With harvesting approaching, leading tyre manufacturer Michelin has published a 10-point tyre check that farmers and contractors are urged to undertake before activities get underway. Taking combine harvesters as the model, operators are advised to check for accidental damage left over from last year, looking for bulges, cuts and tears, as well as tread and […]
Employing 24 staff and running 15 forwarders and harvesters, McKelvey Harvesting Ltd is the largest timber harvesting company in the North-West. Managing director Seamus McKelvey explains more about his busy operation. The Ballybofey, Co. Donegal-based company specialises in clearfelling which is the harvesting of all marketable trees at the end of a forest rotation, generally between ages 30 and 50 […]
When it comes to Massey Ferguson, Martin’s Garage in Bailieboro, Co. Cavan is recognised as one of the leading dealerships in the country. This year is a very significant one for the family-run business which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Martin’s Garage Bailieboro Ltd was established in 1969 by the late Freddie Martin who initially carried out repairs on a wide range […]
Specialising in assisting farmers with the various grants and agricultural schemes available to them, Liam Walsh & Co Ltd is celebrating 25 years in business. The leading private agricultural advisory and consultancy firm was established in Ballina, Co. Mayo in 1995 and has since expanded to open further offices in Birr, Co. Offaly, Maam Cross, […]
Over the past 35 years and counting, Inter Cool Engineering has established itself as the leading milking equipment supplier in the North East and Northern Ireland, offering dairy farmers unbeatable sales, service and parts solutions for milk cooling systems. Irish Tractor & Agri touched base with founder / proprietor Gene Ormiston to get an update […]
Celebrating 10 years since its inception, Clarkill Farming Ltd is a small family-run business located outside Borrisokane, Co Tipperary which specialises in the producing of high quality Bord Bia approved potatoes. Irish Tractor & Agri learned all about the company from co-director Stuart Platt recently. Clarkill Farming Ltd was set-up by brothers Stuart and Mark […]
2019 saw Limerick’s Fiachra Liston earn the award in Excellence in Farm Safety at the annual Zurich Farm Insurance Farmer of the Year Awards. Irish Tractor & Agri caught up with the man himself to learn all about the success and his family’s farm in Banogue. “Farm safety has to be priority” – that’s the […]
Alongside his wife Susie, Lloyd Forbes runs an exceptional agri contracting operation from his base in Knockatoor, Carrigaline, County Cork. We interrupted the enthusiastic husband-and-wife duo’s busy schedule to discuss the history and current wellbeing of their popular enterprise, which has been going strong for coming up on a quarter of a century. Lloyd Forbes […]
Michelin is set to introduce the TrailXBib – a brand new range of agricultural tyres for trailers, spreaders and slurry tankers. Available on both the original equipment and replacement markets from July 2020, the TrailXBib will initially come in two sizes – VF 560/60 R22.5 and VF 650/55 R26.5 – with further sizes planned for […]
Diecast Model Show Feature Specialist, John Cusack from Fedamore, Co. Limerick will create a display on the first week of August that will be live-streamed in aid of Limerick Animal Welfare. The event is called “Kane Trailer Experience”. This will consist of 11 different brands of tractors which will be hooked up to Kane Trailers […]
