County Londonderry
Derry, Coleraine, Limavady, Magherafelt, Maghera, Dungiven, Kilrea, Swatragh, Eglinton, Newbuildings, Castledawson, Portstewart.
Gorthill Farm Contracting
Third-generation family agricultural contractor based at 19A Backhill Road, Eglinton, BT47 3JR, run by brothers Johnny and Ryan Boggs and descended from father Ernie and grandfather James. Runs a distinctive all-black fleet (Fendt tractors and a Claas Jaguar 980 forager) and provides silage/wholecrop, baling, slurry (tanker and umbilical), ploughing, sowing, dung spreading, spraying, combining and mulching. Also farms about 700 acres and operates an anaerobic digester.
Killen Bros
Family contracting business based at Newbuildings, Co. Londonderry, run by Jonathan Killen and his brothers alongside the family dairy and beef farm. It covers the area from Omagh to Limavady and across to Dungiven with silage, slurry, reseeding, combining and tillage work.
Lyons Contracts
Long-established family agricultural contractor based at 19 Mayrs Lane, Ballyrashane Road, Coleraine, BT52 2NN, run by Robert Lyons with sons John and Stephen. Works at silage, slurry, harvesting, ploughing, sowing, grain crushing, dry rolling and dung spreading, and reportedly spreads around 30 million gallons of slurry per year.
McClean Contracts
Family-run agricultural contractor based at 55 Garvagh Road, Swatragh, BT46 5QE, run by Richard McClean and descended from a business started by his grandfather Adam in the early 1940s. Provides a full range of contracting including silage, baling, harvesting, slurry and hedge cutting to customers across County Derry.
SJG Contracts
Small agricultural contracting firm based at Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, specialising in slurry spreading with a 9m dribble bar via umbilical system and tankers. It also offers grass tedding, dung spreading, silage carting and tractor/driver hire.