Agri-Business
Teagasc seeks tenders for calf shed and contracting services
Teagasc is currently inviting tenders for the construction of a calf shed and contracting services at two of its farms....
Contracting
Machinery Focus
Focus: Contracting with a lightweight Kverneland in Limerick
The accepted wisdom is that contractors need everything to be built like the proverbial brick outhouse because the equipment will...
Machinery Focus
Focus: Ending the madness of silage cutting season
The silage cutting season is almost upon us and all involved are once again hoping for good weather and an...
N.Ireland
NAAC publishes survey of agricultural contracting prices
The National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC) in the UK has released its latest survey of contracting prices. Not surprisingly,...
Rural Life
Contracting community support run for child with sight loss
The contracting community is getting behind the family of a young Cavan child affected by sight loss which has organised...
Rural Life
Full-throttle females driving it on in agri-contracting world
When some of the lads at school used to say that she wouldn’t be able to get a job driving...
Rural Life
'Experience of a lifetime': Irish drivers wanted for combine crew...based in US
Young farmers and drivers are being encouraged to apply for “the experience of a lifetime” – to link up with...
Dairy
Video: Contractors constantly 'struggling to find and hold on to drivers'
Agricultural contractors are finding it increasingly difficult to find and hold on to skilled drivers for their contracting businesses. On...
Rural Life
Filming underway for DVD inspired by women in agriculture
This week filming got underway for a DVD that will be inspired by women in agriculture, with the first images...
Opinion
Farm contractors should have access to bespoke grants
Farmers undercutting full-time contractors – using machinery procured with the support of grant aid – is the height of folly....
Opinion
Contractors really need to sort their sector out
It turns out that contractors are now being actively pursued to sort out debt on kit that was purchased over...
Machinery
Silage extravaganza: 50 pics showing an army of harvesters in action
A major silage harvesting display was hosted under clear, sunny skies yesterday (Sunday, July 23) at Lismore Castle Farm, Co. Waterford....
Machinery
Fleet profile: Galway contractor reveals his machinery 'highs' and 'lows'
Maurice Gannon runs a busy farming and contracting operation at his base – close to Creggs on the Galway/Roscommon border. His tillage...
Machinery
Fleet profile: Wexford contractor reveals his machinery ‘hits’ and ‘misses’
Ciaran Creane and his father Kevin run a busy tillage and contracting enterprise near Fethard-on-Sea, New Ross in Co. Wexford....
Machinery
Fleet profile: Roscommon contractor reveals his machinery 'highs' and 'lows'
Noel and David Neilan run a busy contracting operation at Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon, whilst also running a drystock farm. The...
Machinery
Contractors face labour shortages ahead of silage harvest - FCI
“Farm contractors across the country are facing significant challenges with regard to labour availability and managing labour costs. “This is...
Machinery
Video: 'Black beauty' Fendt fleet is a familiar sight in the north-west
Agricultural contracting businesses can sometimes happen by ‘accident’, when farmers progressively expand and employ their own machinery to do the...
Rural Life
Fraudster scams €1,000s from victims hoping to work in New Zealand
A fraudster scammed €1,000s from his victims who were hoping to work for agricultural contractors in New Zealand, listeners to RTE’s...