Agri-Business
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,...
Contracting
Rural Life
Survey results: 25% of people see contracting as a route into agriculture
For a quarter of respondents (25%) to a survey conducted by a rural insurance company, they said the reason for...
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...
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
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...
Rural Life
Video: Great footage of silage 2016 from mowing to packing the pit
Silage season began in earnest over the weekend, with farmers taking advantage of the fine weather to bring tractors, mowers...
Rural Life
76% of farmers started driving tractors before leaving primary school
Some 76% of farmers drove a tractor for the first time before they were 12 years old, according to an...
Grass
Silage contracting fees in the range €110 to €140 per acre
Silage contracting rates will in the range €110/ac to €140/ac for 2015, according to Co. Meath contractor Peter Farrelly. “These...
Machinery
'If contractors paid €9/hour they'd have no problem getting workers'
Following a huge reaction to a recent Agriland article in relation to contractors’ difficulties securing staff for the busy summer season...
