Spraying & Fertiliser

Spraying and fertiliser spreading for grassland and crops.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.