Ballygalda Farms beat off stiff competition to take home the Weanling/Store to beef production award at the Origin Green Farmer Awards at the end of last year. Irish Tractor & Agri heard all about the success from the farmer owner himself, David Auchmuty. These are busy times for Ballygalda Farms and farm owner David Auchmuty, […]
Based in Co Donegal, Maurice Montgomery Agri Contracts has managed quite a quick rise in the short space of seven years by offering all aspects of agricultural contracting. Irish Tractor & Agri found out all about it from the man himself. These are busy times for Maurice Montgomery Agri Contracts & Montgomery Plant Hire Ltd […]
Serving dairy farmers since 2008, Alfatech is an authorised DeLaval dealer for Meath and Dublin. The company is run by Kevin Rogers and Peter Brennan who have a wealth of experience in the milking systems sector. DeLaval is a world leader in the dairy farming industry, providing integrated milking solutions designed to improve dairy farmers’ […]
McKee Engineering’s first 18 months in business has surpassed all expectations as orders for their standard and bespoke trailers come in from far and wide. Based in Coalisland, Co. Tyrone, McKee Engineering design, engineer and manufacture trailers to the highest quality. While low loaders and dump trailers are their core business, they also manufacture general […]
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has named three of New Holland Agriculture’s innovations as winners of 2020 AE50 awards: the SideWinderÔ Ultra armrest, the Ground Speed Management II transmission control, and the auxiliary 4th tank product leveler for the P-Series air carts. The prestigious awards recognize the products ranked highest in […]
They’re a rare and invaluable breed but, when it comes to analysing the Irish agri sector, pig farmers are often overlooked, despite the vital contribution they make not just to agriculture but also to our economy and society as a whole. Mattie Moore, for example, runs a high-quality pig production operation that straddles counties Offaly, […]
People who claim that potatoes are in any way bad for us are ill-formed or have a hidden agenda. That’s the contention of the life long potato harvester Anthony Battersby … and it is hard to disagree with him. After all, weren’t our ancestors all essentially raised on potatoes and what harm did it ever […]
Although he essentially provides a traditional, tried-and-trusted contracting service, Michael Barrett also embraces change and innovation to give his customers the best of both worlds. We visited the affable Limerick man at his dairy farm near Newcastle West to get an insight into his effective and efficient contracting operation. It’s exactly 25 years since Michael […]
John Deere’s 8000 and 9000 Series self-propelled forage harvesters have been updated with several new features for 2020, to provide customers with more comfort, lower operating costs and even more control and reliability. AHC (Active Header Control) extended with active lateral tilt float Pick-up and direct cut headers can be operated with maximum efficiency and […]
John Deere and Volocopter have announced their cooperation on cargo drone technology and presented the first large drone adapted for agricultural use at Agritechnica 2019. A demonstrator model of the VoloDrone equipped with a John Deere crop sprayer, which is ready for its first field flight, was displayed in the Future Technology Zone. Featuring a […]
