Many agricultural contractors hail from generations of the family that have been involved in the same line of work down through the years. Agricultural contracting has certainly evolved over the decades and the state of the art machinery used these days allows contractors to get through much more work than they could in time gone […]
Established in 1991, Michael Maher Contracting & Repairs Ltd is a family run business based in Doon, Co Limerick. From humble beginnings, the company has grown over the years and having started as an agricultural contractor, the Maher family now provide an array of services across a number of industries. Michael Maher purchased his first […]
Albrim Ltd has become renowned for its excellence in the fabrication and construction of farm and industrial buildings. Irish Tractor & Agri learned all about the booming Co Laois business from its Managing Director, Roy Fairbrother. They’re extremely busy these days at Albrim Ltd and the plan is to keep business thriving at a company […]
John Deere is now offering a new PIN code locking system to help deter the theft of valuable GreenStar in-cab displays and StarFire satellite receivers. This has been designed to make it impossible to use the components if they are stolen. Because of their popular ‘plug and play’ design, John Deere displays and GPS receivers […]
Owned and managed by Joe Beggan – a consulting engineer with a quarter of a century’s experience in building design, planning, project management and supervision – Encore Consulting is a multi-disciplinary practice based in Clones, County Monaghan. We touched base with Joe to discuss some of the services provided to agri clients. Specialising in a […]
Since 1980, Peter J McDonald Engineering Ltd has been supplying a top quality service to a large customer base and for this month’s edition of Irish Tractor, we profile the family run business to see what has made them so successful over the past four decades. From Livestock Buildings, Sheep Sheds, Straw Barns and Grain […]
Roy Dineen Agri Design has developed an enviable reputation for delivering comprehensive farm building solutions for his customers. Vastly experienced, Roy has the knowledge and expertise to design quality buildings at an affordable cost while planning permission applications are all part of the service. • Can the design of your farm facilities reduce your labour? […]
Among the comprehensive range of JCB AGRI attachments supplied ready to put to work on JCB telehandlers and loaders for the hay- and silage-making season are bale spikes in single- and multiple-tine configurations, a roller-type silage-bale handler, and a ‘clap hands’ grab for wrapped and unwrapped bales. The products are certified for use with JCB […]
Cockburnspath-based R&C Crichton has become the first farmer in Scotland to specify Michelin’s new RoadBib tyres – designed to provide high performance, longevity and traction on 200+hp machines used intensively on the road. Jamie Crichton specified the new tyres for his high-spec JCB Fastrac 4220 after hearing positive reports from one of the contractors involved […]
New developments are moving into in all industries. Reacting to them and offering technical solutions is one of the strengths of the Faymonville Group. A newly developed 2-axle low bed semi-trailer has now been added to the range for transport tasks in agriculture. “The loading platform of the MegaMAX is hydraulically adaptable. When retracted it […]
