Episode 1
S3 E1 49m
There's a monumental amount of work to be done on the land and the farmers of Ireland can't do it alone, so they turn to farming contractors and their families. These are their stories. ...
There is an enormous amount of work to be done on the land from April to September as farming enters its busiest 6 month period. From slurry spreading to hedge cutting, ploughing to round baling, the farmers of Ireland can't do it alone. So they turn to farming contractors and their families. These are their stories - This is 'Contractors'.
Episode 2
S3 E2 50m
It's springtime in Wicklow, Edward and James Walshe are busy spreading dung while Pat is preparing the ground work for a septic tank. In Bandon, Tony, Diarmuid and Micheál are busy purchasing new machinery....
Episode 3
S3 E3 50m
Summer has arrived and the workload is ramping up. In Wicklow, Mark Daynes is ploughing for maize, while the O'Gormans make the most of the potato planting season. In Cork, the O'Mahony's are out in force ploughing while Micheal begins his first cut of silage as the busy season gathers pace....
Episode 4
S3 E4 49m
The Walshe brothers have made great progress on their new shed, but James is sidelined by injury as he watches his brothers carry on. In Cork, the O'Mahony crew are flat out drawing silage, while Chloe Dennehy enjoys life contracting with the Murphy team....
Episode 5
S3 E5 49m
Everyone is making the most of the summer season as Mark Daynes and his crew prepare for the next cut of silage while Willy Megaw turns his attention from silage to the maize crop. On Cléire Pádraig Ó Drisceoil is debating old versus new tractors and the O'Gorman family in Kildare finish harvesting potatoes and move on to barley....
Episode 6
S3 E6 49m
Late July is the busiest time of year for contractors. Mark Daynes is flat out baling silage while Willy races to harvest barley before the weather breaks. In North County Dublin, the cabbage crop is finally ready and the Gallaghers in Donegal continue harvesting oysters unhindered by the season....
Episode 7
S3 E7 49m
September keeps the Megaws busy harvesting maize while in Cork, Tony O'Mahony learns to use a new machine. Laura starts hedge trimming before volunteering at a tractor run while Pádraig worries about storm-damaged trees. Eamonn harvests cabbage in heavy rain, while the O'Gorman's finish the potato harvest....