Agri-Business
Claas: ‘Minimal’ impact on Irish customers with new finance model
Agricultural machinery manufacturer Claas has said that there will be “minimal” impact on customers in the Republic of Ireland as...
Contractors
N.Ireland
Safety campaign to focus on agri contractors in Northern Ireland
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched a workplace inspection campaign focused on agricultural contractors across...
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,...
Machinery
MMS seminar explores looming changes for contractors
Changes to red diesel regulations, new machinery grants and how to work successfully with your contractor are just some of...
Grass
'Contractors are nearly begging people to go work for them'
Conditions may be ideal for grass cutting across the country, yet contractors are seriously struggling to find tractor drivers to...
Machinery
Farmers 'will not be held liable' for clearing public roads
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has welcomed the Government’s announcement that farmers who remove snow-related hazards on public...
Rural Life
Premium machinery destroyed in massive blaze in Co. Roscommon
Machinery, worth hundreds of thousands of euros, has been destroyed in a major fire at a contractor’s yard in Co....
Arable
Update: How much are contractors charging to harvest grain?
With harvesting around Ireland in full swing, AgriLand asked what agricultural contractors are charging for combine harvesting cereal crops in 2017....
Grass
What is being charged for pit and baled silage in 2017?
There is a diverse range of silage cutting prices being quoted by agricultural contractors around the country as ‘silage season’...
Beef
Will contractor spraying become the 'norm' within grassland sector?
The growing influence of the EU’s Sustainable Use Directive will force many grassland farmers to use contractors for most –...
Environment
Contractors busy spreading slurry as tanks reach storage capacity
Contractors around the country have been busy spreading slurry since the deadline lifted, just as some tanks were reaching capacity....
Machinery
85% of farmers say contractors don't pay workers enough
Some 85% of respondents to a poll on Agriland believe that contractors do not pay their workers enough money. The...
Machinery
Here's how social media reacted to contractor's problems finding workers
Earlier this week, Agriland published an article on the lack of workers in the contracting business, with emigration, J1s and a lack...
