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Flying the flag for Ireland’s pig farmers

9 Sep , 2021  

As well as running Garrisker Farm in Broadford, County Kildare, Roy Gallie is also Chairman of the IFA Pigs Committee. In an exclusive interview with Irish Tractor & Agri, Roy speaks about the many challenges facing Ireland’s 350 commercial pig farmers, who between them generate almost €1bn in exports. A pig farmer all his working […]

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Roy’s sustainable Cereal to Pig Farm

13 Apr , 2018  

Vice-chairman of the IFA Pigs Committee, Roy Gallie owns a small but successful self-sustaining commercial piggery at Garrisker, Broadford in North Kildare. His father put down roots there more than six decades ago,  and we caught up with Roy to discuss his farm and piggery in particular, as well as the myriad of challenges facing […]