Agricultural contractors are finding it increasingly difficult to find and hold on to skilled drivers for their contracting businesses. On the most recent…
A major silage harvesting display was hosted under clear, sunny skies yesterday (Sunday, July 23) at Lismore Castle Farm, Co. Waterford. Organised by the…
Maurice Gannon runs a busy farming and contracting operation at his base – close to Creggs on the Galway/Roscommon border. His tillage enterprise stretches across…
“Farm contractors across the country are facing significant challenges with regard to labour availability and managing labour costs. “This is just one of…
Agricultural contracting businesses can sometimes happen by ‘accident’, when farmers progressively expand and employ their own machinery to do the work on the…
A fraudster scammed €1,000s from his victims who were hoping to work for agricultural contractors in New Zealand, listeners to RTE’s Liveline heard this…
The majority of Ireland basked in summer sunshine over the weekend bringing great conditions for cutting silage. Agri-contractors Brennans of Leighlin are making…
Silage contracting rates will in the range €110/ac to €140/ac for 2015, according to Co. Meath contractor Peter Farrelly. “These rates include cutting,…
Following a huge reaction to a recent Agriland article in relation to contractors’ difficulties securing staff for the busy summer season most responses say…
