John Hughes, his brothers and staff operate square balers in the Kilkenny/Carlow area. Watch John and Mark Geraghty as they bale 110 acres of winter wheat straw at four bales to the acre for Tom Doyle in Powerstown, Co Carlow.

They operate Hesston machines to bale straw for the mushroom composting business. One of the bales has 23 seasons completed.

Read last year's profile of Hugh Bros. from the Irish Farmers Journal's archive.