranteed when you purchase a Doyle Farm Building

8 Feb , 2022  

Doyle Farm Buildings has been a permanent fixture on the South-East’s agricultural landscape for the past 32 years. Managing Director Eamon Doyle informed Irish Tractor & Agri that demand for their services and wide range of associated products is high at the present time. In fact, so far 2021 has been the “busiest year” that […]

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Embracing innovation, Ashleigh Farms continues to thrive

3 Feb , 2022  

With the keenest emphasis invariably placed on welfare, innovation and the environment, Ashleigh Farms is a fully self-sufficient and sustainable third-generation family pig farm based in West Waterford. We travelled to their impressive home unit in Cappagh and touched base with director Jason McGrath to get an update on this industry-leading enterprise. Ashleigh Farms exists […]

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Quality farm buildings from Albrim Ltd

1 Feb , 2022  

Established in 2010, Albrim Ltd is a leading provider of farm and industrial buildings in the Midlands and beyond. Founder and managing director Roy Fairbrother explains more about his Coolrain, Co. Laois-based business which continues to go from strength to strength. Based in the heart of Ireland, Albrim Ltd is a one-stop shop for all […]

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Bantry’s best plant hire service

27 Jan , 2022  

Based in Derrinkealig, Bantry, Co Cork, Val Whooley Plant Hire Ltd has been in operation for more than 30 years now and holds an impeccable reputation for its work in the area. Irish Tractor & Agri caught up with its Managing Director Gareth Whooley to learn all about this all-year-round busy venture in the Rebel […]

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Built to last from Dowd Engineering

25 Jan , 2022  

Established in 2014, Dowd Engineering is a family-run metal fabrication business based just outside Ballyjamesduff in Co. Cavan. The company provides exceptional welding and fabrication services to the farming and waste recycling industries as owner Frank Dowd explains. Run by Frank and his wife Olga along with six staff, Dowd Engineering has earned an enviable reputation for manufacturing products to the highest quality […]

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Contractor Grigg-Agri praises durability of Michelin Sprayer tyres

25 Jan , 2022  

Cornwall-based contractor Grigg-Agri has invested in another set of VF 420/85 R34 MICHELIN YieldBib tyres for its two Bateman RB35 sprayers after the original equipment rubber lasted twice as long as the tyres it had run in the past. The two sprayers are used to support a wide range of arable crops across the county, […]