Contracting

Farmi Forest Oy has appointed JMS Agri & Tree Services as its distributor for Ireland.

Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Laois to catch up with forestry contractor Damien Brophy.

After the challenging 2023 season,contractor Jonathan Kirkpatrick invested in a Pöttinger twin-rotor rake with plastic skids instead of wheeled bogies, to reduce grass contamination

Gary Abbott visited the Fermanagh family run contracting business William Lee Agri, to find out how their two Amazone Cayros XMS V four furrow ploughs are performing after turning over 400 acres.

The fire occurred on 4 October at the Prendergast farm in Inistioge, Co Kilkenny which resulted in damage to the property and equipment at their contractor and mechanic companies.

Claire McCormack caught up with Padraig Noonan of Cork based Noonan Agri Contractors to find out more about the ins and outs of running a modern contracting business in 2024

This summer was particularly quiet for contractors due to poor grass growth, according to Marty Lenehan in Maugherow, Co Sligo.

The father-and-son partnership of Aidan and Luke Maguire is working positively and delivering a net margin of over €700/ha, writes Shaun Diver.