Ploughing

Ploughing, rotavating and power harrowing ahead of reseeding or crops.

Family-run agricultural contractor based at Eglish, near Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, set up by Alan Jameson-Ewing in 2000. It provides silage and crop harvesting, hedge cutting, ploughing, sowing and slurry spreading to farms within a 15-20 mile radius of Eglish.

DJ McKay & Son

Third-generation, family-run agricultural contractor based at Shankbridge, Ballymena, established by John James McKay in 1969 and now run by David (John) McKay with sons James and William. Offers a complete contracting service from silage, barley and forage work to slurry/dung spreading, ploughing, sowing, hedge-cutting, drainage and stone crushing.

Farlow Agri Contracts

Agricultural contracting business set up in 2001 by Kyle Farlow and based at Ballgonnell Road, Drumcose, Enniskillen. It provides a full range of services - mowing, silage, round baling, ploughing/reseeding, slurry, dung spreading, hedge cutting and digger work - and cuts over 5,000 acres of grass per season.

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.

Gray Agri Contracts

Family-run agricultural contractor based at Dunadry, Co. Antrim, run by David Gray with his father John. It provides silage cutting, baling, slurry spreading, ploughing and reseeding, and runs a dairy farm alongside the contracting business.

Hunniford Farms

Third-generation family farming and agricultural contracting business based at Moy Road, Portadown, Co. Armagh. It provides silage and maize cutting, umbilical slurry and digestate spreading, ploughing, reseeding, hedge-cutting and grain haulage, and also runs anaerobic digestion plants.

J. Wilson Agri Contracts

Agricultural contractor working around Ballymoney and Armoy in Co. Antrim, offering slurry spreading, reseeding, sowing, silage and ploughing, including specialist potato ploughing. Active on Facebook.

JD Townley & Son

Third-generation, family-run agricultural contractor based at Ballygowan, Co. Down, run by James Townley with his father Roy. It provides grass and maize silage, cultivation and drilling, combining, square and round baling, spraying and slurry spreading across County Down.

JP Agri Contracts

Agricultural contracting business founded in 2014 by John Patrick, based at Letterbreen near Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. It provides silage, slurry, ploughing and reseeding, dung spreading and hedge cutting across Fermanagh, Tyrone, Sligo and Cavan.

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.

Loane Agri Contractors

Family-run agricultural contracting business based at Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, set up by Wilfred Loane in 1980 and later joined by his son Neil. It specialises in slurry and silage work and covers Aughnacloy, Caledon, Ballygawley, Omagh, Cookstown and Dungannon.

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.

McGuigan Brothers Agri Contracts

Family-run contracting business based at Crossdale Road, Middletown, Co. Armagh, trading for around 40 years and run by brothers Malachy and Kevin McGuigan with Malachy’s sons Mark and Padraig. It serves farmers on both sides of the Armagh/Monaghan border with silage, slurry, ploughing and reseeding.

McKelvey Bros

Family-run agricultural contracting business and farm supply store at Lisburn Street, Ballynahinch, Co. Down, established by Ivan and Brian McKelvey over 40 years ago. It provides silage, slurry, ploughing, sowing and fertilising, runs an agricultural retail store, and operates a haulage fleet.

Megaw Contracts (Ivan Megaw & Son)

Third/fourth-generation family contracting business based at Poyntzpass, Co. Armagh. It runs one of Northern Ireland’s largest contracting fleets and serves farmers across Counties Armagh and Down with silage, slurry, tillage and harvesting work.

R Hillis Contracts Ltd

Fourth-generation, family-run agricultural contracting business based at Ringclare Road, Newry, Co. Down, with almost 80 years in business. It specialises in pit and baled silage, dung and slurry spreading, crop harvesting, reseeding, hedge-cutting and digger work for farmers across Down, Armagh and Antrim.

Tinsley Contracts

Family-run agricultural contracting business based at Dromara, Co. Down, operating for almost half a century and fronted by Richard Tinsley. It specialises in pit and whole crop silage and slurry spreading, and also provides lime spreading, dung spreading, ploughing and sowing within roughly a 30-mile radius.

WJ McKelvey and Sons Agriculture Contracts

WJ McKelvey and Sons Agriculture Contracts is a family-run contracting business run by William McKelvey and his sons Allister and Gareth, established in 1977 and based at Plumbridge, Omagh. It is best known for round baling (around 12,000 bales a year) and also provides slurry work, hedge cutting, tedding/raking and snow clearance.