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Tractors and mowers were called into action to kick off the 2019 silage season at Dublin Airport on Thursday.
Over 200ac of silage will be made at the country’s largest airport over the next two days, according to Ciarán Hoey, one of the tractor drivers on the job.
A team of seven drivers was operating the fleet of butterfly mowers, a harvester, six trailers and Massey Ferguson tractors to make silage in the short time window.
“With security being very strict, it will be a highly co-ordinated harvest,” explained Hoey.
The grass will be drawn a short distance to a nearby farmer for pit silage.
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