Based in Bushmills, Co Antrim, McConaghy Contracts specialises in general contracting, silage, barley, ploughing and sowing. Irish Tractor Agri & Plant caught up with Andrew McConaghy at the start of the year to hear about recent additions to their machinery fleet and the overall state of business. McConaghy Contracts is a company which has seen its […]
R Hillis Contracts Ltd is a fourth-generation agri contracting business specialising in pit and baled silage, dung and slurry spreading, crop harvesting, reseeding, hedge-cutting, dump trailer and digger work. Based in Newry, Co. Down, R Hillis Contracts continues to go from strength to strength after almost 80 years in business. The contracting firm has provided […]
One of Ireland’s leading distributors of wood shavings for the past 45 years, McPhillips Woodshavings Ltd in Newbliss, Co. Monaghan is now supplying straw chip which is an increasingly popular form of animal bedding. The idea to supply straw chip, or milled straw as it’s also known, came about during the Covid-19 lockdown when sawmills […]
As new tractor prices continue to sky-rocket, more and more farmers and contractors are turning to the second-hand market in their search for a value-for-money alternative. And they don’t have to look any further than Daly’s Garage in Clongeel, Co. Cork for used tractors of the highest quality. Established in 1980, Daly’s Garage is a […]
Doyle Farm Buildings has been providing exceptional agricultural building services from St Mullin’s, Co. Carlow for the past 35 years. The family-run business offers a wide range of farm and industrial buildings which are manufactured to the highest standards and to your exact requirements. From humble beginnings in 1989, Doyle Farm Buildings has become synonymous […]
New Zealand Dairy Careers (NZDC) and Farm Relief Services (FRS) have announced their collaboration to offer an Immigration New Zealand approved Work Exchange Scheme, providing opportunities for 18-30-year-old dairy farmers from New Zealand and Ireland. NZDC is the only Immigration New Zealand approved organization that holds this accreditation for the dairy industry which enables people […]
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 […]
