These are exciting times for R&R Farm which is planning to build an anaerobic digester (AD) plant on its farm in East Cork. The fourth-generation tillage enterprise, which has additional rented satellite farms within a 15km radius of the home farm in Mogeely and hosted the National Ploughing Championships in 2005, sees the potential integration of an anaerobic digester as a transformative step towards a more […]
The Social, Economic Environmental Forestry Association of Ireland welcomes yesterday’s preliminary announcement from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of a €79.5 million package for landowners affected by ash dieback. The scheme, approved by Cabinet yesterday, offers farmers a €5,000 payment for the loss of their ash crop. However, precise details concerning timelines, […]
Ashleigh Farms Ltd is a third-generation family pig farm in West Waterford which places a strong emphasis on welfare, innovation and the environment. From humble beginnings in the early 1960s when David McGrath started out with just two sows, Ashleigh Farms has grown into a successful 2,000-sow enterprise with units in Ballinameela, Knocknaglogh and Caliso […]
With a renowned reputation and history of producing high quality animal feeds, Smyths Daleside is the leading animal feed manufacturer in the North West of Ireland, serving an extensive customer base across the northern half of Ireland. Located at Ballindrait, just outside Lifford in County Donegal, and milling since 1965, Smyths Daleside boasts a stellar […]
Shane Nolan combines running his busy agri contracting and tillage enterprises with John Deere transmission repairs and servicing. Based on the edge of the Burren in Finavara, Co. Clare, Shane left his electronics job in Dublin in 1995 to return home to take over his father Jimmy’s small farm and contracting business. He was initially […]
John Cummins Tyres Ltd in Tullaroan, Co. Kilkenny is celebrating 25 years as one of the leading tyre depots in the region. While the agri sector accounts for 60% of his overall turnover, John Cummins supplies and fits tyres for all vehicle types, from passenger cars up to the largest earthmovers. He has a wide […]
Hatton Produce is an exceptional third-generation family business based in Ballyeden, County Wexford and synonymous with growing high-quality potatoes and cereal. To futureproof this model family farming enterprise, the Hattons have also diversified into dairy. We touched base with Henry and Serena to get an update. In farming, to stand still is to regress and […]
RT Sales Ltd is home of the new and innovative RT ProArm Hedgecutter which is attracting considerable interest from far and wide. Committed to providing the best Design, Performance and Production of quality hedge cutters, coupled with over 25 years’ experience in hedge cutting contracting, RT Sales Ltd has now brought its own unique RT ProArm range to the market. These machines are manufactured […]
Take the weight off your shoulders with a new or used Merlo telehandler from Fran Cullen Merlo Parts & Sales in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. Fran has been supplying Merlo telehandlers to the construction and agricultural sectors for the past 23 years. He also provides an unrivalled parts and backup service, and has recently seen an […]
Clements Contracting provides exceptional agri contracting services to customers within a 25-mile radius of its base in Rathnew, County Wicklow, where founder William Clements also runs a mixed farming enterprise alongside his father, John. The farming and contracting businesses complement one another perfectly, as we discovered when touching base with William on Milltown Farm in […]
