Contracting & Farming
Meet the Irish Contractor who chops Maize in Germany!
We took a visit back down south to visit an impressive outfit, Dennehy Harvesting. Craig gets chatting to David about their brand new Krone 1180 and the rest of their operation. David also tells us how they ended up with a big maize job in Germany and Joey talks about the silage fever that overcomes him at this time of year!
Flat out at grass with O.W & R.J Vernon
In this video, we head out to Oxfordshire to see the crew at O.W & R.J Vernon flat out lifting first cut grass! Tom chats to Charlie Redvers about the agricultural contracting business itself and what machines they currently run to keep the grass heading for the pit!
Tony Ireland Contracting Maize in NZ!
Back to New Zealand, this time at the maize with Tony Ireland Contracting LTD! Cian gets chatting to Simon Cleary, the operations manger, about the their maize fleet and their two very special black 435s!
Lifting silage & tanking digestate with Graham Robinson Ltd!
In this video, we are back in England! But this time, it's first cut silage with Graham Robinson Ltd! Tom chats to buckrake driver Luke about their multicoloured fleet of different machines and how their workload keeps them busy six days a week... every week of the year!
All systems go at Red Lion Farm! Spring planting is underway!
In this video, we re-visit Red Lion Farm whilst they are flat out at their spring planting! Tom chats to Jack about how things have changed since we last visited, such as the arrival of his new MF 8S.245 tractor and how the new plough will be turning furrows on the farm for many years to come!
How Did This Irish Man Start His Own Agri Contracting Business In New Zealand? - Nagle Contracting
''It was only meant to be 6 months!'' Meet Pa Nagle, the Co. Clare native with his own contracting business in New Zealand! Cian spent a few weeks filming the Nagle team as their season started to quieten down around January & February. Nagle Contracting specializes in grass chopping & large square baling in the mid Canterbury region.
SILAGE 2023 BEGINS FOR WALLACE CONTRACTS!
After 6 weeks of rain, the sun finally came out for 3 days! Some brave farmers decided to go for it and kick off silage 2023! We took a trip down to Newry to catch Wallace Contracts on their first job of the year!
J A Bloor Agricultural Services Ltd
In this video, we visit J A Bloor Agricultural Services Ltd. Tom chats to Jason about his business dealing Kubota tractors, Takeuchi diggers, Bunning spreaders and much more! Also, not forgetting how the working farm still runs alongside the dealership business today!
Spring drilling is finally underway!
In this video, we re-visit GC & JM Norgrove in Shropshire. Tom chats to Simon about their drilling set up and how its all going now they can finally get the machines in the field after facing the wettest March in 40 years!
Bedding Cows & Saving the Environment- Bed Maid
After being on the look out for a new cubicle bedder Tamneymore Farms got to test out Wilson Agri’s new Bed Maid EV, Craig got chatting to Gareth Wilson and Christopher Gordon to hear why an electric cubicle bedder is the way forward!
No Power Like Blue Power Brennan Farms @ Slurry
After a perfect February, March came in and the rain didn’t stop! Brennan farms took full advantage of the first dry day in a long time to put out some slurry, Craig got chatting to Liam Og about their slurry outfit and how they balance milking 500 odd cows and doing some contracting on the side!
EcoLog machines thinning woodland with Home Forestry!
In this video, we head out into a forest in Shropshire to see EcoLog machines at work. Tom chats to Nathan about his forestry business and why thinning woodland is important. Scott also gives us a insight into the features of a EcoLog harvester and forwarder.