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Video: Contractors constantly ‘struggling to find and hold on to drivers’

July 9, 2019

Agricultural contractors are finding it increasingly difficult to find and hold on to skilled drivers for their contracting businesses. On the most recent…

Filming underway for DVD inspired by women in agriculture

May 25, 2018

Rural Life

This week filming got underway for a DVD that will be inspired by women in agriculture, with the first images being captured in…

Farm contractors should have access to bespoke grants

February 4, 2018

Opinion

Farmers undercutting full-time contractors – using machinery procured with the support of grant aid – is the height of folly. All this does…

Contractors really need to sort their sector out

September 9, 2017

Opinion

It turns out that contractors are now being actively pursued to sort out debt on kit that was purchased over 10 years ago.…

Silage extravaganza: 50 pics showing an army of harvesters in action

July 24, 2017

Machinery

A major silage harvesting display was hosted under clear, sunny skies yesterday (Sunday, July 23) at Lismore Castle Farm, Co. Waterford. Organised by the…

Fleet profile: Galway contractor reveals his machinery ‘highs’ and ‘lows’

July 19, 2017

Machinery

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…

Fleet profile: Wexford contractor reveals his machinery ‘hits’ and ‘misses’

July 7, 2017

Machinery

Ciaran Creane and his father Kevin run a busy tillage and contracting enterprise near Fethard-on-Sea, New Ross in Co. Wexford. The tillage enterprise…

Fleet profile: Roscommon contractor reveals his machinery ‘highs’ and ‘lows’

June 28, 2017

Machinery

Noel and David Neilan run a busy contracting operation at Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon, whilst also running a drystock farm. The Neilans are best…

Contractors face labour shortages ahead of silage harvest – FCI

May 4, 2017

Machinery

“Farm contractors across the country are facing significant challenges with regard to labour availability and managing labour costs. “This is just one of…

Video: ‘Black beauty’ Fendt fleet is a familiar sight in the north-west

May 3, 2017

Machinery

Agricultural contracting businesses can sometimes happen by ‘accident’, when farmers progressively expand and employ their own machinery to do the work on the…

Fraudster scams €1,000s from victims hoping to work in New Zealand

March 16, 2017

Rural Life

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…

Video: Silage addiction draws one young Irish man to Australia and back

February 12, 2017

Rural Life

An addiction to contracting and the silage season has drawn Irish man Niall Donohue to Australia and back in the space of a…

Video: Great footage of silage 2016 from mowing to packing the pit

May 16, 2016

Rural Life

Silage season began in earnest over the weekend, with farmers taking advantage of the fine weather to bring tractors, mowers and trailers to…

76% of farmers started driving tractors before leaving primary school

July 14, 2015

Rural Life

Some 76% of farmers drove a tractor for the first time before they were 12 years old, according to an Agriland survey of…

Video: Amazing drone footage of silage 2015

June 15, 2015

Rural Life

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 fees in the range €110 to €140 per acre

May 30, 2015

Grass

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,…

‘If contractors paid €9/hour they’d have no problem getting workers’

March 26, 2015

Machinery

Following a huge reaction to a recent Agriland article in relation to contractors’ difficulties securing staff for the busy summer season most responses say…

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