Codd Mushrooms is responsible for 55 per cent of all mushrooms consumed in Ireland every year. The development of a €5.5 million environmentally-friendly production and packing unit on the family farm in Tullow, Co. Carlow in recent years has been central to the company’s continued growth. The growing facility is 17,712sq/m and is divided up […]
Based just outside Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, Annalitten Foods, which also trades as Annalitten Farm Eggs has been supplying quality fresh Irish Eggs since 1955. Irish Tractor & Agri learned more about the third generation family business from Michael O’Reilly recently. These are busy times at Annalitten Farm Eggs but, then again, there’s seldom been a […]
When it comes to tradition and longevity, there are very few companies – if any – in Ireland that can match Manor Farm – the home of Irish chicken. In addition to being the largest chicken processing company in the country, with its genesis dating back across the centuries to 1775, Manor Farm is also […]
SuperValu and GAA bring together a true partnership of two of Ireland’s most community focused organisations. Eugene O’Gorman of O’Gorman’s SuperValu Carrickmacross is proud of their strong links with the national’s largest sporting body. At SuperValu, they say ‘We believe in Local’ and nothing represents local more than the GAA, with its strong heritage and deep roots in […]
Greenhill Fruit farm are a family-run fruit farm based near Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford which has stayed devoted to its aim to provide some of the best fruit farm produce available in Ireland. Founder and proprietor Eamonn and Deirdre Crean told Irish Tractor & Agri more. Established in 2007, Greenhill Fruit Farm is one of the […]
At Buckley’s SuperValu, they ‘believe in local’ and nothing represents local more than the GAA with its strong heritage and deep roots in every community across Ireland. For many years now, Buckley’s SuperValu has been giving generously to the GAA in Westmeath. Through SuperValu’s ‘Kits for Kids’ initiative, Buckley’s awards juvenile O’Neills training kits and […]
One of Ireland’s leading strawberry growers is Jimmy Kearns of Kearns Fruit Farm near Enniscorthy. Thrust into the family business at an early age following the sudden death of his father, it has been a way of life for him for almost 50 years. Jimmy was in his early teens when he lost both of […]
Lusk has always been known as the epicentre for growing and harvesting crops as the coastal area’s land is ideal for this type of work. So, it is no great surprise to learn that the country largest spring onion farm is situated in the North Dublin area as Carroll Produce continue to supply their large […]
The recently-rebranded McCormack Family Farms in Dunsany, Co. Meath is looking to the future with renewed optimism after bouncing back from the effects of Covid-19. Having suffered a 40% loss in business in 2020 after restaurants were ordered to close due to the pandemic, Ireland’s largest commercial grower of baby leaf salads, microgreens and herbs […]
Established in 1982, Meade Farm Group is a grower, packer and distributor based in Lobinstown, Co Meath which has gone from strength to strength since it was founded by Philip Meade Sr over four decades ago. Irish Tractor & Agri touched based with Jeni Meade, Communications & Sustainability Manager, to learn all about this thriving […]
