With the continuing onslaught of digital technology, it is easy to forget that agricultural machinery still relies on basic engineering principles to function…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed that farm contractors do not need a water abstraction licence for diluting slurry. The clarification has…
Rothwell Contracting is a firm located in Co. Wexford which has specialised in spreading agricultural slurry for approximately 30 years. The company also…
Farming just outside Ballyroan, Co. Laois, John Mulhall operates a dairy store-to-beef system in conjunction with a tillage enterprise; grain is sold off-farm…
The recently announced extension of the fertiliser and slurry spreading period has been welcomed by farm leaders, however, further “suites of measures” will…
Agricultural contractors are calling for the deadline dates for the spreading of both chemical fertiliser and slurry to be extended. The Association of…
The prolonged dry spell experienced in recent weeks “hasn’t done the farming community any favours”, according to Maurice Gannon – an agricultural contractor from…
