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 […]
The Heffernan Family Farm in Dunnamaggin, County Kilkenny was voted as Leinster Regional Winner at the 2017 Grassland Farmer of the Year Awards. We caught up with Mark Heffernan to find out more about this exceptional, progressive family-run dairy enterprise, which places a major emphasis on grass utilisation. With 2017 designated as the year of […]
Agricultural Contractors depend a lot on the weather in order to get through their workload, their patience can be tested at times given the uncertainty of the weather in Ireland, but 2018 is set to be a year that they won’t forget in a hurry. Just seven months ago, the island of Ireland was covered […]
A new generation of McCormick X5 Series tractors now available from dealers throughout the UK and Ireland features more transmission options for a wider choice of gear configurations. It also offers new reduced-revs 40kph and pto speeds to help with fuel economy and a power-boosted braking system for improved performance with less effort as part […]
For over two decades, PJ Mulhearne Agricultural Contractors Ltd has provided customers in County Waterford with a top-class agricultural contracting service. We met up with the long-serving Kilmacthomas man to take a look at his impressive fleet and to get an insight into the wide range of services provided. For some, agricultural contracting is simply […]
38 herds from across the country participated in the IHFA National Herds Competition 2018. Herds were visited within one week by judge, Mark Logan, Clandeboye estate, Northern Ireland, beginning at the end of May which fortunately coincided with an upturn in weather conditions and grass growth. Herds were entered by their clubs on the basis […]
Colin Barry Electrical & Dairy Services has been an approved Dairymaster distributor since 2010. Covering Kilkenny, Waterford and parts of Tipperary, the Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny-based operation is a one-stop shop for all your Dairymaster needs. Established by Colin Barry in 2006 primarily as an electrical contracting firm, the company has evolved to encompass both electrical […]
