Rural Life
An agricultural contractor from Leitrim has been sentenced in court to two and a half years in prison for fraud.
Dairy
Agricultural contractors are finding it increasingly difficult to find and hold on to skilled drivers for their contracting businesses.
A Ford Transit van and an Ivor Williams 12ft X 6ft trailer has been stolen from an agri-contractor's yard in Tydavnet, Co. Monaghan.
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Hugh Hegarty is a contractor In Co. Cork with a fleet of Massey Ferguson
Machinery
Rothwell Contracting is a firm located in Co. Wexford which has specialised in spreading agricultural slurry for approximately 30 years.
Irish tractor drivers can't live without a radio in their cab, a recent poll carried out by AgriLand has shown.
Agri-Business
Land-based agricultural contractors can no longer act as interest-free banks, according to the National Chairman of the FCI, Richard White.
Grass
Over the past week, silage contractors around the country were asked what they currently charge to cut silage for pits (clamps).
Tillage
Conditions for maize sowing are excellent at present, according to a prominent tillage contractor based in Co. Cork.
The limit a tractor can travel from its base needs to be increased to 250km, to keep tachographs out of tractors, according to the FCI.
Farmers and contractors feature on a list of tax defaulters for the fourth quarter of 2016, which was released by the Revenue Commissioners.
