Slurry

Slurry spreading by tanker or umbilical system, plus lagoon emptying.

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.

Cairns Contracting

Agricultural contractor based at Waringstown, Co. Armagh, run by Garth Cairns since 1999 alongside the SlurryKat engineering company. It specialises in silage harvesting and umbilical slurry spreading, working within roughly a 30-mile radius of its base.

D&B Hicks Agri Contracts

Family-run agri contracting firm based at Garvary, Derrylin, set up by father-and-son Barry and David Hicks in 1998. It specialises in pit silage, slurry spreading and wood chipping, cutting 5,000-6,000 acres of pit silage and spreading 20 million gallons of slurry a year across eight counties.

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.

Drumlish Farm Machinery (Drumlish Agri Contracting)

Family-run business at Dromore, near Omagh, Co. Tyrone, headed by Gerard Barrett with his three brothers and father Vincent. Established as agricultural contractors over 20 years ago, it runs a contracting arm specialising mainly in silage, slurry spreading, re-seeding and hedge cutting, alongside a dealership for Kuhn, SlurryKat, Sumo, Roco and Agrional machinery.

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.

Gormley Contracts

Agricultural and building contracting business in Belleek, Co. Fermanagh, founded and run by Jamie Gormley and trading as Gormley Contracts Limited (NI645077). Its main agricultural work is silage, baling and slurry spreading, alongside shed fabrication, shuttering and structural steelwork across Fermanagh and surrounding counties.

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.

Kirkpatrick Agri Contractors

Agricultural contractor based at Cullybackey, Ballymena, founded in 1994 by Jonathan Kirkpatrick and run with his brother Robert. Provides silage, round-baling, slurry spreading, fertilising, sowing and combining, with about 90% of customers within a 15-mile radius.

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.

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.

McCloskey Bros Agricultural Contractors

Family-run contractor based at Loughgiel in the Glens of Antrim, run by brothers Karl and Brian McCloskey, specialising in umbilical slurry spreading, fertiliser spreading, baling and hedge cutting. The brothers operate 2,500 metres of umbilical pipe and a fleet of ten tractors across Loughgiel, Armoy, Ballymoney, Dunloy and Ballycastle.

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.

MJ Contracts

Agricultural contracting business established in 2019 by Mark Curry and James McGurgan, based near Armagh. Silage cutting, lifting and buckraking are the core of the business, alongside slurry spreading and hedge cutting, working within about a 30-40 mile radius of Armagh.

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.

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.

T Cassidy & Sons Agri Contracts

T Cassidy & Sons Agri Contracts is a family-run business in Augher that has been contracting for over 40 years, set up by Tom Cassidy and now run day-to-day by his son Andrew. It does silage harvesting, baling, muck spreading and slurry, and also operates two livestock trucks drawing pigs, cattle and sheep.

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.