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A professional fallen animal collection service

10 Aug , 2023  

Ward Waste Products Ltd in Tournafulla, Co. Limerick has been providing a professional fallen animal collection service for over 60 years. The family-run business also specialises in all aspects of waste management, including general haulage and skip hire. Operating all over Munster under the Department of Agriculture’s Fallen Animals Scheme, Ward Waste Products was established […]

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GP Wood growing sustainability – like its forests

2 Aug , 2023  

GP Wood is one of Ireland’s largest suppliers of sawn softwood products and this past April saw a significant milestone reached for the Cork-based company. Therefore, Irish Tractor & Agri Plant felt the timing was perfect to profile the country’s busiest and most technologically advanced sawmill operation. The busy times continue at GP Wood where […]

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Sharp fall in 2023 dairy and tillage incomes expected, while cattle and sheep incomes to increase slightly

31 Jul , 2023  

A new report, by economists at Teagasc, provides an update on the forecast average margins and incomes which are likely across the agricultural sector in Ireland in 2023. Agriculture continues to face substantial input price inflation, much of it prompted by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Agricultural production costs in 2023 look like they will […]

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CLAAS completes combine harvester family with new EVION model series

31 Jul , 2023  

CLAAS is extending its combine harvester product range below the TRION and LEXION series with two new five-walker machines. Equipped with modern Cummins six-cylinder engines and the CEMIS 700 control concept, these compact machines take performance, convenience, flexibility and durability to a new level in this class. The EVION CLASSIC is a perfect fit for […]

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New compact tractor series: CLAAS unveils new AXOS 200

31 Jul , 2023  

Under the motto “Get more done together”, CLAAS has unveiled two new compact tractors with power outputs of 92 and 103hp, making them ideal for mixed and specialty crop farms as well as small-scale full- and part-time farms. The new AXOS 230 and 240 offer a host of different technical features relating to performance, power […]

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McGuigan Brothers are a cut above the rest

27 Jul , 2023  

McGuigan Brothers Agri Contracts have been providing an exceptional contracting service to farmers from their Middletown, Co. Armagh base for the past 40 years. Specialising in pit silage, whole crop silage, slurry spreading, ploughing, reseeding and shakerating / subsoiling, the business is run by brothers Malachy and Kevin McGuigan along with Malachy’s sons Mark and Padraig. Malachy and Kevin learned […]

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Girl power to the fore at O’Donoghue Agri

25 Jul , 2023  

Agri contracting is a way of life for the O’Donoghue family in Banogue, Co. Limerick where girl power is alive and well. Founder Mike O’Donoghue is joined in the business by his wife Marjorie, sons Micheál and Ger, and daughters Claire and Karen. Last year, Karen was the only woman to feature on the popular ‘Contractors’ series on TG4. The seven-part […]

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Whitford Bros – Synonymous with agri contracting

19 Jul , 2023  

Based in Ballyellen near Gorebridge in Co. Kilkenny, Whitford Bros is a third-generation agri contracting firm specialising in pit and baled silage, corn harvesting, ploughing, reseeding, slurry and dung spreading, hedge-cutting, spraying and digger work. The Whitford name has been synonymous with farm contracting in Kilkenny and Carlow since William Whitford threshed corn many years […]

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For all your farming needs

13 Jul , 2023  

A & JJ Walsh Agri Contractors in Kilmaine, County Mayo is a third-generation family business that provides an exceptional service to farmers in the surrounding area. Agri Contracting is a way of life for the Walsh family who have been in the business for over 60 years.  Still going strong, founder Andy Walsh is joined […]

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Busy times for John Carroll and Paughanstown Farm

11 Jul , 2023  

Based outside of Dunleer, Co Louth, Paughanstown Farm operates around 400 acres of cereals and 70 acres of potatoes. It is run by John Carroll who is also the IFA chairman in Co Louth and was good enough to take the time recently to fill Irish Tractor Agri & Plant in on the details of […]