FarmersMart - Spring 2009

The North’s Number One Farming GuideIssue 15 | Spring 2009 www.farmers-mart.co.uk

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Welcome Spring is definitely upon us now and i hope you are able to get out and about doing jobs that are well overdue to the bad weather we have had this Winter.

This edition is packed full of positive stories and we did this for a purpose! We are fed up of hearing doom and gloom, credit crisis, redundancies and the rest from the media so we believe it is nice to read some thing more upbeat for a change.

On another positive note we have also attended many of the machinery shows which have taken place in the early part of the year and have included them in this issue along with an extensive guide to this year’s show season. Farmersmart is also both proud and pleased to be a silver sponsor at this year’s Driffield Show and for the first time we will be holding the UK Fencing Championship there as well. There is a good deal of prize money to give away for 1st, 2nd and 3rd so email or call me if you are interested in entering the competition.

Our presence at the Great Yorkshire show is doubled this year! We have booked another stand near the cattle ring as well as our regular stand 653 so you have no excuse not to come and see us, and we are already looking forward to it.

This edition also contains our first-ever eight page special for Robert Taylor and Sons. We are pleased to have this exclusive story on their 150 years celebration, a massive achievement and we wish them continued success for the future.

If you or anyone you know is celebrating a major anniversary please let us know and we will come along to cover it.

Hope you have a great spring and we will see you in the Summer.

Kind regards, Simone [email protected]

CONTENTS

news .......................... 4-9, 56

Diary Dates .........................10

Showtime .......................12-13

Malton auction Mart .......14-15

Fenby ..................................16

Burn Fencing 17

askham Bryan college ....18-19

Winn ............................. 20-22

escrick Park estate ............. 23

neill .............................. 24-26

Stenton ...............................27

Stephenson ................... 28-29

cornforth .......................30-34

agri-equest .........................35

Dent .............................. 36-37

ashby ............................38-40

Mawson ..............................41

Bentham Livestock Market .. 42

robert taylor & Sons .....43-50

Machinery ...51, 60, 63-64, 89

ripon Farm Services ...... 52-55

n&S Moorhouse ..................57

Farmstar .......................58-59

gripple ................................61

russells .............................. 62

Steven J Dresser ................. 65

Douglas .........................66-67

Limagrain ........................... 68

Macgregor ......................... 69

Bramley ........................ 70-71

tim gibson/Leggott .............72

Byass ................................. 73

Breeds ...........................74-75

elliott ............................ 76-77

tyson ............................ 78-79

gatenby ........................80-81

glaves ...........................82-83

Skelton ............................... 84

Harold Woolgar .................. 85

cundalls ........................86-87

competition ........................ 88

contractors ........................ 90

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NEWS

OUTsTandinG EnTREPREnEURial fiGURE diEs Hermann Merschroth, Vice President of the agco corporation, Spokesman for the Fendt Management and President of the agricultural Machinery association in VDMa, 58, died suddenly and unexpectedly on 1 March 2009.

His death means the loss of an outstanding personality for his colleagues in management, the supervisory board, the works council and the employees at Fendt. For over three decades, he decisively shaped the development and significance of the brand today. He made a major contribution toward laying the foundation for the successful future of the Fendt brand, as well as the Marktoberdorf and Bäumenheim locations. The last and largest project under his leadership just started recently. The parent company, AGCO, will invest some 172 million euros in expanding the capacities at Fendt

over the next four years.

He was characterized by high human qualities, straightforwardness, as well as great professional capabilities. Through his inventiveness and enthusiasm, he was a driving force in the company as well as the agricultural engineering industry.

faRmERsmaRT & fEnCinG nEWs shOOTinG daYthe first ever Little red Marketing shooting day was held on Friday 6th March and happily, was a complete success. the weather was great for early March and after a long hard winter, the sun beamed down with all the promise of an early spring. i’ts hard to believe, but some of the participants even picked up an unexpected touch of sunburn!

It was held at Park Lodge Shooting School outside Snaith, and an excellent turnout helped us raise £550 for the MacMillan Cancer Care and Support Charity.

We had regular shooters competing from Atkinson Fencing, Burn Fencing and Jon Walker Timber, and the winner of the three-man flush was our very own Yorkshire Generators (See pictured below).

After a strenuous days shooting, we all retired for a lovely meal

held at the Brewers Arms in Snaith – and we highly recommend the grub – it was fabulous!

We look forward to next years event and hopefully there will be a few more faces present. For more information, contact Ben Walton on 01274 610101

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ChaRiTY dRiVE Of a lifETimE fOR aGCO EnGinEERa 10-day, 1,200 mile drive by agco employee, richard Moore, across the testing and diverse terrain of southern india has helped in raising £300,000 for two specific charities.

One is The Rainbow Trust, which provides practical and emotional help to families in the United Kingdom who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness. The second is the Adventure Ashram project, an educational and medical charity delivering vital practical aid and health support to remote Indian village communities.

Richard, who works as a technical support specialist within AGCO’s service department based at Abbey Park, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, achieved his magnificent fund-raising feat by taking part in the renowned Karma Enduro endurance rally accompanied by friend and co-driver, Chris Chapman.

Some 100 competitors from around the world took part in the 2008 Karma Enduro event, their entry fees raising a superb total of £300,000, to be divided equally between the two charities. Although still some way short of its own financial target, the Karma Venture team is committed to raising its entire promised £8,500 donation and is continuing to fund-raise via its website www.karmaventure.co.uk and with the help of friends and colleagues.

aPPOinTmEnT Of nEW PRinCiPal

Dr Llewellyn was chosen after an exhaustive selection process, which attracted substantial interest from a number of high calibre individuals.

Dr Llewellyn said: ‘I am honoured to have been asked to succeed Professor Wynne Jones, whose leadership of the institution has meant that Harper Adams now has an enviable position within the higher education and rural sectors as a centre of academic excellence. We have ambitious plans for the continued development of the University College, so that we can deepen our existing links with the land-based industries and enhance our reputation for high quality teaching and an outstanding student experience. Working with our staff, students and key stakeholders, I am confident that we can make major

policy contributions to some of the most important issues facing global society, including food production and climate change.”

ThE BOaRd Of GOVERnORs Of haRPER adams UniVERsiTY COllEGE has annOUnCEd ThaT dR daVid llEWEllYn Will sUCCEEd PROfEssOR WYnnE JOnEs, OBE, as PRinCiPal fROm sEPTEmBER 2009.


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makinG mORE Of YOUR maChinERY & laBOURChRis BERRY Talks WiTh ian daWsOn Of lmR sERViCEs lTdMachinery rings first became popular in the UK around 25 years ago and one of the most successful of those has always been the Lincolnshire Machinery ring.

Today it trades under the title Labour Machinery Resources, handily keeping up their LMR moniker. The ring is now amongst the largest in the country with 750 members and continues to offer a fantastic service to farmers and non-farmers alike, providing additional work for its members and bringing the reliability of farmers and their machinery to a much wider world than purely looking after other farms.

Ian Dawson is the Business Development Manager for LMR Services Ltd which has built an enviable reputation for providing all manner of skills and services to the whole of Lincolnshire and beyond the county. He has been involved with the agricultural world throughout his career, working for farm contractors, seeds companies and The Arable Group, the largest independent trials company in the UK. He’s a Lincolnshire man through and through, and his career seems to have been ideal preparation for the role he now enthuses over.

‘This is a fantastic job, and why shouldn’t it be? I have so many wonderful workers at my disposal, people who really know their jobs inside out and just need the opportunity to be put to work properly so that they can earn what their talents are worth. There are

not many other jobs where you get that sort of chance to look after your farmer members. The ring has always done well and it is easy to see why. What I am bringing to it, I hope, is a fresh approach - and more business!’

That certainly seems to be the case. Within a short time of having joined LMR Ian was quick to make his mark. ‘In the Summer of 2007 I checked the weather forecast on the Thursday morning before the floods. I felt that this was a ready-made opportunity for our members who had vacuum tankers. I rang North Lincolnshire County Council to introduce us and offer our members’ services if they were needed. At 3 o’clock on that Saturday afternoon I received a call back to ask us to help urgently. The first tankers were there by 6.30pm. We had a number of vacuum tankers there day and night for a week.’

Since that time other work has come the way of the ring through Ian’s on-going contacts with the council and other organisations. Several machines and labour were commissioned to prepare the new events arena adjacent to the Pleasure Island theme park in Cleethorpes and they have also supplied fencing contracting services for a number of multi-use/sports areas.

‘We are also now on the approved suppliers list for Derbyshire County Council, so our reputation is growing. We really do deliver and that’s what people want. Reliability is the most

important part of any contract.’

It is all part of LMR’s forward thinking strategy that sees them not only utilising the ring for and with agricultural people but also working well with others in all forms of discipline. When you are purchasing machinery or learning new skills you always want to be able to make the most of them, and earn more money, and that‘s what Ian is aiming for on behalf of the ring’s members.

Networking events, training sessions, regular correspondence with members to keep everyone up to date, and a man with new business constantly on his mind.

There is no faulting LMR at present. And there’s more news to come - watch out in the Summer edition of Farmers Mart for even more exciting news, which we just couldn’t bring you as we went to press!

inForMation:

LMr SerViceS LtD ian Dawson

Business Development Manager tel: 01507 600888 Mob: 07903 323212

email: [email protected] Web: www.lmr.org.uk

Web: www.lmr.org.uk/services


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PaUl TEmPlE qUiTs TOP lEVEl POsTeast riding farmer and nFU Vice President, Paul temple, has stepped down from his post. Widely-tipped by many to reach the top job in the years to come Paul took up the Vice President’s role in 2006.

He survived a three-pronged challenge to his position only last year. A consummate professional who holds a number of high profile positions in the industry, particularly amongst the Biotech sector and with Farmway, he has recently issued a statement through the NFU.

‘Due to a combination of personal and business circumstances I require a period of time at home. Because of this I feel that I cannot give the time and commitment necessary to carry out the role and it is with great regret that I am standing down.’

NFU President Peter Kendall said: ‘I am extremely sorry to lose Paul from

the officeholder team but understand and respect his decision and would like to thank him profusely for the work he has carried out on behalf of the NFU.’

Paul temple operates a

tenanted mixed arable and beef family farm near Langtoft

on the Yorkshire Wolds.

100 YEaRs Of faRm BUildinGsLancashire based family firm J Wareing & Son (Wrea Green) Ltd is celebrating its centenary this year. Brothers Peter and Andrew Wareing manage the business with their respective children and have been working with farmers since they were just 15.

The business was started at Smithy Ford in the heart of Wrea Green by another set of brothers, George & Jim.

Watch out for the full story of J Wareing & Son in the next edition of Farmers Mart.

aGRiCUlTURal BUildinGs shOW TUEsdaY 7 aPRil - mYERsCOUGh COllEGEProbably one of the largest individual investments a farm is likely to make is that of a new farm building, whether for housing stock, grain or a milking parlour.

The event is organised in association with Rural & Industrial Design and Building Association (RIDBA) which will be launching its new Farm Buildings Handbook at the event. The show is unique in that visitors are able to plan an entire project by consulting designers and

constructors first-hand - as well as locate specialist contractors and suppliers instantly.

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Sheffielders are preparing to have a fling - a Highland Fling, that is. graves Park will stage the event on May 3rd and 4th, the family event organized by Sheffield city council and sponsored by real radio.

The idea for the Highland Fling was inspired by the Highland cattle which took up residence at Graves Park’s rare breeds centre over 30 years ago. The animals, rare at the time, remain just as popular with visitors today – and the Scottish theme has been developed to bring together a host of attractions.

Incorporating many agricultural issues, the two day event is focused on public interest and will include a sheep-shearing competition, a sheep-dog demo and a highland cattle show. The animals will be paraded inside a ring which is offering banner space at around £50 a day.

With over 30 cattle entries and a farmers market selling the best of

highland beef, the organizers are optimistic that more highland cattle classes will enter.

Activities also on offer will be a variety of knockout games, a craft tent, shire horse cart rides and dry stone walling will compete for visitors’ attention alongside a dog agility show, falconry displays, show jumping, and traditional fairground rides.

Last year more than 15,000 people turned out to enjoy what was one of Sheffield’s most successful major events.

Event coordinator Bob Worm added: “This year we are going to add some new attractions for children that are free to use, while keeping the admission price the same as last year.”

For more information [email protected]

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YORkshiRE faRm sTaY mEmBERs On aWaRds TRail

Yorkshire members of Farm Stay UK are seeking to build on their success in the tourism awards arena this year – backed by a call to action from their regional chairman.

It follows a strong performance in 2008 – the milestone 25th anniversary of the Yorkshire region of Farm Stay UK, the country’s largest network of farm-based accommodation providers.

Val Leeming, of Bay Tree Farm, Aldfield, Ripon, was a finalist in the Friendliest Landlady category of the AA’s National Tourism Awards for the fourth time. “To get some recognition after a quarter of a century is most rewarding,” she said

Three other Farm Stay members won through to the finals of the White Rose Awards – Yorkshire’s tourism “Oscars.”

Katrina Gray, who has a 5-star Gold farmhouse bed and breakfast

business at Wold Cottage, Wold Newton, Driffield, qualified for the Guest Accommodation of the Year category.

In the Access for All section, two finalists were Angela Foster, of Field House Farm Cottages, Sewerby, Bridlington, and Diane Stenton, of East Hill Farm House and Lodges, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering.

Angela and John Foster have seven four and five-star cottages, while Diane Stenton runs four pine lodges and a furnished farmhouse divided into apartments. All properties are rated four-star.

The four ladies, buoyed up by their awards success last year, say they are geared up to participate again in 2009 in the hope that they can gain more recognition and hopefully win one of the top awards.

POWER fROm WOOdlands!EasT COasT faRmER JOhn hEPWORTh GiVEs his ViEW

Where i farm, very close to the north Sea, i grow eucalyptus trees, as well as hybrid poplars and Swedish willow, and as an energy provider they are proving very effective.

The yield they have been achieving has averaged over 6 tonnes per acre which has impressed me. Wet summers and even wetter winters have created a good opportunity to grow eucalyptus trees particularly, which uses up the entire water, and makes a wonderful environment for birds, takes up to 5 tonnes of carbon per acre and provides 60 tonnes per acre of wood to burn over 10 years.

Drax Power Station and other green burners are crying out for wood chip logs and biomass, so how do we persuade farmers to plant now? How I wish Natural England would channel their money into establishing woodland grants rather than hosting yet more conferences.

They really must encourage more farmers to grow more trees. They use up more water in order to grow than any other crop. Given Natural England’s recent forecast of wetter weather and flooded fields why are they not realising the potential that exists in the power of our woodlands.


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the national Sheep association northern region’s biennial one day event, nSa north Sheep 2009 will be staged on Wednesday, 3 June at Laund Farm, chipping, Preston by kind permission of John Stott and family. the event’s major sponsor is novartis animal Health.

The 16th technical event of its kind, NSA North Sheep 2009 will be building on its previous success with a crowd of more than 6,000 and 180 trade stands. The event will focus on the way ahead for the British sheep industry as its gears up to the challenges and opportunities for the years ahead.

The event will be officially opened by shadow agriculture minister, Jim Paice MP, after which political, marketing, technical and environmental issues will be discussed and debated at series of seminars to be held throughout the day, along with a lunchtime question time. In addition, a seminar is being staged for all exhibitors to discuss export opportunities.

NSA North Sheep organisers are also reflecting their firm commitment towards encouraging all students and youngsters involved in practical sheep management activities by staging the first ever NSA North Sheep Young Shepherd of the Year Award. Shearing and stock judging will also feature among the day’s activities.

“We are delighted to return the event to Lancashire, a major sheep producing county, for the first time in more than a decade,” says event chairman and Farmer of the Year, John Geldard. “NSA North Sheep will provide the opportunity to discuss a range of issues focused on how producers can improve their business efficiencies in an attempt to achieve sustainability.”

Further information from nSa north Sheep 2009

organiser, Julie Sedgewick on 01388 664496;

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there are few other dates in the farming diary that attract as many farming people and members of the general public as does the great Yorkshire Show, which is set to take place on tuesday 14 to thursday 16 July 2009.

The Great Yorkshire Show is one of the North’s leading agricultural event and is held on the 250-acre Great Yorkshire Showground on the edge of the spa town of Harrogate.

2009 will be the 151st Great Yorkshire Show and as always will be a celebration of agriculture and country life. The site is filled with animals, country demonstrations, have-a-go activities and the Great Yorkshire Cheese & Dairy Show. Plus there’s fashion, rural crafts and shopping!

The Main Ring is the hub of the Show - providing a wonderful

setting for International Show Jumping and a World-Class Cattle Parade - and this year, FarmersMart will be setting up an extra stand for Fencing News, a short distance away from the Cattle Ring. The new stand will expand on our other, regular stand, which is number 653, and which we have held now for five years.

tickets can be bought

online in advance at the fair price of £18 for an adult, £8 for a child,

£16 for concession and £47 for a family ticket.

ordering Line: 01423 541 222

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dRiffiEld shOW – a daTE TO REmEmBERthis summer, the long traditions of the 134th Driffield Show, are set to be continued in the most appropriate manner by the Driffield agricultural Society.

The Driffield Agricultural Show, which will take place at the usual venue (Driffield Showground, East Yorkshire) will fall on Wednesday 22nd of July 2009. It is one of the biggest one-day agricultural shows in the country, and visitors to the event are sure to enjoy all the traditional features of an English agricultural show with the many added attractions of quality trade stands and retail outlets.

Driffield Agricultural Society relies on a range of well-renowned sponsors from within the agricultural field and this year, we at Fencing and Landscaping News and Farmersmart will proudly be a Silver Sponsor. As we were bronze last year, this is no doubt a progress and we are hopefully looking forward to getting our hands on gold next year. The show will also welcome the Yorkshire & North of England Fence Contracting Competition for the first time, and it is anticipated that there will be several classes from young

farmers to professional contractors.

Driffield Show has moved on to meet the challenges of 21st century farming and, while other shows have to some extent moved away from their rural roots, Driffield Show has retained its agricultural backbone.

David Tite of Driffield Agricultural Show is delighted with the new addition to the show. “We are

constantly looking at new ideas and I am looking forward to the Fence Contracting Competition becoming a major attraction this year and for many more.”

The show has always taken place at the Driffield Showground, in the midst of July, and with a five year average footfall of 22,000 people, the show offers a maximum impact to a large captive audience from both

rural and urban communities. Big enough to offer a fun and full day out for all the family and small enough to have a friendly atmosphere; it is surely a must on the calendar.

contact for tickets

– memberships 01377 257494

www.driffieldshow.co.uk

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nORThUmBERland COUnTY shOW TYnEdalE RUGBY ClUB, CORBRidGE, nORThUmBERland. maY Bank hOlidaY - maY 25Th 2009 the northumberland county Show is the first of the seasons agricultural gatherings and the regions largest such event showcasing the farmer, the producer and the rural business whilst creating a fun day out for all the family with plenty to see and experience.

Throughout the day judges award rosettes and trophies to all manner of beasts; from the heavyweights in beef cattle to the featherweights in poultry and all the familiar and traditional breeds of sheep including the popular Zwartbles, goats, dairy cows, heavy horses with the more unfamiliar alpaca, in between. Judging reaches its pinnacle with the Grand Parade mid afternoon and the Champion of Champion award this year sponsored by the Tangerine Group and judged by Ms. Kay Thompson of Bishop Auckland. The Shearing competition attracts an almost full to capacity audience as does Cumberland & Westmorland Wrestling. The successful milking display with a fully working milking parlour, will be on as busy as ever on the day.

This years star attractions include The Kangaroo Kid Quad Bike Stunt Team, with Matt Matt Coulter, aka “The Kangaroo Kid”, one of the most prolific record breaking motorcycle stuntmen and entertainers in the world today.

TiCkET infORmaTiOn10% discount on advance tickets from: ticket hotline: 0845 230 5177 and online at www.northcountyshow.co.uk

Full day admission: adults £10 oaP £6 children 4-16 £2.50. Family tickets: £25 tickets bought on show day at gate – cash only.

Free car parking.

tynedale agricultural Society, c/o Hexham auction Mart, tynegreen, Hexham ne46 3Sg exhibitor information tel: 01434 604216 registered charity 1120037

the three counties Showground at Malvern in Worcestershire is the venue for the national Beef association’s annual flagship event, Beef expo 2009, on thursday, May 21.

The UK’s national beef event attracts thousands of beef farmers each year. Adopting the theme, “Beef Up Your Returns”, the event will follow the successful format developed in recent years and will include an extensive trade stand area, beef breed demonstrations and educational and advisory exhibits focusing on both beef from the suckler herd and beef from the dairy herd.

On the day before the event – Wednesday, May 20 – visitors will have the opportunity of visiting leading Herefordshire farms followed by a two hour beef conference addressed by top industry figures starting at 4.00pm and the pre-event dinner in the evening.

A major feature of this year’s event will be three livestock competitions

– the National Spring Spectacular for continental and native breed pure and cross-bred beef cattle with a prize pool of £4700, a show of pedigree calves, again open to both continental and native breeds, and a young handlers cattle presentation competition for youngsters aged 14 – 20 years of age.

The cost of admission to Beef Expo is £10 (£5 for NBA members applying for tickets in advance and free of charge to juniors under 16 years of age) and £34 for the conference and dinner or £5.75 for the conference only. Prices include VAT. Costs for the farm tour will be available shortly.

Full information and an application form for tickets can

be viewed on the Beef expo web site – www.beefexpo.co.uk – or by contacting the organiser, euan emslie, at 3 Briar close,

newport, Brough, east Yorkshire. HU15 2QY. tel: 01430 441870.

Fax: 01430 448432. Mob: 07718 908523. e-mail: [email protected]

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The RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team who tumble from a great height and swoop gracefully onto the showfield at the end of the day.


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Full and partial house clearances. See website for dates.

MART OFFICE:Thirsk Farmers Auction Mart

Thirsk Rural Business Centre, Blakey LaneThirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 3AB

Tel: 01845 523165 Fax: 01845 526604

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EVERY THURSDAYWEEKLY DEDICATED SLAUGHTER SALE

300 prime pigs & cast sows @ 8.30am1500 prime sheep & cast ewes @ 9.00am

550 prime cattle & young bulls @ 12 noon(preceded by OTM cattle & cows)

All stock must be CLEAN & TAGGED

EVERY OTHER TUESDAY OF THE MONTHFORTNIGHTLY SALE OF STORE STOCK

SALE OF STORE & BREEDING SHEEP as forward @ 1.30pmTOGETHER WITH FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF STORE CATTLE @ 2pmUsual selection of Cast Cows, Young Bulls & Store cattle. See website for dates.

EVERY 1ST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH @ 10.30AMMONTHLY COLLECTIVE SALE OF MACHINERY, FUR & FEATHER

Over 200 lots of fur & leather. Entries on day of sale 7 - 10am.Usual wide ranging selection of Agri-goods, Builders and Farm equip, workshop &

gardening requisities, Timber etc.Entries taken on Friday before sale 10am - 5pm.

ORTNIGHTLY ALTERNATE TUESDAYS TO STORE SALES @ 5 PMFORTNIGHTLY SALE OF FURNITURE, ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES

Clean Double & Single Beds, Suites & Modern Furnishings, over 1000 lots of quality goodsAlso usual collection of collectables, brassware, glassware, pottery, pine effects, nearly newfurniture. Antiques, Furniture & Collectable entries 12 noon to 5pm Monday day before sale.

Viewing from 12 noon on day of sale

fanTasTiC TURn-OUT aT malTOnChRis BERRY TakEs a BElaTEd lOOk BaCk aT lasT YEaR’s ChRisTmas faTsTOCk salE in ThE nORTh YORkshiRE TOWnWith the proverbial sword of Damocles hanging over its future in the town centre Malton Livestock Market was still the place to be for their renowned cHriStMaS FatStocK SaLe in December. over 300 farmers, buyers and sellers congregated for what was an excellent occasion.

James Stephenson of Malton Livestock Auctioneers was on hand and explained just how far back the Christmas Fatstock tradition goes:

‘It’s way back before my time - over 100 years, when farmers who were bringing their stock into market at Christmas as they would have done every week started competing with each other for prizes. These eventually became a formal competition and today we have a wonderful array of Christmas Fatstock shows all around the livestock markets in Yorkshire. Every one of them is unique to that area and here at Malton we have some of the best stock in the county coming out of Ryedale. Today has

Scarborough was handling the beast for him in the ring. All of our local butchers were here too. In Ryedale and especially Malton we’re very lucky in that we do have a lot of support from them. Being a rural based community there are a lot of butchers shops still left and they have a really strong eye for stock.’

The champion was bought by Andrew Radford of Sleights, but also present were Brian Glaves of Brompton, Frankie Turner of Rillington and a number of other local butchers.

‘The Christmas Fatstock Sale always generates a lot of interest,’ says James. ‘That’s because Ryedale farmers are natural stockmen and they love to see good animals so it draws them in like a magnet at Christmas time. Nevertheless during rest of year we are still very busy. Here in Malton it is not only a centre for selling animals it is also a centre for the farming fraternity to gather up, exchange views and have a bit of conversation with like-minded people.’

As for the future location of the market James was reasonably upfront. ‘We’re at a fairly delicate stage at the minute. We’re subject to an estate lease which expired last April and we’ve been trying to put in place some security for its future until we find a suitable site within the town boundary, which is what the planners want. They don’t want us to be in the centre, but they do want us to be within the bypass if possible and we need to get some enabling funding for that, which is all on-going. We’re fairly confident that

the battle is under way but it isn’t won yet. As far as the auctioneers are concerned they would genuinely very much like to see the market continue - whether we continue here may not be possible but we definitely want to find a home for it. It’s the last market in Ryedale and it would be a tragedy if it went.’

Mark and Wendy Bulmer had the best home-bred heifer on the day and Mark told of how long they have been coming to Malton’s Christmas Fatstock Sale: ‘We’ll have done it for between 10-15 yrs. It’s all about making the most of what you’ve produced and showing your stock to their best of your ability. You also get a little bit of premium at the Fatstock shows. We had some very good competition in Mr Nutt today. He really does produce great stock.’

Butcher Frank Turner of Rillington was buying around the ring and in good form out of it: ‘I’ve been in the butchery world all my life like my grandfather before me. We’ve been butchers since 1905. I used to go to Seamer Market but then started coming to Malton. The stock is always very good here and it was brilliant today. They’ll all have had most of these cattle selected early on and they’ll have been showing them all Summer. The good ones always come on about now so we can get them in the shop before Christmas. It’s usually a good advertisement if you’ve a prize ticket. We buy some good cattle from here every week and we make sure we have the tickets up. I do generally buy from

been an outstanding show of cattle and today’s winner was a wonderful heifer produced by Graham Nutt of Driffield. He is an outstanding feeder of cattle in the area and has a wonderful eye for them. Andrew

Happy Days at Malton - (L to r) Steve Stonehouse, ian raines, Show winners Wendy & Mark Bulmer, edward Mackley & James Stephenson


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the same people - the good feeders, that’s what it’s all about, having them well fed. From my point of view I’m looking for something with a little bit of fat on rather than being leaner, little heifers that are well finished and well covered. The country trade

is totally different to town trade. We have a totally different customer. I look for that little bit of good finish, something that tastes right, maybe a good Aberdeen Angus.’

Frank also believes that price isn’t everything. People will pay for

quality, but he doesn’t believe in being over-excessive.

‘We aren’t any dearer than a supermarket really but it’s quality, we’re looking to serve that lady one week & we want her back 51 times at least during the rest of the year.

For more information visit the cattle Market, Malton, north Yorkshire Yo17 0Jn telephone: 01653 694905

cattle handler andrew Scarborough leads graham nutt’s prize winning beast at Malton


mICHAEL FENBy

GETTinG sTOnEd aT ThE COasTChRis BERRY Talks WiTh miChaEl fEnBY - faRmER TURnEd sTOnE-manHerringbone, parallel punch and sparrow pecks - we’re talking stone here, and Michael Fenby, up on north Yorkshire’s coastline just three miles south of robin Hood’s Bay is a man who knows his stone.

At his base, where he used to farm, there is all manner of stone, bricks and timber - and with good reason. House renovations are big business and keeping them in the style of when they were first built is now a very real art form.

‘People want stone, bricks and timber that is in keeping with individual eras. In the 1960s, 70s and 80s anything would do. You would go down to your local hardware store and get anything to patch up your property. That’s no longer the case. Today it has to match, to suit what is already there. Owners are getting more and more passionate about what they want and we have developed a great reputation for not only finding such as the kind of stone they need, but also crafting it into the style they need. The popular thing at the moment is tooling up the

accurately.’

There are so many different types of stone, and Michael tells of the stone used in buildings being very different from Whitby to Ebberston, and Snainton to Helmsley. When Michael first started out in stone, bricks and timber most of his work would come from farms but the ratio has altered considerably in recent years.

‘Just five years ago it was still predominantly farmers who we would work for, but now it is much more the residential market we look after.’

One of Michael’s biggest jobs in recent times has been for Gerald Carter (who was featured in our last issue).

‘We supplied the oak flooring, oak beams, oak-farmed windows, stone heads and sills for Gerald, and dressed them for him too.’

Bricks-wise Michael bought 40,000 from Liverpool last year. These weren’t your normal, current day bricks though. They were more akin to Coronation Street type properties.

‘They are a good coloured brick which we then cut down to 2 ½ inch bricks for Tudor-type houses. We soon get through them though, as you easily use between 8-10,000 bricks on a decent extension.’

Michael pays tribute to his team of six men who work extremely hard for him.

‘They are a tremendously dedicated and skillful team and work very well together.’

He has no regrets about finishing with farming, which he did in 2000.

‘I’d always wanted to be a farmer, but I used to put up a lot of farm buildings too. I was going to get rich by the time I was 40, but that didn’t happen. We had 120 suckler cows here and I was dead jammy. I sold out in October 2000, just a few months before Foot and Mouth. I sold at the top of the tree.’

Everyone always says you should put your money into bricks and mortar. Michael’s gone one step further - he’s put himself into bricks, timber and stone. He’s well worth a visit if you want the right thing in keeping with your property!

For more information contact

Michael J. Fenby Windhill Farm, robin Hood’s Bay

Whitby Yo22 4QL 01947 880702 / 01947 880419

Web: www.mjfenby.co.uk

stone to match existing stone.’

Michael will do everything he can to achieve the complete match.

‘We were recently asked to supply the stone for a house extension in Gilling, near Helmsley and our client informed me that he had been to six different stone yards unsuccessfully in trying to find the stone we could cut and tool to match. We also looked after a chapel in Ayton which wanted to extend its premises. It was built around the 17th century and we managed to retool the stone we located in Hexham to match it up

Michael Fenby’s herringbone stone


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massiVE inVEsTmEnT sEEs nEW fEnCinG sTORE OPEn in BalnEChRis BERRY Talks WiTh RiChaRd WalkERat a time when recession is being uttered nearly every hour from some television screen or radio programme it is heartening to see businesses in the agricultural industry who are pushing forward, and being successful. Better prices for livestock in recent months

has brought about a feeling of optimism, despite the general air of despondency that you feel if you listen to the news for too long.

One of those companies who seem to have bucked the trend and are now investing even further into

their own market place as a result is Burn Fencing Supplies, situated at West End Farm, West End in Balne, near Goole, where Richard Walker has just opened up his brand new £400,000 warehouse and offices selling everything a farmer, equestrian enterprise, smallholder or fencing contractor needs.

It was Richard’s father, Brian, who started the business back in the village of Burn in1975 and now runs to a staff of 30 including sub-contractors. ‘There are still some people who think that’s where we are based but we came here 13 years ago,’ says Richard, who started in the business working on the manufacturing and contracting side.

Burn Fencing also operates a separate and hugely successful fencing contracting business. Over the years they have won lucrative contracts which have seen them working for farmers, high-security conscious companies, the highways agency and for local authorities.

‘It doesn’t matter what is needed, we handle all types of fencing from timber to steel, including the manufacture of gates for agricultural fencing and the full range of steel fencing. Razor wire, barbed wire, 358 mesh, welded mesh and chain link fences are all part of what we do.’

But it is the new warehouse store and offices, built on their existing site at Balne, that really excites Richard at present. They are firmly moving into an arena where he believes they already have distinct advantages over their competitors.

‘There is really easy access just two minutes off the A19 and close to junction 34 of the M62. Because of our contracting background and knowledge of the fencing business we know exactly what to stock for

anyone’s fencing needs and our aim is to be a one-stop shop for everyone who wants any type of fencing. The additional items we stock include not just the fencing, posts, rails and gates but also the ancillary items such as rabbit netting, deer netting and badger netting, as well as barbed wire and any other smaller or larger item that suddenly becomes necessary. When you are new to fencing you don’t realise everything that you are going to need, but that’s where we can help. We have been there and done that, and we know that we can offer just what will be needed. Our team here has such a wealth of experience that we can usually advise on any aspect of fencing requirements. We’re also dead easy to find and we guarantee that we will have thought of everything that will be needed. Our favourite phrase is that ‘we sell everything you need to keep stock in and vermin out ‘’.

In the next couple of weeks Richard will also be launching the brand new Burn Fencing Supplies brochure which will highlight all of the products that are available.

‘Our target markets cover every aspect of the fencing world and we are confident that no matter whether we are looking after a farmer, smallholder, contractor or residential property owner, we will have what they need. Why not try us out. I’m 100% certain that you won’t be disappointed.

For more information contact BUrn Fencing SUPPLieS

West end Farm West ens, Balne

nr goole, Dn14 0eH

tel: 01302 708706 Mob: 07710 010643

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EVERY OnE’s a Winn-ER!ChRis BERRY finds OUT aBOUT l & J ROsETTEsit really doesn’t matter whether the Winns do as their name suggests at sales and shows any more because they’ve enough rosettes to award their stock and horses several of them each and every day of the year!

That’s because here at Low Farm, Whixley, just off the A59 between York and Harrogate, Jayne Winn has recently begun her own sideline making rosettes - and sashes too.

Jayne is married to Richard and the couple’s farming operation runs to some 450 acres both at Whixley and Roecliffe, near Boroughbridge, where they used to farm before taking on Low Farm in 2000, which was previously a council farm.

She’s busy enough it seems anyway, with a family to look after including son Ben and daughter Lucy, hunting with the York & Ainsty, and clerking for the parish council. So why take on something else?

‘I used to do accounts for people

before I had Ben, but when Lucy went to secondary school in September I felt that I wanted to do something that meant I was not sat at a computer. I didn’t really want to do accounts again at the moment as I’d done that since leaving work. I thought it would be nice to do something completely different and saw a rosette business advertised for sale. Richard and I didn’t end up buying from the man who was selling it but we did buy equipment from him and he helped us get up and running. We’ve only been going as L&J Rosettes since September, but we’ve already made a good start in building up our client base.

I’m currently making 40-50 a week and that only takes one day. I’m not stockpiling because I did that at first but wasn’t happy at how the rosettes looked when they were first made compared to when I was sending them out three weeks later. The ribbon had flattened down a bit and they didn’t look quite as Jayne Winn

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Jayne Winn with her rosettes



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Established 1949

Pateley Bridge Auction MarketAre proud to have the privilege of supplying Richard & Jayne with quality Dales Beef Store Cattle

And thank them for supporting their local market

Sales take place on Saturdays at 12.00 noonFortnightly Sales of Beef Store Cattle, Cull Cows & Young Bulls

Weekly fat stock collection centre Prime Lambs, Ewes & Cattle required to meet demand

For Sale dates apply: Auction No. 01423 712032David & Judy Middlemiss 01423 755278(T/A Sawley & District Auction Mart Ltd)

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good as I would have liked. Now everything is the way I would like it to be when it leaves us.’

Being involved with stock and horses the Winns have done as their name suggests many times and have picked up their fair share of rosettes. Jayne is now more conscious than ever of the quality of rosettes, but in truth she has always had a view - as most will

have, when receiving one.

‘It takes so much time and effort to go to a show, get your pony out, get it prepared and everything else that goes with it. So when you win a rosette you want something really nice because you feel you’ve worked hard for it.’

Jayne now makes a full range of rosettes from basic, standard varieties right up to the fantastically

richard and Ben Winn

“iT WOUld BE REallY niCE fOR lUCY TO BE PREsEnTEd WiTh a WinninG ROsETTE ThaT Was OnE Of OURs!”



ROBSON TRACTORS

We are pleased to supply R. WINN AND SONS with their farm machinery requirements and

wish them every success in the future.

Thirsk: 01845 501602Malton: 01653 668501

www.robsontractors.co.uk

W.T. Webster & SonsGrafton Lodge, Grafton, York, YO51 9QS

Tel: 01423 322 445Mike: 07889 053 702 Paul: 07889 053 704

Agricultural Contractors for Over 50 Years

We are pleased to be associated withRichard and Jayne Winn and their family.

We wish them every success for the future.

colourful and unique star rosettes.

The market Jayne has entered into may not be saturated although it is keen and competitive, but she is determined to maintain quality no matter what.

‘I’ve very much stuck to my guns over printing good quality rosettes and we have just bought a printer that prints directly from the computer on to the ribbon. It’s a top of the range model and gives a really nice finish to ribbon printing. We can get any colour of ribbon, and we have 100s of colours available including of course all of the colours you need for the respective placings at shows.’

Richard helps out with the ribbon pleating machine when he’s not out looking after either the arable or livestock side of their mixed farm, which includes 250 acres of arable, growing wheat, barley, fodder beet, stubble turnips and maize. They lamb around 330 ewes which are predominantly Suffolk X, back to the Suffolk tup to breed a fast-growing lamb, and keep 300 beef cattle.

Son Ben (15) is looking forward to joining the farming operation fully and has been talking about taking up contracting to generate more business for the farm.

Jayne believes the rosette making business is a useful addition to the farm - and it has brought about other products too.

‘It’s not all farm and horse business we do either. We have pulled in a lot more custom through our website. Printed sashes are very popular, particularly for such as hen parties. Most livestock shows in the south of England now also give a sash as well as a rosette to all of their winners too. Then there are election campaign rosettes. We also print competitors’ numbers and prize cards also.’

And Lucy is involved too. She’s the L in L&J Rosettes and Jayne tells of her being very arty.

‘Lucy helps make and design them. What would be really nice would be for her to be presented with a winning rosette that was one of ours!’

L & J roSetteS

Low Farm, Starra Field Lane, Whixley

York Yo26 8aU tel: 01423 331742

Mob: 07989 164088 www.ljrosettes.com

e-mail: [email protected]

Lucy Winn


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We are pleased to be associated with Escrick Estate andwish them continued success for the future

Stephenson and SonYork Auction Centre

MurtonYork

YO19 5GFTel: 01904 489731 Fax: 01904 489782

Email: s&[email protected] www.stephenson.co.uk www.wilfredscruton.co.uk

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For all your machinery needsFor prompt and reliable sales and service

We are pleased to be associated with

Escrick Estate and wish them

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hEBRidEan inflUEnCE aT EsCRiCkChRis BERRY Talks WiTh hElEn PEnTiTh & TanGO faWCETTescrick Park estate is one of Yorkshire’s real hidden gems. over its 8000 acres it contains the beauty of the White rose county’s lowlands, combining the wild Skipwith common, exclusive holiday homes, tenanted farms and some excellent ‘out-of-the-way yet close enough to major roadways’ commercial premises. everything about the estate exudes taste.

Charles Forbes Adams’ family has been here for three centuries and the estate seems well geared up for the future, embracing both conservation and environmental concerns whilst at the same time ensuring it is well positioned to attract the business that will allow it to remain that way.

The timber lodge holiday park, Hollicarrs, took its first breath three years ago and is hailed a massive success, so much so that a second phase of holiday homes is now being started, under the name Hartsnook.

But Charles and his team at Escrick Park, including Helen Pentith, have not simply been carried away by the holiday lodge bug to the extent that they are not concerned with farming matters. Indeed their future plans fully embrace agriculture and the environment probably more than

ever before.

One of their most successful exploits in recent times has been their flock of Hebridean sheep. They’re down in numbers presently, but with good reason, as Helen explains:

‘Our flock was up to 900 at one time, but it is now around 250. Hebrideans are recognized as a rare breed, so we felt it important to enhance the breed genetic pool, which cannot be done with unregistered animals. We have been selling Hebridean meat through the internet and to local people. The hogget (older than lamb, as it is a slow maturing breed) has done particularly well as it is tasty, tender and succulent. It also appeals to those who are looking to buy naturally reared meat. It’s quite a specific market place but once people try it they usually love it. The joints are not as big as regular lamb, but it has developed a good reputation in a relatively short period of time. Rudding Park Hotel serves Hebridean lamb on its menu from time to time.’

Escrick Park is very involved with the management of Skipwith Common, in partnership with Natural England, and employs its own Conservation Officer, Tango Fawcett, as well as

shepherd John Atkinson. Tango tells of how the Hebrideans have assisted in that on-going management.

‘They were brought in because the Common was getting over-run with silver birch and scrub. Hebrideans eat everything, so they clear out the ground really well. Because they are hardy they can cope with any kind of inclement conditions, so nothing concerns them. They are happy to rummage around and clear out the saplings and eat off all of the regenerating scrub. This has followed the massive scrub clearance programme carried out with Natural England, using Heritage Lottery Funding. Without the sheep, scrub would quickly regrow, and the heathland target habitat would not be restored. Following the initial scrub clearance programme, there was massive re-growth which required greater numbers of sheep, which have now been reduced as the scrub is under control for the time being. The newly opened up nature of Skipwith Common, shows off the glorious restored purple heathland, which is as Charles Forbes Adam remembers it as a boy.’

The flock lambs in May. John (Atkinson) sometimes shows them at the Great Yorkshire Show, as well as undertaking a great deal of sheepdog training.

‘The Hebrideans are renowned for being very sharp and athletic sheep, so they’re ideal for training young sheepdogs,’ says Tango.

There are moves afoot to open a farm shop on the A19 at the entrance to Hollicarrs and the success of Hebridean lamb hasn’t gone unnoticed. It will certainly play its part in the farm shop’s trade.

Watch out for further news on developments at Escrick Park Estate in future editions of Farmers Mart magazine.

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Since winning the Farmers Weekly Beef Farmer of the Year award in 2006, Robert and his wife Jac have hosted numerous groups of farming visitors and school children to their 1,082 acre tenanted unit Upper Nisbet, near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders.

The couple took on the tenancy of Upper Nisbet, part of MP Michael Ancram’s Lothian Estate, in 2000, two years after they married.

Since then they were able to expand their operation on the estate to today’s farm acreage which runs from 250ft to 500ft above sea level and includes 170 acres of permanent pasture and 600 acres of arable land growing winter barley, winter wheat, spring barley and beans for home consumption, the remainder of the ground being three year grass leys as part of the seven year crop rotation.

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grazing are rented on a neighbouring farm.

Robert and Jac work closely with the rest of Robert’s farming family 18 miles away in north

Northumberland.

Robert’s brother Tom milks 200 British Friesian dairy cattle which are put to the Limousin bull and provide replacements for the suckler herd at

Upper Nisbet. Father George, who is chairman of auctioneering company John Swan, and younger brother David specialise in sheep.

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which come to upper Nisbet as bulling heifers at 18 to 20 months old, 400 ewe lambs are kept on the farm for 12 months before returning to Northumberland as flock replacements helping to improve the grassland.

The cross-border system works well however movement restrictions caused recently by foot and mouth and Bluetongue have posed problems.

“We work together and don’t need to employ contractors such as at silage and harvesting times and we have enough need to justify our arable machinery. I also do some contracting work for a neighbour,” said Robert.

The cattle and the arable enterprise are a good complement for each

other. The suckler cows are put back to the Limousin bull and calves are finished on the farm and sold through St Boswells market 11 miles away 52 weeks of the year.

The herd is now nearing its optimum number of 300 cows some of which are up to seven eighths Limousin.

Cows calve in the spring and early summer in straw bedded courts before turnout with calves being creep fed to prevent a check at weaning and the finishing cattle are managed so that there is a steady supply of up to six animals each week to meet the demands of local butchers.

They are finished at below 600kg to ensure a manageable size for the butcher as well as enabling the cuts

to be kept smaller. Again saving on food miles, the cattle are slaughtered at Galashiels and they kill out at 60 to 65 per cent.

“We have one shed dedicated to the finishing cattle with another batch coming on behind,” said Robert. “All the heifers are grazed outside for the second summer because if we push them too much they get fat however the better the conformation of the animal it keeps growing and puts on muscle.

“We sell steers from 13 months old up to 24 months. The most profitable are the youngest ones that leave the farm and the performance slides after 18 months old,” added Robert.

He was introduced to electronic tagging after agreeing to do a trial a

couple of years ago. All the cattle are electronically tagged and weighed regularly and before they are sold.

They are weighed in a handling system made in the on-farm workshop and recorded using a New Zealand system. Computerised Farmplan records have been kept since 1997 which greatly aid in identifying performance of terminal sires. Cows are also freeze branded for ease of management.

“The bulls go out on June 1 and we try not to swap any bulls so that the performance of their progeny can be monitored from conception to plate,” said Robert.

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John Logan’s Homebyres herd at nearby Kelso including the most recent, bought at the February Carlisle sale for 10,000gns – Homebyres Consort, the senior reserve champion, a Cloughhead Umpire son with a beef value of +31.

Robert’s aim was to produce quality cattle for local butchers and the Limousin has helped him fulfil that as well as heifers also being able to be kept on as cows.

To build up herd numbers, half the 50 herd replacements have been home bred Limousin cross heifers.

“I look for a bull with extreme muscling, conformation and good figures. To get a premium in any market you need that extreme conformation to attract the eye of the butchers and we take a pride in presenting the animals well.

“We produce a brochure which we give to the butchers who have bought our cattle for their customers which lets them know that they have been fed entirely on home produced feed and they have a high health status.”

The cattle are fed through a Keenan diet feeder on home grown cereals, hay straw and clamp silage. Only minerals are bought in.

Silage and barley are fed to younger cattle and cows and the finishing

cattle are fed ad-lib wheat, barley and beans, the latter for protein, having replaced soya meal which was imported and its non GM status could not be guaranteed.

All the straw is used on the farm, producing as much manure as possible to be used as fertiliser.

Herd replacements are either home-bred or from the family’s dairy farm – only bulls are bought in.

All the family’s farms are members of the SAC Premium Health Scheme and the cattle at Upper Nisbet are vaccinated against BVD, Leptospirosis, Bluetongue and scour as are the dairy cows.

Robert said: “I’m also keen to promote British farming and I am involved with the Royal Highland Educational Trust which gets school children onto farms and also its farmer members visit schools which I find very satisfying.”

As well as farm visits, Upper Nisbet is host to a two day competition in October 2010 for the Scottish and European ploughing championships run over 200 acres of stubble.

In July 2010 the South East Scotland region of the British Grassland Society is organising the society’s annual open day there.


STENTONS OF THORNTON-LE-dALE

EVERY daY’s a hOlidaY aT EasThillChRis BERRY Talks WiTh ThE sTEnTOns Of ThORnTOn-lE-dalEWhen you farm 300 acres, have 180 cattle, 650 breeding ewes and live in a beautiful location what’s the next step? For the Stentons it was to move away from where their family had been for 80 years.

Di and James farmed at Cloughton, Ravenscar and Staintondale until 10 years ago when they moved to Easthill Farm at Thornton-le-Dale. They now have just 5 acres, rent a little extra land and have just 150 breeding ewes.

They have traded their day-to-day farming existence for a world of crazy golf, digital televisions and pine lodges which has seen them nominated for several awards recently.

‘Our stackyard at Cloughton had been passed for building work, then BSE came on. We were making nothing, losing money hands down,’ says Di. ‘It made us think of doing one or two things as well as farming. We ended up selling 120 acres of land to a local farmer and with the prospect of Capital Gains Tax coming

on we needed to spend some of the money. Then this place came on the market with three pine lodges, apartments and a cottage, providing holiday accommodation.’

The rest, as they say, is history. There are now four pine lodges at Easthill Farm. Each has wheelchair accessibility and as such the Stentons were recently finalists in the Access For All White Rose Awards for 2008/09. They are also through to the North York Moors and Coast Outstanding Customer Service Finals too.

‘We didn’t reckon much to what we had let ourselves in for at first,’ says James. ‘Diane suddenly had a load more ironing to do and things like that. I had to think about growing masses of flowers and hanging baskets, and talking to people who weren’t farmers was a bit of a culture shock as well. But we soon got in the swing. The biggest thing was moving to another place and not knowing how everything worked. We’re better off because of the move though, but its just as much

work as farming was, if not more. People ring even at midnight to book a holiday.’

Their holiday enterprise includes a number of amenities which are ideal for families with children. There’s a crazy golf, tennis court, an undercover sandpit and a play house that all of the younger ones enjoy with pipes and chutes that means they are in and out like rabbits.

‘James is always working on something or other,’ says Di. ‘And we’re forever improving and updating the lodges. When we first came it was videos, then it was DVDs now you have to have digital televisions. It was fridges, now its fridge freezers and dishwashers.’

They haven’t abandoned their farming side altogether though. Son Harry is a dead-eye with a rifle and is already earning the plaudits in the clubs with which he’s involved, and daughter Sammy is keen on the sheep side of things. Di and James haven’t lost their affection for Blue Faced Leicesters, where they have a good reputation.

‘We used to have Kerry Hill and Ryland but we’ve always loved the Blue Faced Leicesters. We have 50-odd Swaledales and some Texels as well.’

Both Di and James have been amazed by how little those who come from non-farming families actually know about the countryside and animals in particular.

‘It’s surprising how many little children don’t know even where eggs come from, and some have never even seen a pig in the flesh. So we have a couple of pigs and chickens, as well as a few ferrets. Everyone likes to see them when they come here.’

The only member of the family not present when I visited was 17 year old Hannah, who was working at a nearby insurance company and is in her final year of A levels.

Di and James are very happy with how their life has changed in the past 10 years and wouldn’t change it for the world, and they are also quick to acknowledge the help they get particularly from Uncle Harry, who looks after the trees, and Auntie Doreen.

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WOlds familY faRm WEll-PlaCEd fOR ExPansiOnChRis BERRY mEETs ThE sTEPhEnsOns aT lOndEsBOROUGh WOldthere was a time when it seemed that farming was impervious to change, but not any longer. increased paperwork and greater regulation has meant that nearly every farm has had to alter the way it does business.

The Stephensons, who farm on the Yorkshire Wolds, have had their own share of change, but whilst they have been affected by regulations and bureaucracy they have also had to cope with significant family events too.

Guy Stephenson is the head of the family farm which operates as GD Stephenson & Sons. It is a mixed farming enterprise, which is run across three farms at Nunburnholme Wold, Londesborough Wold, near Market Weighton and Pluckham, Fridaythorpe, incorporates 1600 acres, growing 408 acres of wheat, 205 of winter barley, 111 spring barley, 230 oil seed rape, 80 acres of potatoes, 30 of fodder beet and 420 of grass.

They also run a 200-strong suckler herd with 250 followers and started a South Devons herd two years ago. On the sheep side they have a flock of 180 store lambs, and they have 250 pigs on contract with ACMC.

Guy and two of his sons, Graeme and Patrick, are the three partners in the farm which has had to cope with the death of one of Guy’s sons, Michael in 2001, and the leaving of the family farm business of Stuart in 2005, who managed the farm business. Stuart and his wife Helen now run the hugely successful pub The Gait in nearby Millington.

handling the secretarial role.

‘It’s been a challenging time, but we’re really enjoying it and we’re always looking to expand. We now have larger tractors and combines. Stock numbers are up and yields are strong too. We have taken on the South Devons because of the breed’s traits on the maternal side and we now have a herd of 20 pedigrees,’ says Graeme.

The Stephensons are growing

Viscount, Alchemy and Duxford wheats with both Viscount and Duxford being tried for the first time this year. They are using Tipple for their malting barley. All of their wheat goes for either biscuit or feed.

Being on the Wolds most of the land is at 550 feet above sea level so they don’t encounter the same problems as other lower lying farms even in the wettest of years. However, Guy tells of last year’s potato harvest being particularly tricky.

‘The business was run as TA Stephenson up until 1982, with my father, but it became GD Stephenson & Sons after that,’ says Guy. ‘We took out a large loan and then were hit by high interest rates which meant we had to sell off the Pluckham side of the farm. We sold another 80 acres when Stuart left, but over the years we have bought it all back.’

Graeme has taken over the day-to-day management of the farming operation, with his wife Katie

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‘It was a really wet time for potatoes last year. We do have very free-draining land here, but we were having problems with lifting them and couldn’t get everything drilled as a result.’

Nonetheless the Stephensons are not complaining about life. Recent good prices in cattle, and grain prices running higher than they were a couple of years ago, even though not now at the level they reached

12 months previously, have been welcome news. But everyone also works very hard here to achieve their success.

Guy, Graeme and Patrick are quick to point to the part played by their arable man, John Szczoczarz (not a spelling mistake, he’s of Polish descent. Katie says they call him John 4 Zs!). All three are fulsome in their praise of John, who came to them from Bramham Estate.

Michael may no longer be around but his spirit in the farm lives on with his eldest son, Mark, now involved having recently completed his studies at Bishop Burton College.

Katie is from farming stock, daughter of Colin Stonehouse in Burnby. She worked as a nursery nurse before taking on the farm record keeping and secretarial role. She has since taken on handling cattle records for another farmer as well.

Graeme and Katie have a daughter, Hannah (aged 6), who has already noticed that the sign at the end of the farm says GD Stephenson & Sons. Even at her early age she is wondering why there shouldn’t be a female side to the future sign. Maybe that’s the next change for the farm in years to come?

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GOinG ThROUGh ThE mill... and kEEPinG iT in sTORE!ChRis BERRY Talks WiTh sTUaRT CORnfORTh, On-faRm and aT ThE maRkETMaintaining a farming operation is one thing, developing a diversified enterprise alongside the farm is quite another, but Stuart cornforth has gone that one step further, even than that, in the past few years.

The family farming enterprise at Newton Kyme, near Tadcaster and Acaster Malbis, near York runs to some 700 acres and a further 290 is rented in addition. Stuart’s father Peter, and brother Graham run most of the mixed farming business which includes arable and livestock. They have 350-400 cattle on farm at any one time, 400 sheep and keep a few pigs to supply a local butcher.

‘Graham and I also have part of

the business which goes under the name Cornforth Brothers.’ says Stuart. ‘But I don’t do as much actual farming as I once did. I still enjoy it very much when I do though.’

That’s because around 12 years ago Stuart began setting up a feed mill business in Tadcaster. ‘We’ve always made our own feed right through from granddad’s days in order to keep costs down. We keep the headland corn for feed and the middle of the field for malting, where it is better quality.’

Around five years ago the mill reached the kind of tonnage that meant Stuart had to devote more of his time to that than the farm, and two years ago the sales of feed Stuart cornforth

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‘We started small scale and we’re still a very small mill in comparison to the rest, but our tonnage has been gradually creeping up. Part of that is down to the rules and regulations, and paperwork that goes with it all. As we’ve got bigger we have had even more rules and regulations to adhere to and so we’ve really had to grow to pay for the upkeep. We’ve extended as that has gone on and

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making feed for Banks Cargill in the North East. Whilst he doesn’t have that any longer, it was a step along the way to where he is now.

Of course one of the common-held feelings in the farming world, when a farmer turns into a provider for other farms, is that he has somehow turned from poacher to gamekeeper!

Stuart has noticed changes in some of his farmer customers’ perceptions but he is determined to get his message across that he is playing fair no matter what.

‘We’ve always made the same margin on our feed. We still made the same amount over the cost price to us when prices went up, so we weren’t making more out of our farmer customers as a result. Some farmers, when feed got to £180/tonne, thought we were doing very well, but it really was the same amount as we were making when it was £65/tonne.’

The feed business has gone through quite a change in the past four years with recognised mills in both Scarborough and Lancaster going by the wayside, and Stuart is fully aware of the dangers associated with cash flows whilst at the same time still caring about his farmer customers.

‘We’ve found that we’ve had to pay our own suppliers quicker. You can’t extend it to two months credit with them any more. That particularly happened around November 2007 when feed was on the up and cattle prices were not as good.’

Today Stuart’s mill, with the feed trading as CORNFORTH DIRECT FEEDS, produces sheep feed, calf feed, pedigree mixes, dairy feed and specialist horse and goat feed, which has become very popular in the shop at Selby.

‘We have some excellent feeds that more and more farmers are coming to like. I think they particularly like the fact that they can see the feed they are buying, as all of our feed is sold in clear bags. Everyone prefers to be able to know that what they have just purchased looks right.’

The CDF Country Store became the first and only store to be resident at Selby Livestock Market just two years ago, after a while in the planning, and it has been a real hit with the farmers.

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We also stock others’ feeds too though.’

The store stocks everything that the livestock farmers who visit the market would need, but has also picked up on an increasing degree of passing trade being situated handily on the outskirts of Selby, just off the bypass.

Inside the store the clear bags of Cornforths Direct Feeds are very much in evidence, even if they don’t have a company logo on them as yet. ‘That’s the next step,’ says Stuart. ‘We do need to look at our branding but I will stick with the clear bags rather than going towards white bags or paper bags as the others do.

Suzanne, Stuart’s wife, along with June and Debbie, are the ladies who look after the store with Stuart, who has just taken on his first rep - Emma Railton.

Emma is well-known on the agricultural show circuit and has moved across from Ottringham in the East Riding to East Cowick. With her existing knowledge, particularly of the cattle world, Emma looks well-set to increase the CORNFORTHS DIRECT FEEDS and CDF COUNTRY STORE sales in the months to come.

He may have moved away from strict farming, now running a feed mill and a country store, but you can tell where his heart lies regardless.

‘Paperwork is the hardest thing I’ve had to learn. As a farmer I’ve always worked outside but now I work inside. That’s another hard thing to get used to. It’s not a matter of slinging on a pair of boots any longer and disappearing outside. I’m now more office-bound. That’s why I still enjoy getting out on the farm when I can.’

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ThE GaTE WaY TO sUCCEssChRis BERRY Talks WiTh RiChaRd WalkER aT RYThERthere are those who talk, and there are those who do. aspiring farmer richard Walker is definitely in the latter category, although he’s not bad at the talking bit too. that’s just as well given the number of times his phone rings whilst i am at his joinery business premises near the village of ryther, near tadcaster where farm gates are a speciality and everything else is on the menu. richard apologises for the interruptions but it is a sign of just how his business is growing. it is all a means to an end for him, as he has always wanted to farm and has now started doing so due to his entrepreneurial efforts.

His young company, Agri-Equest Ltd, is made up of himself, two part-time joinery staff and an office secretary. He manufactures gates and literally just about anything else a customer wants. ‘About 60 per cent of the business is in manufacturing gates, mainly for farms but also for the National Trust and residential. Fencing contractors are using us more and more. We will make anything. Bespoke dog kennels, cross country jumps, coops, stable doors. I’m not turning anything away.’

Coming from Illingworth, near Halifax, not a known rural heartland, Richard was never going to find a farm handed to him on a plate, but he has always had his vision and that is now very much turning into reality.

‘I now live over on the Strickland Estate, between Malton and York, on a rented smallholding at Bossall where I currently have 30 Mule sheep of my own as well as 350 I have been over wintering for another farmer. My main ambition is to get Agri-Equest going so well that I can

farm labourer and sheep shearer and more besides in his still relatively short career. It was his sheep shearing and shepherding business that was the real catalyst for what he is doing now at Ryther. He was lambing a lot of sheep up in Settle and Gargrave and noticed that the lamb adopters being used at the time were not working as effectively as they could, as the lambs were able to pop out, defeating the object of the exercise. He made his own model - Alcatraz - which was made, rather like the name implies, to keep them in.

‘That’s how I really got started on this side and I’ve gone on from there. I got involved with a timber manufacturing company in Wakefield and started working with them on agricultural products.’

When the company was about to fold Richard bought out the agricultural side that he had been largely responsible for and set up as Agri-Equest, moving to Ryther in November 2007.

‘The beauty of where I am here is that we’ve Wetherby and Harrogate nearby with a lot of equestrian needs on the timber manufacture side as well as the agricultural needs.’

Richard is also expanding his retail operation too, now offering cow cubicle mats and other products. So what’s next? A country store?

‘Manufacturing will always be the core business but in order to get people through the door you have to offer more.’

Richard looks after his flock in the morning at Bossall, and in the evening when he gets home. He manufactures an incredible number of gates for what is basically still a fledgling enterprise and sells in bulk to BATA and Carrs Billington, as well as selling direct. He is also one of the youngest committee members at the Great Yorkshire Show, on the sheep shearing section. And he is drummer with a well-respected rock covers band, The Lipsticks, who play the pubs in North Yorkshire and are regulars at Young Farmers Balls. It’s a varied and very full life for Richard - and clearly one that he revels in.

All farmer’s sons who ever moan about how difficult farming is please take note. Here is one young man who is starting from scratch, is succeeding and deserves the highest of accolades for pursuing his dream. Now! Go and buy your gates from him and help him become the farmer he really wants to be!


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afford to put some of the money I raise through this business into my farming side and get numbers up on sheep, as well as starting with cattle. That’s why I’m never going to turn business away. I can’t start pumping more money into the farm until I’ve paid off my loan and I have another two years of borrowed money to pay back, but I am on track.’

Not having benefited from having an easier route into farming, as neither of his parents are farmers, he has made all of the running himself, never once resting back on any laurels. He left school at 16, studied for his NDA at Askham Bryan College and has variously worked as a shepherd, relief milker, relief tractor driver, general


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ThE iROn man Of ROsEdalEChRis BERRY Talks WiTh RiChaRd dEnTenjoying where you live is a worthy enough attitude to life -and for farmers in the hills that was probably enough to sustain many in years gone by.

Richard Dent, of Rosedale East in the wonderful North York Moors, certainly appreciates where he was born and has lived nearly all of his life. But he also enjoys a night out too and that’s one of the reasons why he has developed his own steel fabrication business that today sees him travelling the length and breadth of the UK whilst also still working on the family farm with his father Trevor and mother Ena.

‘We have around 160 cattle here and 100 breeding ewes - Mules, Swales and a few Texels. We also have eight holiday cottages. The farm itself runs to 150 acres and you can’t make a justifiable living purely out of it. We try to utilise every blade of grass that we can but it still isn’t enough on its own.’

Richard has worked for five other firms, all on a self-employed basis, since he was 19. He’s now running his own operation and is employing other self-employed people as and when he needs them.

‘I like to have a certain standard of living. I went to Middlesbrough for a year to study business and finance, and then to Bishop Burton College for a year as well.’

It was obviously time well-spent because Richard has now been self-employed for 15 years. In the past 8 years he has steadily grown his business from that of purely supplying his own labour to that of a bona-fide steel fabrication enterprise where he can manufacture literally anything for anyone.

the area for the jobs he has on - and they travel wherever the job is required.

‘We’ve just been to London where the customer wanted a set of railings. There are plenty of companies around but they found me on the internet and liked what we did. The reason we got the job was that the railings needed to be different to the norm and some of the bigger companies don’t operate that way. But we do! Whatever people want, no matter how different or difficult, we do it. We also went to Edinburgh for another job recently, manufacturing a spiral

staircase which was again quite different to anything else.’

Richard’s current advertisement features a really long trailer. It’s another example of how versatile he is.

‘That’s a real one-off. It’s a 26ft bale trailer and has removable sides and a hydraulic rear ramp. You can get 90 ewes into it and I guarantee you won’t find anything else like it on the market. We make everything bespoke for the customer.’

He might well be enthused about the business he has developed but farming is still his first love, as he

‘My main jobs are farm improvements, where farmers are trying to make their farmyards and farm machinery work better for themselves. It’s amazing how without spending too much they can adopt a far better livestock system for the future, saving on both labour and machinery times. We tend to do the really awkward jobs where people are trying to make everything more efficient all at once. The cattle handling side has really picked up over the past couple of years.’

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freely admits.

‘I would like to farm full-time, but like I said it is difficult to make a farm like this pay these days. That’s why we have the holiday cottages and why I have built up the fabrication business. Some people wouldn’t do what I do. I farm for usually an hour and a half every day, as well as running this.’

There are changes afoot on the farm at Rosedale East. Two sheds are going up this year. As a result of

being in an NVZ they are having to do away with slurry and go on to a complete straw based system, and Richard is all set to have a brand new workshop.

The family own the whole farm and attract holiday makers 365 days a year. When Richard left the farm to live away in Pickering for a couple of years he found just how much he missed Rosedale.

‘At the end of each working day I would drive out of the dale to go to

Pickering, and I found that I really didn’t enjoy that.‘

So he’s not about to leave Rosedale - even though the jobs he does get often take him away for several days at a time.

‘I really don’t mind travelling and I will take on any job whether big or small. At the moment I’ve never been so busy in all my life.’

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BEEf shORThORns flOURish in faRnlEYChRis BERRY Talks WiTh PETER ashBY Of ROsE TREE faRmShorthorns are on the up at the moment. Following a period in the 80s and 90s when the UK beef industry went firmly down the path of continental breeds this native breed is back in popularity.

Peter Ashby is at the forefront of this revival having switched from dairy farming at Rose Tree Farm, Farnley, near Otley in 2002. Peter and his wife Sarah have not only found the move to have been a success lifestyle-wise, they have also been very pleasantly surprised at just how much passing trade they have developed since they started selling boxed beef direct from the farm itself.

Theirs is a prime example of how being situated on a popular weekend drive out into the country can bring about a highly productive source of income.

‘All we did was to put up a sign outside and people started coming. Then they started coming back regularly, so we must be doing Peter ashby


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something right. There are times, particularly at weekends, when we get very busy, but we also pick up a reasonable amount of trade through the week too. We’re on a popular tourist/days out run here and it is also a useful route for those who commute from the countryside into Otley, Harrogate and Leeds, so we do pretty well with the local trade too. Word of mouth is our best form of advertising and we’ve certainly picked up a lot of trade that way. The Beef Shorthorn breed is well-known for its consistency in marbling and that ensures its flavour and succulence.’

The beef is traded as Washburn Valley Beef and is always on the menu over at nearby Millstones Restaurant, near Blubberhouses, where Peter’s brother Andrew owns the enterprise. That also helps spread the word further.

All of Peter’s beef goes to John Penny’s abattoir in Rawdon for slaughter and then to Andrew Seed at Brimham Rocks for packing. All cuts are individually packed and labelled ready for oven or freezer. The beef is hung for three weeks in order to allow it to mature to full flavour and tenderness.

The Washburn Valley, which features the River Washburn and continues on page 40

Farnley Lake and leads to the series of picturesque woodlands and reservoirs that run between Otley and Blubberhouses, is still largely unspoilt and as such is one of Yorkshire‘s real treasures, and this is where Peter’s 285-acre tenanted farm helps his 60-strong pedigree Beef Shorthorn herd blossom. He wouldn’t want to be anywhere else and his move from dairy to beef has been just right for him and his young family.


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‘Of course there are times when you don’t enjoy what you do, but I really do enjoy it most of the time. I think you have to bred into this job. It’s the freedom that is the best thing. If you get your work done early then you can at least give yourself an hour or two here or there. Sarah and I like walking and without a dairy herd to run we are now able to get a holiday away in the Summer.’

During the winter Peter spends 6 hours day purely feeding the cattle and looking after them, and that’s in addition to the rest of the jobs that still need doing on the farm, which he turned fully organic two years ago. He also runs a flock of 100 Mule ewes which are sold through livestock markets rather than at the farm gate. Although he undertakes most of the work on the farm himself he does have help one day per week, sometimes stretching to two days if required.

Peter’s beef - his irritation with bureactacy, rather than his Shorthorns - is the interference from Government into farming.

‘There are some stupid rules that we have to abide by and they really are unnecessary. Take the new sheep tagging rule regarding double tagging. It’s ridiculous.’

After years of dairy farming Peter has finally found a way of life that really suits him, his wife Sarah and their young daughter Eleanor.

‘The herd is relatively low maintenance during the Summer. They are pretty good at converting forage and eating grass so they are low input cattle. Whilst they are out grazing in the Summer months I can get on with countryside stewardship matters too such as hedge laying and drystone walling.’

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a west cumbrian farming family’s enthusiasm and passion for their diversified enterprise is beginning to pay off.

Ken and Kate Mawson’s sons Stephen and Richard were keen to carry on the family tradition and farm at Bailey Ground, Seascale, after they finished university. However, the milk produced by the pedigree Baileyground herd of Holsteins was providing insufficient income to support three families and the Mawsons decided to diversify and sell milk direct off the farm in what is a unique business in this part of Cumbria.

Now, nearly three years on, their huge ongoing investment in processing plant is starting to pay off and the family has branched out into another venture – a seaside hotel and restaurant business!

Bailey Ground Farm has been farmed by Ken’s family since 1947 but with poor milk prices several years ago meaning the cost of production amounted to more than the price received from the dairy companies, the Mawsons had some radical decisions to make.

“It was either a question of stopping milking cows or adding value to the milk we were producing,” said Kate. “We had the opportunity of buying a small dairy nearby and it developed from that.”

The family’s farming roots go back to 1596 at Fleming Hall, a mile from Bailey Ground. Adding value is nothing new to the family either - grandmother, Jane Moore and her family farmed at the Howe Farm in Seascale in the 1930s from where they ran a milk round delivering twice a day. She made butter to sell on the round and she also showed it at the National Dairy Show in London and ornamental butter at the local Shows. Both sons spent six months seeing the world working with huge dairy herds in New Zealand and small top ranking pedigree units in the US before returning home to Seascale – Stephen graduated in animal science from Harper Adams University College while Richard has a degree in agriculture and animal science from Newcastle University

The family now consists of Ken and Kate, their sons Stephen and Richard, their partners Liz and Sarah, and Caitlin, Molly, Ellie, Megan and Oliver.

From small beginnings with one van delivering milk they had pasteurised

in a new 20x40 herringbone parlour which halved milking time to under two hours and has helped maintain the peak of hygiene standards necessary for on-farm pasteurisation of milk.

“We’re in a position now where the dairy is making money. We have invested heavily but surprisingly the pasteurisation and other dairy equipment only accounted for 15 per cent of this cost. There is a lot of hidden cost from promotion to bottle labelling,” said Stephen.

Now, three years on they are pleased to have chosen this route although it has been far from easy.

“It has been a nerve wracking time and we wouldn’t have the stamina to start it all over again. But having got this far we have no regrets,” said Kate.

“The majority of milk produced in Cumbria is sold as a commodity, leaving the county and being sold in the supermarket as an unbranded product, yet we have got one of the most marketable products because it comes from the Lake District,” said Kate.

“Our philosophy is to get quality local products into local businesses at a competitive price,” she added.

As part of the service there is no need to pre-order and should businesses run out of milk or cream ‘the fridge is always open’ at Bailey Ground.

A third business has been added to the Mawsons’ portfolio. They took on the long term lease of the now named Bailey Ground Hotel on the shore at Seascale. After spending six months refurbishing the hotel which has 28 en suite bedrooms, an 80 seat restaurant with sea views and a 100 seat function room, it opened for business in October 2008.

Richard and his partner Sarah are already taking plenty of bookings for functions and accommodation.

The hotel provides another outlet for marketing the Bailey Ground products through the restaurant and a planned ice cream parlour, all part of the plan to maximise value added production.


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to shops, restaurants and businesses, the Mawsons now run six vans delivering milk, cream and now butter as far north as Carlisle in a large area west of the M6 in Cumbria.

One of the biggest customers is right on the doorstep – supplying milk and cream for the cafes of British Nuclear Fuels at Sellafield – however most of the 500 businesses supplied are small and the Mawsons take pride in giving a very personal service.

Virtually all the 1.2 million litres of milk produced by the pedigree milkers is processed and sold through the business. At peak production times additional milk is bought in from Dairy Farmers of Britain while at quieter times surplus milk is sold to the company.

The on-farm dairy is processing an average 30,000 litres of milk a week. As well as supplying the retail outlets, there is also a 500 doorstep milk round which accounts for up to three per cent of turnover delivering within a 10 milk radius of Seascale.

As well as the dairy processing and bottles the home-produced milk, meaning the products come from grass to the doorstep without leaving the area, butter and ice cream are also made in traditional ways.

Mawsons Rum Butter is a blend of the freshest butter blended with one of the oldest and arguably the best, rums in the world, Jeffersons Fine Dark Rum, from Whitehaven.

There is a range of cheeses and smoothies which are specially made on small family farms. The dairy business has provided the equivalent of eight full time jobs for local people although Stephen and Richard share the work on the 500 acre farm, including the twice daily milking, with the help of contractors.

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it was a fantastic turnout at Bentham & District Farmers’ auction Mart in north Yorkshire on the 24th February. on an overcast afternoon in the charming traditional Yorkshire market town, farmers from all over the district turned up to witness and take part in the sale of commercial breeding sheep, where tex ewes with lamb at foot made an average of £132.00.

Just to the north of the village lies the Yorkshire Dales National Park with the precipitous peaks of Ingleborough, Whernside and Penyghent, and for leading Dalesbred specialist Richard Close, it wasn’t only the peaks that were riding high. Mr Close followed up his ‘Best in Breed’ Championship win at the 2008 Great Yorkshire Show with a victory in this year’s Dalesbred Sheep Breeders’ Association Annual Show of individual in-lamb sheep.

The Dalesbred Sheep Breeders’ Association has an active membership throughout the Yorkshire Dales, Lancashire and southern Lakeland region, and this highly adaptable

breed is popular for its ability to endure harsh climatic conditions. The Dalesbred, with its distinctive black face and two white marks above its nostrils, is renowned for producing excellent wethers for finishing at home or for sale as stores. It is popular with butchers for its good confirmation (wether lambs and gimmers carcase weights: 12-17kg) and hard-wearing wool, traditionally used for carpets and tweeds.

Judge Kevin Wilson picked out Richard’s gimmer shearling as the 2009 Bentham Dalesbred Champion. The class-winning mature ewe of Michael Carr from Horton in Ribblesdale was Reserve Champion out of an impressive entry of well over 30 excellent quality Dalesbreds.

The second-placed shearling was sent out by John Bradley of Settle, with another from Christine Scott of Slaidburn, in third. Brian Coates of Kingsdale presented the second-placed mature ewe, and a ewe from R. H. Brown of West Burton, near Leyburn, took third.

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Richard Close from Starbotton, who is “at least the third generation” of his family to specialize in the hardy Dalesbred hill breed and whose grandfather was a founder member of the Association in the 1920s, has around 500 Dalesbreds on land at Buckden Pike, in Upper Wharfedale, which rises to 2,300ft: “The breed has to be very hardy for the conditions and the sheep we have bred have always done well wherever they have gone. The winner here at Bentham is a sister of the Great Yorkshire Show Champion, but you can never be confident about winning because the competition is always strong,” he said.

Following the show, the Champion shearling sold in the Bentham auction ring for £650 to M. Thorpe of West Burton, with the Reserve Champion ewe selling for £900 to Richard Close. The second- and third-placed ewes sold respectively for £400 (bought by Paul Bowdin of Outershaw, Buckden) and £250 (J. Dawson Jnr. of Bleak

Bank, Clapham). The second- and third-placed shearlings both fetched £200, bought by John Kelsall of Clapham and J. M. Wilson & Sons of Beckwithshaw, near Harrogate.

Other leading prices paid were: Shearlings to £500 from Richard Close (average £275.83); second shear/ewes to £400 from M. J. & A. Carr (average £235.56); third shear/ewes to £900 from M. J. & A. Carr (average £344); fourth shear/ewes to £500 from A. & M. Brennand & Sons.

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TaYlOR madE fOR faRmERs nEEds fOR 150 YEaRsROB WilkinsOn TakEs a TRiP TO BEnTham TO PROfilE a fiRm fORGEd On a CEnTURY and a half Of TRadiTiOnit started out as a blacksmith in 1859. a century and a half later robert taylor & Sons is still going strong but dealing with horsepower of an altogether different kind!

Situated just south of High Bentham on the edges of the Yorkshire Dales and the Forest of Bowland, this friendly family firm now supplies and maintains Case IH Tractors and Honda ATV’s for an area that encompasses a large part of North Yorkshire and Northern Lancashire as well as parts of Cumbria.

It’s still very much a family affair that’s now into its sixth generation with Paul Taylor, the great great great grandson of Robert Taylor ruling the roost together with uncle Barry Taylor and cousin David Taylor. Paul’s Father and Barry’s

older brother, Ian Taylor, now a retired partner, has worked for the business for nigh on 45 years since leaving school.

Ian & Barry’s Father, Bryan (Paul’s Grandfather) still keeps a close eye on proceedings as a retired partner from his home opposite.

“It’s a legacy that we’re proud to maintain,” exclaims Paul “and there’s a lot of responsibility that comes with running a business with

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so much history.

“We are very lucky that previous generations have taken such care in nurturing the company,” added Paul who started out in the business at the age of 16 doing a four year day release from Leeds Technology college gaining City & Guilds qualification and finally A.M.I.M.I. status.

“I’d been working there in the summer holidays and on Saturdays from the age of 11 and I always wanted to get involved. I suppose I was destined to end up working within the business.

“The main enjoyment I get from this job is the people factor. We have an excellent customer base who we all consider as friends and that engenders trust and loyalty,” said Paul, a keen supporter of Preston North End together with other family members.

There could well be a seventh generation to get involved with Paul’s four-year-old son Travis already enthused by Tractors and ATVs.

“I was asked to take a tractor over to a local school and you could see the fascination on the children’s faces as I parked up in the playground.

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“I think all kids get a kick out of tractors especially around these parts!” enthused Paul who still remembers fondly the buzz he got from selling his first tractor.

“It wasn’t so much about making the sale as giving a customer a piece of machinery that would make his working life much easier and knowing that we’d maintain that link with him for years to come,” added Paul.

Barry, who joined the firm in 1976 after studying for a degree in French, Spanish and Latin at Sheffield University and working as a librarian in Manchester and Liverpool,

now runs their busy accounts and administration office.

“I wanted a better environment for my family and opted to return to an area which offers a wonderful quality of life. I’ve never looked back since, although it’s very different to working in a library!

“The family aspect is such a big part of life here and many of our 19 full-time and part-time staff have worked here for decades and have their own family members involved in the business.

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really do all pull together as a team,” he added.

The level of staff loyalty is truly astounding. Parts Manager Michael Casson has been with the business for 34 years, mechanic Derek Smith has spent three decades at the site, Kathleen Taylor (Ian’s wife) has been running payroll for 27 years, foreman Brian Lee also with 27 years of service with Deputy Parts Manager Martin Stephenson a veteran of 22 years.

Other key members of staff include Sales Manager Andrew Woof, ATV Manager Colin Ellison, mechanics Gary Taylor (Dave’s son) and John

Escolme, storeman Doug Knapp, ATV foreman Michael Akrigg as well as office administrators Rachel Winn, Charlotte Taylor (Paul’s wife), Laura Moorby and Eileen Casson.

Barry went on: “Most of our staff have strong farming connections and we hope that it only strengthens the loyalty that our customers feel towards us.”

The firm has been situated in the same spot for all of its 150 years with the old Green Smithy on the corner of the crossroads representing the birthplace of so much heritage and now home to the ATV workshop and showroom that opened in 2000.

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Indeed the old forge is still in place in its original building flanked by a tower of horseshoes that makes for a fascinating feature.

“It’s gradually been added to over the years with each generation making its mark and in 1964 we opened a second site just over the crossroads that now serves as our head offices, tractor workshop, parts store and petrol station,” explained Barry.

ATVs were introduced in 1984 and they now sell an average of two new vehicles every week.

Paul chipped in: “There’s are a lot of hill farmers around here and they offer a valuable, time saving solution for the kind of demanding work and terrain that they engage in.

“The most popular version is the Honda Fourtrax 420 FM which is ideally suited to the livestock farmers who populate these parts.”

The tractor workshop, headed up by Dave Taylor, is also thriving with an average of around 30 new models sold each year.

Dave, like Paul, started working at the age of 16 and now has over 44 years of service under his belt. He’s noticed the changes that have taken place over the last four and a half decades.

“I would say there’s been two major

changes in the machinery that we sell, service and maintain and those are the introduction of the drum mower that replaced the cutter bar and the rotor spreader which replaced the moving floor.

“There’s a tremendous amount of variety in the workload here. The phone can ring and all of a sudden your entire working day can change,” added Dave.

The Case IH JXU 105 tractor model is proving to be the most popular - this model offers a handy-sized four cylinder tractor with excellent power to weight ratio. It is very well spec’d up to include power shuttle, ideal for all farm demands.

A century and a half of trading is a major milestone in anyone’s book and Robert Taylor & Sons is celebrating in style with an open day on Wednesday 8th April from 10am till late and the unveiling of a unique silver Case IH JXU 105 that will be used to promote the business at agricultural shows across the north in 2009.

Paul went on: “This is the first time that we’ve held an Open Day and we look forward to welcoming as many people to our venue as possible!

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kind. We hope to sell this unique piece of kit before the end of the year!” added Paul “Hopefully to one of our very loyal customers!!”

They are holding a hog roast and there will be lots of stalls and attractions to enjoy as well as the chance to view a Robert Taylor & Sons special edition black Honda 420 ATV. The bike will be “won” later in the year with the winner drawn at the Nidderdale Show. ‘The Chance to Win’ commences from the Open day onwards. (Terms & Conditions apply).

As well as a vibrant and informative website (www.roberttaylorandsons.co.uk), they promote themselves at Lancaster Auction Mart with a shop that’s open two days a week and have a very close involvement with

affairs at the nearby thriving Bentham Mart.

“We aim for satisfaction every time and believe we should always offer

every customer ultimate peace of mind.

There’s a lot to be said for being safe in the knowledge that someone is doing their very best for you!” concluded Paul.

There will soon be another addition to the centenary plaque sited on the smithy wall and you detect that 150 years won’t be the last significant milestone to be celebrated if the pride, passion and loyalty shown by all of the team at Robert Taylor & Sons is anything to go by.

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Puma cVX – continuously variable up to 250 hp

The centrepiece of the tractor innovations is the new Puma CVX. At the SIMA show, CASE IH presented for the first time all five new models, ranging in power from 167 hp to 224 hp and a maximum power output of 251 hp.

The tractor range has been designed consistently for high performance, efficiency and comfort. It features the latest generation of CVX transmission from Case IH and new DKT double clutch technology..

Quantum V&n - the new specialists for vineyards and orchards

Another recent development presented at the SIMA show was the new Quantum V & N models from CASE IH. This series consists of new speciality tractors for hybrid farming using the most modern engine technology and numerous new comfort features.

The QUANTUM V range consists of four tractors; the 65V (65 hp), 75V (78 hp), 85V (88 hp) and 95V (97 hp), while the QUANTUM N range offers three tractors; the 75N (78 hp), 85N (88 hp) and 95N (97 hp).

innOVaTiOns fOR mORE EffiCiEnCY

CasE ih PREsEnTEd an aRRaY Of innOVaTiOns aT sima 2009 in PaRis, inClUdinG ThE nEW PUma CVx TRaCTOR sERiEs and ThE nEW RanGE Of qUanTUm V / n sPECialiTY TRaCTORs.

Precision farming - practical applications in the field

In a special showcase exhibition at the SIMA show, CASE IH experts provided information on the applications of the CASE IH Advanced Farming System “AFS”. For the 2009 season the Advanced Farming Systems from CASE IH have been equipped with new software that provides a considerable

extension to the functions available. Harvest analysis, running cost statistics, seedbed preparation, plant protection and pest control can now be planned more precisely.

In addition, the software enables all field data, including harvest data, to be displayed on standardised aerial photos.

For more visit information please www.caseih.com


RIpON FARm SERVICES

Supporting Ripon Farm Services LtdHarry West (Prees) Ltd, Lower Heath, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 2BT

T. 01948 840465 F. 01948 841055W. www.harrywest.co.uk E. [email protected]

Grain & Silage Trailers10—14 tonne models available

Various optional extras including side loading and hydraulic doors

Dual Spreaders1300,1600 & 2000 models availableOptional splash guards.100% market share (A.E.A. September 07)

Rear Discharge Spreader10 tonne capacity spreader c/w slurry door and in-cab electro/

hydraulic controls

Diet Feeders &Compost Machinery

mini-smiThfiEld aT ThE GREaT YORkshiRE shOWGROUndChRis BERRY VisiTs This YEaR’s RiPOn faRm sERViCEs shOWWhilst financial institutions are apparently falling apart faster than an athlete on speed, and companies are laying off staff in their thousands, the ripon Farm Services Show offered welcome relief from the seemingly non-stop bad news in the economy.

Making its Great Yorkshire Showground debut, after a couple of years at Rufforth, the show - run over two days in January - was a massive hit with customers old and new. Indeed on entering the exhibition halls you could have been forgiven for thinking that you had stepped back in time to the days when the whole farm machinery industry in the UK used to gather inside Earls Court for the Royal Smithfield Show.

Those days may well be long gone, but there is no doubting the pulling power of a farm machinery event

taking place indoors during the winter months. And with such a huge range of machinery franchises that Ripon Farm Services has built up over the years there was always going to be a substantial array of machines to keep the thousands who visited interested.

Ripon Farm Services Managing Director, Geoff Brown, was on hand, and he gave his feelings on the start of the year.

‘In agriculture there seems to be a lot of optimism. We’re certainly quoting on quite a few tractors and other items of farm machinery. I think we’ve been quite insulated in this area. The farming industry has never really had the peaks and troughs that other industries suffer. The general picture is not bad. Yes, some prices could still be better but some farmers’ costs are coming down now - such as fuel

and fertiliser - and that helps.’

Nonetheless Geoff feels it is too early to get carried away, and the uncertainty that exists amongst much of the population could have an effect.

‘There is still a bit of uncertainty around over commodity prices, but that general optimism in farming is helping at the moment.’

He was also very pleased with the show itself.

the new SiMBa machine on show


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‘The venue here is much better. Everything is in a heated environment and that makes it more comfortable for people when they walk around.’

With a line-up that includes John Deere, Land Rover, Kuhn, McHale, Vicon, Grimme, McConnel, Simba, Arctic Cat, Harry West, Permastore, Bunning, Hi-Spec, Lynx and NC Trailers this was always going to be a crowd-pulling event and pull it did.

John Branton, farmer and agricultural contractor, made the long trip right over from Skeffling in Holderness. He agreed with Geoff

Brown’s comments on the industry at present.

‘Farming hasn’t really been affected by the credit crunch so far - but everything outside of farming that farmers have to pay for is having an effect, like vehicles and fuel. Farming prices have been better lately, particularly pigs because of the pound and euro being on parity. We’ve gone up from 1000 to 6000 pigs on contract.’

John was so impressed with the show that he even went home with a new machine too! Proof that business can still be done at shows.

the rFS team


ThE GEnERal fEElinG Of OPTimism is hElPinG…

Alec Lunn, agricultural contractor from Wilton, near Pickering and featured in the last edition of Farmers Mart was also at the show. His take on the current situation was a little more reserved than John’s.

‘Things are tightening up all the time and you have to watch costs. From a contractor’s point of view it’s about keeping your cash flow in the right balance. Now that the Single Farm Payments have come through things have speeded up a bit.’

David Holmes, Simba UK Sales Manager, was in upbeat mood:

‘We’ve seen a very positive start to the New Year. I think farmers are on the whole a bit more positive than they were at the end o last year when commodity prices slipped a bit. At Simba we have seen increased sales and we are more than satisfied with the UK market, especially with the hard Autumn and the problems with establishing the next crop. We have seen a positive reaction on out of season orders and dealers’ stock orders.’

David was also demonstrating the new SIMBA DTX300 for the first time.

‘To some extent this is an entry level machine for some customers into a reduced tillage system. It is designed for horsepower between 200-300, with front subsoiling

tines down to a depth of 40mm and 2 rows of adjustable angled discs down to a depth of 100mm. It is designed for a particular space in the market - a mounted machine - 3 metre - where there haven’t been sufficient machines available previously. We have already sold

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all smiles amongst the machines


a good number. Contractors and farmers will generally use it as either a primary cultivator or as a separate system to run alongside their existing plough-based system.’

Rob Doughty looks after the Darrington operation of Ripon Farm Services on the A1. His thoughts are very much in tune with the farmers in his area.

‘I’m hoping that the farming community is immune to the credit crunch, and that as prices rise that will again be mirrored in our sales.

When the wheat price went back down to £80/tonne it did worry all of us, but it has come back now and that is hopefully going to help with the optimism many are feeling.’

ripon Farm Services Ltd Dallamires Lane ripon, Hg4 1tt

tel: 01765 646464

www.r-f-s.com

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talking tractors thumbs up for John Deere


NEWS

WRaP laUnChEs nEW GUidE TO fUndinG fOR fOOd WasTE PROCEssinGidentifying potential sources of funding for food waste processing activities, such as composting and anaerobic digestion, has become easier thanks to a new guide produced by WraP (Waste & resources action Programme).

The guide lists potential sources of funding from a range of organisations covering areas such as environmental improvements, business development, and research, as well as detailing other grant aid schemes which may be of interest.

There is also a section highlighting relevant searchable databases and providing links to useful organisations and resources.

This is the first time that WRAP has published a funding guide for food waste processing, which has been produced in response to the growing number of requests for advice and support.

Claire Kneller from WRAP’s Organics Programme, said: “Interest in organics recycling is at an all time

high and we receive a number of enquiries from organisations looking to enter the market or expand their existing activities.

“This guide provides people with a quick and simple method of

identifying funding opportunities as well as putting them in touch with other useful organisations and resources.”

To access the guide, visit www.wrap.org.uk/composting. Details

of WRAP capital grant funding schemes are published separately on the website prior to launch.

www.wrap.org.uk/composting/publications/compost.html

After officially opening up their new premises next to Selby Livestock Market just last year Peacock & Binnington were in ebullient mood when I visited recently. Branch Manager Marcus Bourne was very pleased with both the attendance and how the year had gone.

Hosting the open day on market day was a wise move and led to hundreds of farmers looking over the best in new agricultural equipment, with Massey Ferguson and Lely-Welger machines very prominent.

PEaCOCk & BinninGTOn OPEn daY GRaham kRafT VisiTs ThE massEY fERGUsOn dEalERshiP in sElBY


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Supporting N & S MoorhouseHarry West (Prees) Ltd, Lower Heath, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 2BT

T. 01948 840465 F. 01948 841055W. www.harrywest.co.uk E. [email protected]

Grain & Silage Trailers10—14 tonne models available

Various optional extras including side loading and hydraulic doors

Dual Spreaders1300,1600 & 2000 models availableOptional splash guards.100% market share (A.E.A. September 07)

Rear Discharge Spreader10 tonne capacity spreader c/w slurry door and in-cab electro/

hydraulic controls

Diet Feeders &Compost Machinery

GiVinG sOmEThinG BaCk in BaRnslEYChRis BERRY VisiTs n&s mOORhOUsE aT BaRUGh GREEnSouth Yorkshire is often forgotten about as a farming area, generally being referred to as a mining community, but it was a rural heartland way before the mining industry started.

Stephen Moorhouse has been involved in the farm machinery business in the area for 37 years and was on hand recently when I visited the N&S Moorhouse Open Day at Barugh Green, near Barnsley.

‘We have something special on here every year - usually an Open Day and it gives us chance to give our customers something back, as well as to showcase what we stock.’

N&S Moorhouse, the other initial in the name is his son Nigel’s, are Massey Ferguson main dealers, and they also sell such recognised brand names as Lely, Amazone, Quicke, Teagle, Harry West, Fleming and Pottinger. As a mark of how important each of these companies see their relationship with Stephen and Nigel all were on show.

The family connections go much further too, and Stephen’s daughter Tammy is also very much a main part of the team. Stephen is quick to point to those others who also deserve a mention.

‘Nobody is more important than anyone else here. We have an excellent team and everyone has their own specific job. Ed Tinker on sales, John Mills on stores, Tony, Ashley and Roger on service. Everyone is vital to our overall success.’

Another main indication of how well a business is thought of is in how many customers turn up on the day. Moorhouse’s Open Day attracted hundreds from throughout the area.

Stephen has his own feelings about

customer service and looking after people. ‘We serve South Yorkshire. I’ve an unwritten rule that if you can’t get there in an hour you can’t really look after it. We do have customers from further away, but to be fair they find us and want us to look after them rather than us looking for them. We will always look after everyone 100%.’

N&S Moorhouse’s farming customers are usually more of the livestock-oriented variety, but he has a wide range of arable farmers too.

‘We look after all types of farms, but the way the business has developed over the years we do deal basically with stock people. It’s not that we had some grand master plan when we started, it’s just the way it has happened.’

N&S Moorhouse moved to Barugh Green from Skelmanthorpe six years ago and Stephen talks of how the business is going at present.

‘We have done well since we came here. The tractor side is a little bit quiet for us at the moment. Our most popular models here are the

MF5455 and MF5465, but although some good farm prices are being made I think a number of people are talking themselves into doom and gloom because of what is happening nationally.’

Nonetheless there was little doubting the enduring popularity of N&S Moorhouse’s Open Day and you can guarantee that if there is business to be done they are well placed to do it!

n&S MoorHoUSe cross grange garage

claycliffe road, Barugh green Barnsley S75 1HS


www.nands-moorhouse.co.uk

Mob: Stephen Moorhouse 07931 381651


FARmSTAR OpEN dAy

PUllinG in ThE CROWds aT maRRChRis BERRY VisiTs faRmsTaR’s famOUs annUal OPEn daY in sOUTh YORkshiREonce again the biggest one-day agricultural machinery show in South Yorkshire pulled in the crowds from throughout the White rose county and further afield too. Hundreds turned up to sample the famous Farmstar hospitality, meet up with old friends for the first time since christmas and to take a look

at what the company had to offer at Marr, near Barnsley and Doncaster.

The Case ih range was once again centre stage, with tractors and combines catching the eye both indoors and outside. The huge range of franchises that also includes the impressive Manitou range of materials handlers and telescopics,

KRM, Kverneland, Vicon, Richard Western, Kubota, Cousins of Emneth, Rau and Bomford.

Farmstar Ltd began in 1988 and this is their ‘Comin g of Age’ year. Notable stars of the Farmstar day were the Case ih Axial Flow 9120 combine and the Kubota M Series tractor.

Managing Director Andrew Waddington and Shaun Husler, Service Manager, were both on hand during the day along with representatives from the other Farmstar branches at Market Weighton, Long Bennington and Brigg.

Water Ballast Land Rollers.End-tow model with transport kits - 10ft & 12ft widths

Tandem roller, giving a rolling width of 16’, 18’, 20’ and 24’.

Wall thickness vary from 6mm 20mmRollers available in 5ft - 12ft widths.Diameters 20in, 30in, 36in, and 40in.

Rear Hydraulic Wheel Kit Rollers, 8ft & 9ft wide

For the name of your local dealer contact our Agricultural Equipment Division

Greenfield Works Ballylough Road, Castlewellan, Co.Down, Northern Ireland.

Tel. 02843 778 711 Fax. 02843 772 050


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faRmsTaR COnTaCT dETailsMarr Grove Farm, Church Lane, Marr DN5 7AU Tel: 01302 786786

MarKet WeigHton Becklands Park Industrial Estate, York Road, Market Weighton YO43 3GA Tel: 01430 875900

Brigg Bridge Street, Brigg DN20 8NF Tel: 01652 654944

Long Bennington White House Farm, Valley Lane, Long Bennington, Nr Newark, NG23 5EE Tel: 01400 283818


GRIppLE

created specifically for terminating end-post wires, the gripple t-clip is covering new ground, using a specially designed version of the world-famous gripple Plus system. With patented technology, the single-channel t-clip grips the wire with a spring-held ceramic roller, securing your fence speedily, effortlessly and neatly.

It’s the quick and easy way to start and end your fence, proven to be at least four times faster than ungainly knotting. Simply twist the T-Clip

onto the line wire, loop the wire around the end-post and push it through the entry hole. It’s as easy as that: Twist, Clasp, Loop, Insert, Push – T-Clip.

John Clayton of John Clayton’s Professional Paddock Care uses the Gripple T-Clip to terminate horse-mesh. The Lincolnshire-based fencing contractor feels the product is a master-stroke of design. “I can’t fault it” he said. “As a product, it does the job perfectly.”

In the past, John would simply wrap the wire around the fence-posts to terminate a run, but this was both laborious and time-consuming. “Our biggest consideration is time, so it’s a big plus. It used to be awkward when it came to the end-posts – the difficulty in knotting the wire often meant tempers would fray, but the T-Clip has eliminated all of that stress.”

Now Gripple is offering two T-Clips absolutely free for every bag of Medium Gripple Plus you buy.

Gripple Plus is the perfect way to join and tension your fence wires, and now there’s an opportunity to try the perfect way to terminate those wires. What’s more, free T-Clips will be available on selected rolls of stock, deer and horse fencing.

to find out more, contact

gripple by e-mail ([email protected]) or phone (0114 275

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RUSSELLS

nEW hOlland T7000ThE aUTOCOmmand PERfORmanCE

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nEW aT nORThallERTOn & EGGBOROUGh

The latest tractor series from New Holland incorporates the best of both tractor and harvester driving expertise to bring together a machine that looks well set to become one of 2009’s success stories. Eye-catching instrumentation which features Intelliview, multifunction handle, which always returns to its central position, multifunction joystick, EDC mouse, electronic

remotes, an integrated control panel and Electronic Sidewinder makes this as up-to-the-minute as you can get. The multifunction handle provides electro hydraulic remote controls, Intellisteer to engage the automatic guidance system, headland and turn sequencing, rear linkage raising and lowering, a Powershuttle switch, cruise control and target speed selection and adjustment. Russells will be running a demonstrator in the coming months. Call to take a look at how the T7000 Autocommand can change the way you think about tractors.

The first hydrogen-powered tractor to be shown by any manufacturer was unleashed in Turin and Paris recently. Based on a T6000 the prototype tractor runs on hydrogen and oxygen, and produces nothing in emissions but water. There is still a good deal of

development to be done before the tractor is on sale in dealers as the tank will presently only hold enough fuel to power the tractor for up to 2 hours, but on-going development now could be vital in 10 years time.

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We are delighted to announce that we are now authorised distributors for HONDA ATVs at both of our branches in Northallerton and Eggborough. We will be stocking

the whole range including the 420 model shown here.

You can now take a look at all of our stock, all of the time, on our new website. Used equipment is a main feature and this will be updated daily so it’s worth visiting regularly for the latest lists. But there’s far more than just machines. Why not take a look at: www.russell.uk.com

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nEW hOlland aUTO COmmand TRansmissiOn EnhanCEs T7000 TRaCTOR RanGEDrawing on proven technology and familiar operation styles from new Holland’s premium harvest and forage machines, the t7000 auto command is built on the success of the t7000 tractor series which was awarded tractor of the Year 2008.

New Holland has concentrated on comfort and ease of use in the development of the T7000 Auto Command tractor to enable customer to achieve the best return on their investment.

The New Holland Auto Command T7000 tractor range manufactured in New Holland’s Antwerp Transmission Plant in Belgium offers:

• New CVT control system developed together with New Holland’s Harvest and Forage Excellence Centre in Zedelgem, Belgium

• Forced-based Multi-Function Handle from the FR9000 forage harvester for easy control and familiar operation,

• New-generation Sidewinder™ II

Armrest including Intelliview™ III from the CR combine and touch screen with guidance full capabilities

• Five models including the new 225hp T7070 Auto Command™ flagship model offering Power Boost up to 250 hp/187 kW (ECE R120 / ISO 14396) for an improved power-to-weight ratio

• New electronic park brake

• Max permissible gross vehicle of 13,000kg at 50 kph

The new Auto Command transmission is at the heart of the tractor range and, in combination with the new multi-function handle, offers a smooth seamless application of power that is easy to control and efficiently managed to ensure fuel

use is kept to a minimum.

T7000 Auto Command will start shipping from New Holland’s tractor plant in Basildon, England in May 2009.

For more information

please visit www.newholland.com


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The FZ loaders are manufactured using a very strong, but lightweight fine grain steel. This enables a low-weight construction to help reduce front axle loading. Hydraulic hoses are moved to the underside of the loader arms, improving operator vision whilst maintaining accessibility for service and repair.

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New Z KINEMATICS parallel motion improves on all areas of lifting performance and height by introducing new thinking on loader kinematics.

get the best view of the action

Stoll FZ loaders now feature parallel motion control rods, which are positioned within the frame and out of the field of vision, creating a clear front view of operation. Loader brackets can be mounted closer to the tractors centre of gravity for better handling and easier fitting. Another advantage is that windscreen can now be easily opened - where previously it was obstructed.

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Additional innovations to the parallel system include the ability to over ride the mechanical control hydraulically,

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David HendersonAgricultural EngineersUnit 12 Acomb Ind. Est., Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 4SATel: 01434 601 966 • Mob: 0777 8161 839 • Email: [email protected]

lOsT anY fUEl RECEnTlY?ChRis BERRY Talks faRm sECURiTY WiTh sTEVEn dREssERthere are still many farmers who will leave doors unlocked, or even open, and who have not invested in any form of security other than the odd bolt and key, regardless of the open invitation they provide. But with an increase in on-farm crime, which generally comes when times get tough, the need for greater farm security is never more prevalent than now.

‘Unfortunately there are those who will take advantage of farmers who don’t invest in the appropriate security,’ says Steven Dresser, who specialises in providing all forms of on-farm equipment in order to ensure safety of possessions. ‘Time and money spent wisely now can save a lot of hardship and unnecessary disappointment later on. We all know

that it would be great to still be able to leave our doors open and gates unlocked without fear of anything happening, but I’m afraid that’s not the way the world is today, even in the countryside. Farmers and farm businesses have been seen as soft targets for those who wish to steal everything from tractors and ATVs to power tools, welders and fuel.’

His company Steven J Dresser Electrical Contractors Ltd installs and maintains all manner of security equipment from perimeter beams to intruder alarms and CCTV.

‘Fuel storage tanks are the latest area to be hit with increasing regularity,’ says Steven. ‘But when hard times come there is usually an impact on the amount of farm crime. Security equipment doesn’t cost the earth to

have fitted and it really can give peace of mind.’

Steven tells of BT Red Care being the preferred form of on-farm monitoring.

‘We are Red Care installers which links the farm between the security system and a central station. The alarm cannot be tampered with or disabled and is highly effective. Remotely accessible camera systems are now installed too, so that the farm owner can simply dial into them from a PC. It may well be a sad state of affairs that security is now needed, but at least by having it you can save yourself the hassle

that inevitably comes with having equipment and belongings stolen.


Steven J. Dresser electrical contractors Ltd the Works, chapel Street,

thirsk, north Yorkshire Yo7 1LU



WILLIAm dOUGLAS

fEnCinG in ThE sCOTTish BORdERsChRis BERRY Talks WiTh William dOUGlas Suma Profi post driver customers don’t come any more full of life than William Douglas of Lilliesleaf, between Hawick and Melrose in the Scottish Borders. William has just retired (at 74), and his son, also William, is now the boss.

He’s the fourth generation William to be in charge,’ says the lively septuagenarian. ‘My grandfather started out in the early 1900s and was originally fencing for a timber merchant called Turnbull. Today it is William and my middle son Neil who are involved and we also employ one other man. Our work is

all agricultural fencing from plain wires to stock netting, electric fencing and post and rail, and we carry out work throughout the area and further afield too. We became contractors for Border Union Show in 1944 and we haven’t stopped since. All of my pals are farmers.’ As well as Border Union Show the business - William Douglas & Son - also provides all the show ring and penning for the Scottish Horse Show and Kelso Ram Sales. With the work they undertake, particularly at show times, getting it done quickly is very important. That’s why having the right machine is


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vital to their business. ‘I’ve known Jock for a long time,’ says William. ‘The Suma Profi we bought from him is a fantastic machine that we use all the time. It is just so quick and makes the job much easier. My

father was a great believer in the fact that hard work never killed anybody. It was an age when men lived out in huts and tents in order to finish a job. Thankfully machines such as the Suma Profi make the

work a lot less hard than it once was. We have taken it right down to Hexham in Northumberland as well as using it throughout the Borders. It is excellent for us.’

It is good to see a company like William Douglas offering a service and quality of workmanship which sets an example to all within the fencing industry.

William Douglas (far right) with, from left to right: neil Douglas, rob Munro, graham Douglas

a traditional 6 wire puller. this was & still is used extensively in the Borders.


LImAGRAIN

ChOOsE maizE VaRiETiEs fOR EaRlinEss and YiEldchoosing reliable maize varieties that are early maturing is essential for maize growers in the north of england, but that doesn’t mean losing out on yield, says Limagrain UK’s tim richmond. there are varieties that you can rely on to combine earliness as well as yield - Destiny has a proven track record in Yorkshire, and new this year is artist, an ultra early variety being grown for the first time in the north.

Mr Richmond explains: “Because of the weather and climate conditions in Yorkshire and the north of England, it’s important that only early maturing varieties are grown here. These, in effect, require a shorter growing season than later maturing ones. This means that the crop has time to mature, and for the sugars in the cob to be converted to starch, by harvest. And harvest itself, needs to take place before the wet winter weather sets in.

“There is today a wide choice of

early maturing varieties. However, growers should be wary – some of the early maturing varieties that were first introduced several years ago are actually very low in yield compared to modern varieties. In some cases, yields are 20% below the performance of established newer varieties that have come onto the List in the past few years.

One of the early maturing varieties that does have good yields and has already proven popular with Yorkshire maize growers is Destiny.

Destiny is a maturity class 8 variety and combines the characteristics of early maturity with high yield. On the NIAB List for 2009, it yields 16.63t/ha, and 5.67t/ha for starch.

Destiny’s outstanding performance in Yorkshire’s marginal climate has already been noted by David Lewis of seed specialists WE Jameson. He says: “The past two years have been difficult ones for growing maize.

“Despite this, Destiny crops grown last year were very successful – their cobs ripened well compared to other varieties, and good starch levels were achieved. In fact, Destiny has performed consistently well over the past four years, and

under a range of different field situations.”

Newly available from WE Jameson’s this season, in limited quantities, is very early maturing variety Artist. This is a product of the LG maize breeding programme being run by Limagrain UK (formerly known as Advanta Seeds). Its breeding combines reliability of performance together with the bonus of improved whole plant digestibility, derived from Limagrain Genetics, giving it a high energy value.

When it makes its debut on the NIAB List for 2010, it is predicted to be a highly placed maturity class 10 and be one of the earliest maturing varieties available.

Mr Lewis comments: “Artist certainly looks good on paper. It promises above average yields of bulk, and will be high in quality, being starch-rich and highly digestible. Varieties like this with a relatively short growing season are ideal for maize growers here in the north.”


www..limagrain.co.uk

early maturing maize variety Destiny has a proven track record in Yorkshire, and has performed consistently well in a range of growing conditions.


mACGREGOR

qUaliTY BEEf in ThE BORdERsJEnnifER maCkEnziE VisiTs kEnnY maCGREGOR

Beef farmer Kenny Macgregor runs a successful enterprise on the Scottish Border – and he doesn’t own or rent a farm!

Kenny’s career in farming goes back to 1975 when he first started work, however when redundancy followed 10 years later he decided to become self employed and bought six Limousin cross heifers at Bellingham Mart and it all started from there.

He kept the heifers in buildings at East Loan End farm just west of Berwick and one of his neighbours was the Limousin enthusiast Robert Crichton who bred the famous bull Broadmeadows Cannon.

By that time Kenny had bought another five heifers and he bought a bull from Robert Crichton to run with his newly established herd.

“Robert was a great influence on me and the bull I bought from him, Tweed Fellow by Virginia Action, bred a lot of quality calves for me that went on to be shown – one of them took a third prize ticket at Smithfield,” said Kenny. “The bull lasted for 11 years.”

More than two decades on, Kenny now runs 65 suckler cows, housing them during the winter from mid October to mid April in buildings rented from long time family friend Mrs Margery Taylor at East Loan End who helps with the cattle in the mornings.

For summer grazing he rents 70 acres of grass parks eight miles away over the Scottish Border and

he makes 700 bales of silage off 35 acres in a one year ley in the arable rotation at East Loan End.

Most of the herd replacements are bought as bulling heifers from Hexham and Carlisle markets and calves are easily sold privately at 10 months old with bullocks averaging £670 and heifers £620.

While he doesn’t find much time for showing cattle these days, in the past he has won the suckled calf championships at Wooler and the former Rothbury market on a regular basis and one Limousin bullock went on to be shown at the Birmingham Winter Primestock Show.

Heifer replacements are Limousin sired out of British Blue crosses with the aim of producing a top quality calf when put back to the Limousin bull.

At last year’s Carlisle March two day sale of suckled calves he paid £1,200 for a stylish in calf heifer from Len Skelton, of Low House, Maryport.

Kenny is also prepared to invest in his stock bulls and in 2007 he paid 6,500gns for Wilodge Adjudicator, bred by Christine Williams, of Shifnal, Shropshire, the full brother to the 30,000gns Wilodge Tonka sold at Carlisle in October 2003. Both are by the French bred bull, Oxygene.

He has had a high level of fertility and only one of the 65 females he ran with proved not to be in calf.

At the February 2009 Carlisle sale

he paid 12,000gns for the June 2007 born Overthwaite Chartered, one of three bulls in the sale to make five figures for Lancashire-based breeders RS Harker, Overthwaite, Holme, Carnforth, to use to breed herd replacements from his own heifers and build herd numbers up to 100 cows.

“He took my eye because he is a stylish bull with a sweet head and plenty of width,” said Kenny. “He is by the prolific AI sire Sympa which is very easy calving and out of the dam UVA.

“I’m looking to produce the best I can from the best of females and bulls I can afford. My philosophy is that it costs as much to produce a good calf as a bad one so you may as well go for quality,” he added.

The herd is predominantly spring calving, with 50 to calve in the spring and the remainder in the autumn. Cows which are not in calf

get another chance with the bull and those which are not fertile are sold.

As well as good fertility, good temperament is another important characteristic for Kenny who runs the cattle on his own as well as doing contracting work.

He has his own mower and a new 435 Welger baler which he uses for his own silage and for other contracting work. He also has a 25ft livestock trailer.

The cows are fed ad lib silage up to calving. Calves have access to creep feed from birth. They are fed barley, dark grains and sugar beet pulp to a maximum of 2.5 kg a day to prevent them putting on too much flesh, along with ad-lib silage.

The spring born calves are weaned a month after housing. They are vaccinated against pneumonia at housing and wormed at turnout.

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Rain dOEsn’T damPEn ThE sPiRiTChRis BERRY Talks WiTh RiChaRd BRamlEY Of kElfiEldLast year’s harvest was challenging enough for most arable farmers. Whilst the deluge of rain did not compare to the flash floods of 2007 in terms of the amount that fell over a short period of time its longevity was enough to cause many farmers serious problems.

The arable farmers in the flatlands of the Vale of York and the East Riding were particularly affected, and for Richard Bramley at Manor Farm, Kelfield it was a difficult time and one which has impacted on his farm, as he was not able to drill as many acres as he would have in September.

‘Drying expenses were much higher for all of us and there was a loss in quality in the crop overall. That’s because in early September very nearly one-third of our land was flooded, with water coming over the top of our ings land.’

Nearly half of Richard’s potato crop was in danger of being totally under water too, but in the end he only lost around one acre’s worth. Not a bad result given the incessant rain which finally abated in October after a seven week stint of continuous downpours.

‘We didn’t manage to drill any wheat at all in September, whereas we are

normally one-third done by then.’

When I arrived at Manor Farm in January Richard and his father, also Richard, had just finished lifting the last of the 2008 potato crop and

were busy grading them. Overall they were in buoyant mood.

They grow Hermes and Saturna for Walker’s, which makes up 85% of their crop, and Saxon and Estima for the supermarket trade.

One of the reasons why there is always a degree of concern in the wet weather is that the Bramleys’ farming operation is next to the River Ouse. Whilst they are used to it flooding it normally occurs in the winter when it is not as damaging. Richard tells of floods occurring with lesser regularity than has been the case in recent times.

Their cropping is vital to the farm’s existence as they have 490 acres of land in all, at both Kelfield and Riccal and the farm is wholly arable-based. There is no livestock enterprise to fall back on.

They grow 137 acres of wheat, 110 of spring/winter barley, 70 acres of potatoes, 60 sugar beet, 56 oil seed rape, 23 beans and have 34 in stewardship.

The two Richards are second and third generation farmers with Richard (Jr)’s grandfather having come here in 1935 from South Duffield.

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Richard had just returned from a Combinable Crops conference when I visited and told me that there was very much a feeling of optimism, despite the fact that grain prices had come down from their heights they achieved at the back end of 2007 and into early 2008.

‘Generally everyone was reasonably optimistic about the outlook for cereals. The feeling was that prices are more likely to go upwards for

cereals this coming autumn.’

That’s something that is certainly reflected in current forward prices and is fuelled by a combination of currency values and big purchasing countries such as India and China.

One of the concerns which was raised though was the knock-on effect of damaged soil structure if wet conditions prevail for further years.

Richard still feels there have been blessings along the way though. With drilling having been delayed, and in some cases not being undertaken at all in the autumn, pesticides that would normally have been applied when the wheat was drilled, have not been used at all.

‘Not using them was partly down to the conditions that we had, but I didn’t feel they were as warranted this year. I’m not unduly concerned

about not having used them as much as I am a strong supporter of using technology appropriately and not just for the sake of it. We are a member of LEAF and very much believe in taking the sensible approach to agriculture and the environment.’

Richard is married to Brig, and they have three children - Conna, Liam and Niamh.

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fOURTh asTROnaUT lands aT smEaTOnGEORGE and andREW lEGGOTT ExPand ThEiR daiRY hERdnot many farmers would be celebrating a birthday by putting in a milking robot with some of the concerns facing dairy farmers at the moment.

But George and Andrew Leggott have just marked a 20th anniversary by purchasing another Lely Astronaut milking robot. They currently already have 3 Lely Astronaut A2 robots installed at White House Farm, at Great Smeaton near Northallerton. The recent purchase was done 20 years to the month since George took over the farm from his father, to farm it on his own with 60 cows. George started with a 5:10 parlour and the 60 cows he took over he registered as pedigree under the name “Cocklewood Holsteins”

The herd now stands at 200 milking cows plus followers. They currently have an expansion plan to be milking 250 within the year and have all the heifers in the system to grow the numbers to achieve this.

Having used Lely Astronauts for 2 years milking on average 180 cows

they have seen several changes and reported better results. George states “We now have time to look after the cows properly.” Every 3 months they meet with their vet and feed consultant. Cows are dried off with teat sealant and antibiotics as a routine, but milking with the free access Lely robot system is ensuring that the cows are getting milked more frequently. Andrew says “The system enables mastitis to be seen sooner, and it has the tools to help with control when used correctly”

The introduction this month of a 4th robot is key to an expansion plan which has seen a few changes in the last year. The aim is to have 250 cows milking, and have a level supply of milk from all 4 robots.

A new shed was erected 2 years ago to house 2 of the robots, and this was of the latest design. It has an automated ventilation curtain down the southern side and the cows lie in Cubicles with Mattresses which have slatted passages to keep the building cleaner.

All of this automation and changes has enabled George to take a lesser active role on the farm day to day, leaving son Andrew with their student Simon Armstrong to manage things day to day. Simon currently attends Askham Bryan College at Bedale one day a week, and George is also a Farmer Director for the Arla Milk Partnership and is one of 3 farmers representing the North East. George says that “me and Simon count as

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When asked to make a final comment George added, “We wouldn’t have bought another robot if we weren’t happy with them!”


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Put yourself into a different world, perhaps that of a bird or a rabbit. if you had the option of living in the middle of a field full of stubble and open to all of the elements, or alternately in the cover of hedges and woodland, with a plentiful supply of feed and warmth, which would you be inclined to choose?

It’s easy isn’t it? And it makes great common sense, rather than the nonsense that exists in keeping such as William Byass’ 60 acre field at Bishop Burton down to stubble from last year’s harvest.

It has not been enough to provide useful cover, and it’s doing no-one any favours, whether you’re the farmer or you are a bird or other wildlife creature.

He believes DEFRA is, largely, doing the right things. It’s just that he understands his own land perhaps better than most, and how it could work more effectively to complement both arable production and conservation management,

‘Look at this’, says William, as he points out to his field that rolls away on the chalk and limestone folds of the Yorkshire Wolds at his Lings Farm, where he was born and has lived all his life since 1934. ‘What value is it meant to have? The idea is that by leaving this field to stubble it will be full of birds - but it isn’t working. There is no cover and on a hard winter’s day where is the wildlife going to go? In here or over there in the woodland? What I’m suggesting, since we’re being asked for our suggestions, is something that would be far more beneficial for wildlife. Wider strips at the side of a field, rather than whole exposed fields, maybe coming out about 30 yards into the field from bordering

the woodlands and hedges, would make it really worthwhile. We have been doing a little of that anyway. In those strips, alongside the woodlands, you then ensure there is sufficient cover, as well as food, for the wildlife, and that creates a much better habitat than simply leaving a field completely untouched. We’re intending to grow Miscanthus, kale, beans, sunflowers and millet in our strips, which will combine both food and cover.’

‘Next week we will be sowing this field (part of his 525 acre arable farming operation, which he runs with his son Leonard) with Canadian Red Wheat on contract for Hovis through local merchant Gleadalls. They are keen to get British-sourced wheat and it should grow pretty well here as most of our land is Grade 2, with some Grade 1.’

Lings Farm at Bishop Burton is high quality East Riding arable cropping land. William and Leonard grow wheat, barley, malting barley, peas and oil seed rape here and almost without question the farm produces an excellent yield.

Pheasants, partridge, lapwings and skylarks are all to be found on William’s farm, evidence of his own attempts at wildlife conservation so far. His only disappointment is the lack of geese that the farm used to attract every year.

‘At one time we would have

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thousands of geese coming over in a morning and landing in this field. What a wonderful sight that was.

‘I read recently that there is some sort of shortage of lapwings, but not

here, we’ve lots of them - and plenty of skylarks too. There will be plenty more as well if my suggestions are taken up.’

William Byass of Lings Farm, Bishop Burton


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Uk all-BREEds salE RECORd aVERaGE Of £5688 sET aT CaRlislE limOUsin salEUK all-breeds record average – 85% clearance – sale grosses £745,000 – 17 bulls at 10,000gns and over – Junior bulls average £6,151

In a spectacular day’s trading, a new UK all-breeds record sale average of £5688 was set at the Carlisle Limousin Bull Sale held on Saturday 14th February at Borderway Mart. Demand from a standing room only crowd saw 17 bulls sell at 10,000gns or over with 42 in all selling at 5,500gns or more. 131 bulls of the 154 forward sold to all parts of the UK which was representative of an 85% clearance rate. The depth in trading saw a bull sale gross just shy of three quarters of a million at £745,128. On Friday evening, 102 heifers had traded to average £1588 giving an overall two day sale gross of £910,000.

Friday’s pre-sale show had demonstrated the depth of quality bulls on offer in all age categories of the catalogue and this was picked up on by the judge Michael Fieldson

of the Fieldson Herd, Poplar Farm, Corringham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire who said, “It was an exceptional show of modern Limousin bulls predominantly for the commercial suckler man and very level in quality throughout.”

The top price of the day at 23,000gns went to the classy Reserve Supreme Champion Goldies Comet. Bred and shown by BT Goldie, Townfoot Farm, Mouswald, Dumfries, this 16 month old junior bull is an AI son of the 42,000gns Wilodge Vantastic and is out of the noted Goldies Vitality whose dam is a full sister to the prolific Goldies Terence.

Standing second in his class to the top price bull was Goldies Conquest from the same home and also sired by Wilodge Vantastic.

Following the sale, British Limousin Cattle Society Chief Executive congratulated the breeders on the quality of the bulls forward and commented, “An all-breeds UK record sale average put the cap on

what was a tremendous sale for the Limousin breed. Limousin cattle are driving the UK market and today’s sale is indicative of the fact that there is a real price differential for Limousin cattle in the market place with the carcase quality, yield, consistency and conformation at any weight that is demanded. Limousin breeders are providing the goods in

numbers and buyers are investing heavily in their own future with great confidence.”

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simmEnTal sElECTEd fOR EBlEx YOUnG BUll PROmOTiOn sChEmEomorga Volvo has been selected by eBLeX and the British Simmental Society as their choice for this year’s YBPS Scheme.

Volvo, has the very desirable combination of high growth rates, easy calving and high milk figures, which combine to give him a Terminal Production Index of 29, which is in the top 5% of the Breed and a Self Replacing Index of 39 which is in the top 1% of the Breed.

He was bred by H. J. W. & J. C. Moore, 115 Church Rd, Coolesker, Beragh, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, and also has a mass of outstanding breeding behind him, to back up his EBVs including Carnkern Titan and Raceview King. The bull is currently owned by Barry Chambers of the

Shanehill Herd 22 Ballydougan Road, Craigavon, Co. Armagh.

The Simmental Society is so pleased with the quality of the bull that they have acquired additional semen for distribution to members to maximise the benefits and information resulting from the bull’s performance recorded progeny.


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Semenstore.co.uk, the one-stop semen shop website has been officially launched and is open for business.

The e-commerce site has been built and introduced by Limousin Solutions Ltd, the trading company set up by the British Limousin Cattle Society.

Semenstore will enable prospective purchasers in the UK, and abroad, to browse, consider, find and purchase the semen of their choice, there and then, online.

For those selling semen, semenstore.co.uk will market bulls in a professional, co-ordinated and efficient manner. Most importantly, it will collect all monies due, credit accounts on a monthly basis accordingly, and look after all aspects of storage, delivery and stock maintenance on the seller’s behalf. Taking out the admin and work involved in semen selling will be a major benefit for vendors.

A unique feature of semenstore.co.uk will be the variety of search criteria available. Easy to navigate, purchasers will have the ability to search easily for the semen that most fits their requirements and according to varied criteria.

Just some of the searches that will be immediately available within semenstore.co.uk include: By name; Performance figures;

Price; Pedigree and Visual appeal. Best sellers; New Arrivals; Proven Sires; Royalty Sires; Special Offers; Company Bulls & Classified listings will be amongst the other search headings.

Particular searches on performance traits or combinations of traits include:

Easy Calving; Gestation Length; Muscle; Milk; Growth & Beef Value. An interface with the BASCO livestock database will also allow purchasers to drill down fully on back pedigrees and performance information. Vendors entering semen will also have the choice of putting progeny pictures on their entries and supplying video footage of the given animal that will be playable on the site.

Semenstore is a world wide web based initiative and semen can be purchased and delivered, through automation, to any postal address in the UK.

The initial launch of the semenstore.co.uk website is focussed on a strong Limousin base. It is however very much an aim to incorporate other breeds or species where there is demand and interest and the site has been built with this required flexibility.

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hEREfORds and hOlidaYsJEnnifER maCkEnziE VisiTs ThE ElliOTTs Of WEaRdalEa small farm high in the Pennine Dales of county Durham hosts many visitors each year and is home to a herd of pedigree Hereford cattle.

When Jan and Harry Elliott took on Low Cornriggs Farm, Cowshill in Weardale in 1989 the farmhouse was home to cattle and goats.

After much refurbishment over the years the farmhouse now offers bed and breakfast at AA four star yellow rating (highly recommended and in the top 10 per cent of the rating).

And two new holiday cottages, in their fourth season in 2009, are at the highest rating by the English Tourist Board for self catering accommodation with five stars.

The 30-acre farm runs to up to 1,800ft where the Hereford cattle graze during the summer months – probably the highest kept Hereford herd in the country.

The breed perfectly complements the Elliotts’ emphasis on looking after the environment. All the farm is in an SSSI and the North Pennines ESA.

The Elliotts ran Herefords commercially until about 10 years ago and when they re-stocked after 2001’s foot and mouth epidemic they took the opportunity to set up a pedigree herd.

They bought the best they could afford, initially five heifers from Ronald and Robert Wilson’s Cartbog herd near Kelso.

That autumn the Elliotts had planned to go to the Canadian Beef Expo show and the Wilsons kept the heifers until their return and even bulled them with Critchley Figurehead.

when she was a young girl in south Yorkshire.

“There is a big revival of interest in the breed,” said Harry. “A lot of people are going for Herefords because of the eating qualities of the meat and the marbling of the flesh and the fact that they are very docile to look after.

“Traditionally, they were bred to produce tallow and fat as well and people think of the meat as being fat but today’s genetics are aimed at producing quality meat.

“Our cows thrive during the summer on traditional meadow allotments at almost 2,000 ft above sea level.”

The cows are very fertile and easy calving - there has been no need to assist any calvings in six years.

The cows go to the summer grazing a mile and a half away from the farm steading at the beginning of May where they calve in September, weather permitting returning to the farm in October.

Animals not retained for breeding are slaughtered at the local abattoir and then are sold to a waiting list of customers in 15kg boxes of a variety of cuts.

Because of the environmental constraints of the farm where meadows are home to important

They invested in a stock bull, Greenyards Ajax, the half brother of Greenyards Archie, the Hereford Cattle Society’s bull of the year in 2007.

Now the Cornriggs herd numbers 13 females, six of the Elliotts’ own breeding, and including six cows.

Harry is chairman of the North of England Hereford Breeders Association which now boasts 53 members.

The breed’s docility and ease of handling is one of the attributes attracting new breeders, particularly women, says Jan, who remembers the predominance of the breed

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species of flora and fauna, the Hereford herd number is now at its optimum although it will be developed through progressive breeding.

While just a small number of pedigrees have been sold for breeding, an Ajax sired heifer made 1,500gns at the last sale in Carlisle. There are two heifers and a bull to be entered for the May Carlisle sale.

The Elliotts have started showing their pedigree Herefords helped by 14 year old Richard Dent – proof of the animals’ docility. Last year the herd picked up a first and a third ticket at both Penrith and Stanhope shows in the native breeds classes.

Jan comes from a family of butchers and bakers, so preparing what she describes as ‘country fare’ for her visitors is second nature.

She has won the Pie Award made by the AA for quality breakfasts and evening meals since 2000 and the farmhouse, which has three en-suite double rooms, is in the Michelin B&B guide.

Harry is also showing his prowess in the kitchen equalling Jan’s bronze medal in the National Marmalade Day held at Dalemain near Penrith in February. Jan won her medal in the bed and breakfast section while Harry’s was in the Man-made

category. Among his repertoire of mainly sweet dishes is a Tiramisu.

The bed and breakfast business attractors guests year-round, particularly during the winter when it snows as there are three ski tows within a nine mile radius.

Among them are people from abroad tracing their ancestral heritage in the dales.

When keen horsewoman Jan decided to close her riding stables at Low Cornriggs six years ago the redundant building was knocked down to provide the two purpose built holiday cottages with wide views across the valley.

Each cottage has three large bedrooms each with bathroom and shower room and full facilities for the disabled as well as lounge and fully fitted kitchen, catering for either weekly or short bookings.

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CUTTinG a nEW niChE aT sTEPnEY hillChRis BERRY Talks WiTh ThE fORWaRd ThinkinG TYsOnsLocation, Location, Location! it’s not just a tV series, it’s also what the tysons of Stepney Hill Farm, near Scarborough believe stands them in good stead for the future - especially with what they have in mind.

John Tyson came here in 1964 and today’s farming operation sees he and his two sons Ashley and James running a business where they own 60 acres and rent a further 340.

The three of them all work together but each has their own specialist area. John looks after the sheep, where they are lambing mainly Texel X ewes.

‘The breed suits our land here. They don’t eat their heads off and they are easily managed.’

John is also well-known in the area for hedge laying, mole catching and drystone walling.

James’ specialism is contracting. In just a short time since going into the agricultural contracting business he has developed a customer base of around 35 farmers and last year saw him making 10,000 bales. He also plants potatoes for local grower Jimmy Stockdale and operates a mill and mix service during the winter.

‘Whilst dad and Ashley are lambing I’m helping Jimmy plant potatoes.

After that we’re pretty much into silage time. We’ve recently purchased a Vicon baler with a 14 knife chopper system and I really think that will draw in even more work for us this year. That’s because we’ve found that sheep, cattle and calves can then get the silage into them quicker. The heifers and bullocks are now eating 25% more silage per day. We’ve also invested in a straw and silage blower that fluffs it up and that means they also tend to be able to eat better. It saves buying supplementary feeds for the sheep and a lot of time as well, enabling me to concentrate on other jobs.’

It is often said that timing is everything and James’ move into contracting couldn’t have come at a better time as another local contractor opted to scale down his operations.

‘We picked up a few customers that way,’ says James. ‘And we also won a big contract wrapping bales.’

The Tysons’ commitment to their long term future is particularly evident in the machinery they have purchased in recent times and they have just taken on their second Fendt tractor from Brockhills.

‘We’ve invested in another because our existing Fendt has worked so well. It’s done 13,000 hours. But I could be out baling whilst another tractor is needed to cut grass. This time we’ve gone for one with increased horsepower - a 415.’

Now you might think, what has this all to do with location? That’s where Ashley comes in - well all of them actually, but this is where he particularly comes into his own. For a while now the Tysons have been supplying boxed meat - firstly to family and friends and now further afield.

‘Our location, on the edge of Scarborough, means that we have 75,000 people on our doorstep to supply meat to. We started selling lamb direct to the public two years ago and we are currently selling lambs and pork to Peppers Restaurant in Scarborough. The feedback has been brilliant and we have just had our plans passed to put in a cutting room and cold room.’

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‘The calves we buy normally range from between two to seven weeks old. We get them and then feed them on. We’ve done quite well with them and take them right through to between 2 and 2 ½ years old. Up until now we’ve generally sold them as stores but now we’re aiming to finish the lot here.’

As well as the lambs and calves the Tysons have also gone into pigs, with three sows and one boar. They generally have 30 pigs on-farm at

any one time.

‘Every one of our pigs goes direct to our customers,’ says Ashley. ‘We don’t buy-in any feed for them either. They are all naturally-fed on bread, barley and fodder beet, for sweetness and fat.’

Having their own cutting room and cold room is something that excites Ashley, as he firmly believes that they have a largely untapped market on the doorstep.

‘We’ll still be taking our livestock

slaughter, but we’ll then get the carcase brought back and hang it in our own cold room for our own desired number of days. That’s very important to us because our customers are looking for mature meat which therefore needs hanging as long as possible. This way we’re more in control of what we are producing and the size of our cuts.’

The Tysons are reasonably happy with the way their business is progressing at present and they’re certainly not just letting their own grass grow

under their feet for too long.

‘I think farming is in a good position at the moment. A farm has to be run as a business and that’s what we’re doing here. All three of us!,’ says James.


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‘It’s been an interesting learning curve,’ he says. ‘I was very involved in the aftermath of the flooding and attended masses of meetings. I think the councils now have a better understanding of the impact on the rural community.’

John has strong views on the recent proposals from the Environment Agency and how they will affect the area. ‘East Yorkshire is being attacked from three sides. We have a coastal strategy of managed retreat, a Humber strategy and

now a River Hull strategy. If they carry on like this there will only be half of Holderness left. We need to convince them of the value of food security and food production on some of the most valuable land in the country, but politically they appear very short of money for capital projects and maintenance.’

John’s family has farmed at Littlethorpe since 1903 when his great-grandfather, William Wilson, came to the farm. Today’s farming operation runs to 600 acres, which includes 400 acres of arable and

600 head of cattle. So how easy was it to combine the running of his farm with the complexities of tackling a miriad of issues he faced through his term with the NFU?

‘There have been times when I’ve left the farm in the morning and come back from wall-to-wall meetings at 11pm with cattle still to be fed. In my worst week I had 16 meetings planned at different locations.’

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‘I think everybody reacts to situations in different ways. I enjoy a challenge. I have one person working on the farm here and a young student. How I dealt with things was to adopt a policy of doing the bits I could, or the bits I particularly enjoyed, and anything I couldn’t do or wasn’t happy with I would delegate to someone else. That way everything was always covered.’

John’s own belief is that the future of farming is in specialisation, and that’s how he has moved his farming operation at Littlethorpe.

‘When I was very young we had a bit of everything apart from poultry. We had 2 or 3 dairy cows, pigs, sheep and cattle, but we’ve gradually concentrated on specialist cereal production, letting some land out for potatoes, and developing our cattle business. The farming industry is getting more and more intensive and there isn’t really the scope for smaller units. All of my cattle go deadweight to an abattoir in Wakefield, and I deal with them because the abattoir manager is a very reliable person and I deal on trust.’

Whilst the rest of the UK economy is on a downer at present our farming industry is doing better than it has for some time. John has his own views on that too.

‘Home produced material values are on the up, whilst everything else seems to be on the down. Thank you very much Gordon Brown. If you devalue the value of currency then imports cost more so home production is more valuable.’

His chairmanship has taken up a lot of his time, but will he now take up a post on a national committee

instead or fade quietly into the background and concentrate wholly back on his farm?

‘Hopefully I’ve motivated enough people to come forward in the years to come. We have those who have expressed their intentions to be involved for at least the next six years, by which time I’ll be a bit long in the tooth for it all. I don’t intend taking up a position on a national committee for the foreseeable future. I’ve a few things that have cropped up back here that could do with sorting out first.’

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‘I started working for this local village butcher’s shop on a night, after working during the day with my father on the farm he managed. I got the taste for butchering and in 1958 Colin gave me the opportunity to come into the trade fully. He showed me every little bit about butchery and slaughtering.’

When Colin turned ill in 1968 Brian had his first experience of buying beasts at Seamer Market.

‘Colin told me to remember that ‘when you get ‘em bought we want some profit’.

In 1972 Brian bought the business for £6,000, but when he took just three shillings on his first day he wondered whether he and his wife Doreen had

done the right thing.

‘We were well looked after by people like Paddy Wrightson auctioneering at Seamer, and we had a very good bank manager, but up until Christmas I thought we were going to go under. The week before Christmas we worked our insides out and banked £1000. That was our real beginning.’

Brian and Doreen decided to alter the shop front, which had previously been a barn with 2 doors, and give it a shop window.

‘We knocked it about and then came the big decision in 1979. We had to either close the abattoir or develop it.’

If that wasn’t a big enough investment then the next move was the one that really showed Brian’s intent.

‘All around us were farm buildings that belonged to the Duchy of Lancaster. They were derelict and I had made approaches to the Duchy, but to no avail. Then one day Sir Paul Bryan, the MP for Howden, who had a property in the area came in the shop and said how busy we were,

and wondered why we didn’t make it bigger.’

The upshot was that wheels began turning and Brian and Doreen ended up buying the land, plus the 4-bedroomed house next door for £75,000. Within 6 months the

farmhouse was worth more than the rest completely.

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boning room and lairage all to full EEC specification.’

The Glaves’ business today incorporates a lot of hotel and pub business, but they have also expanded their retail side, upgrading the shop, including a bakery alongside the beef, lamb, pork and fresh daily pies. They have a thriving breakfast business too and also sell beef sandwiches and soup on a lunchtime.

They also run two smallholdings, which both Brian and Doreen’s sons manage.

‘James, as well as being in charge, runs a pedigree Angus herd and Anthony runs the sheep side of our operation which includes pedigree Texels, Suffolks, Leicester Longwool and South Downs as well as the commercials that come through the business.’

Brian was a very big livestock market supporter until 1996 when BSE and then subsequently FMD hit farming, but he has been back at markets in the last 18 months. He buys from Ruswarp and Malton as well as buying a lot of cattle from local farmers.

‘We get 90% of our pigs direct from farms, nearly 90% of the sheep that go through the business now come from our own flock, as do 50% of the cattle. Our throughput in the abattoir is now 70-80 lambs a week, 25

pigs and 15-20 cattle. We also look after a local butcher or two and local farmers.’

Brian is also now one of the most prominent names in the stock judging world. He recently completed his stint as President of the Royal Smithfield Club and has strong views on its future.

‘I knew it wasn’t going to work at the Bath & West. You can’t get the Scottish boys to go there. I thought Harrogate was and is ideal for it.’

Always one to look at where his business is coming from Brian speaks of the 30-48 month old market as being his next target.

‘It’s a possible opportunity for us. I am in negotiation in acquiring a special licence to slaughter 30-48 month old cattle. You’ve got to keep looking ahead and that’s what Doreen and I have always done. I’m very fortunate that Doreen has always given me her full backing no matter what. We have a great team here too. Andy Lakin,

who controls the abattoir has been with me 28 years and David Harrison ‘Harry’ 27 years. They and the rest of the team are very much all part and parcel of the business.’

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We were met by Leanne Skelton and her five gorgeous dogs, three of which are registered therapy dogs, and were invited into her marvellous abode for a coffee and a chat about her farm and the many merits of self-sufficiency.

“Without a doubt, the best decision I have made is to become completely self-sufficient,” She says, “Everybody should try it. To sit down and eat a Sunday roast knowing that you’ve had a hand in producing everything on that plate is a great feeling. You know where everything has come from and just how organic and fresh it all is.”

Leanne makes no secret of her opinions on sourcing from local produce. As far as she’s concerned, it’s the only way. A stress free life for the animals, fed on healthy organic diets is ultimately going to be reflected in the taste. And it’s a

conviction she is all set to carry into her new responsibility as secretary for the Halifax show, so for all who are set to visit, be prepared to witness a thriving Farmers market.

Leanne specializes in rare breeds, as she is “passionate about saving them and by eating the produce of rare breeds, the continued existence of the United Kingdom’s native farm animals can be secured.”

For Leanne it has been an interesting journey to get to this point. Mrs Skelton only became a small-scale farmer when she moved to Wainstalls with her husband Robin who is a lawyer and business partner in Leeds. Leanne had no experience on a farm growing up in the hectic municipal of Salford, having previously worked in a Manchester office.

The Skelton’s live in a terrific farm house, with majestic views and nearly four acres of land to house their many farm animals. A giant barn sits at the side of their home and is prime for any renovation work the pair may have in mind for the future.

When they arrived Mrs Skelton had no farm animals but soon started out with a few chicks and geese. Not long after, she was at the mercy of her farming neighbours when the geese escaped – flying off into a nearby stream where they remained until reluctantly recaptured. Trudging back up home with bird in hand, her

arm was black and blue from the vehement beak of the goose.

Not that this halted Leanne’s feel for farm life, soon after this she purchased two pigs at 8 weeks old, keeping them until 26 weeks and then replacing them with 4 more. From then on, Leanne began focusing on the pigs, the supply of high quality pork being a major aspect of her farming life.

Leanne then bought 3 lambs from a farmer in nearby Hebden Bridge and though originally intended to be sold for meat, Leanne had trouble raising the lambs, and they would often break into the house to sleep. The lambs won over Leanne’s heart and are now kept strictly as pets. The next additions were more chickens, ducks and an outside vegetable patch, paving the way for complete self-sufficiency. Leanne then completed her farmyard collection with the acquisition of two beautiful highland cattle which she began to

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show at local events. In the name of advancement, Leanne now has 11 highlands based at a friend’s farm in Luddenden, the first cow having been killed off for beef. One of her highland’s is currently at a farm in Chester with a carefully selected bull for breeding, and will return to the fold in early spring with the calf hopefully being born early next year. Leanne was pleasantly surprised last August with the birth of the first Nunnery Farm heifer calf “Ceidith Ruadh” of Nunnery (Red Kate of Nunnery).

None of the animals have their teeth clipped or tails docked, there are no castration for the boars, no nose rings or artificial growth promoters. Leanne uses a small local family run abattoir just 8 miles away, which she knows will treat her animals with respect.

The Highland cattle enabled Leanne to begin selling high quality beef alongside rare breed lamb and rare breed pork and since this, business has gone from strength to strength, with Mrs Skelton building up a prestigious list of local restaurants and café’s she supplies too. Amongst others, Leanne does business with The Rock, Mill Bank, White Heart, The Old Hall at Todmorden, Moyles in Hebden Bridge, many of her farming neighbours, and to any person who wishes to pay the Skelton’s a visit,

often in the form of the customers of the local country pub.

Since Leanne started farming she began to visit many of the shows that are held throughout the farming community, showing her animals and sometimes picking up awards. Alongside her dogs’ victories at Crufts, Leanne and her cows have come home with the best yearling at Honley, 1st cow and calf at Westmorland and many more number ones throughout the district. Leanne is a member of both the Highland Cattle Breeders Club and the Highland Cattle Society.

Leanne is rightfully proud of her progress over such a short period of time, and is full of ideas and optimism for the future. She has began the process of starting up a website which will run alongside the leaflets she has had printed, advertising the fantastic ranges of meat that Nunnery Farm has to offer. Leanne will soon be offering a range of hand picked hampers that appeal to all tastes and next Christmas will be selling Christmas geese, boxed, with a recipe card and a selection of fresh herbs. Furthermore, she is delighted with her role as secretary for the Halifax show which surely will integrate her further into the agricultural world and raise her farming credentials.

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In the last three months, a total of seven Land-Rovers, and six pieces of equipment, such as Teleporters and tractors, have been stolen from his clients. Many of the vehicles were virtually new and the total value of stolen items has now reached £278,000. The area targeted stretches from Lincolnshire to South Yorkshire and across into Derbyshire.

Mr Woolgar, of Harold Woolgar Farm Insurance and a Director of FarmWeb, the network of specialist agricultural brokers, is urging all farmers to not only ensure vehicles are locked, but where possible, store them out of sight and look at installing tracker devices and digital CCTV equipment.

His warnings come only days after more than £200,000 worth of tractors and plant vehicles were recovered in Poland after a joint operation with the Kent and Polish police. Last year the cost to farmers of machinery theft was about £17.8m in England, up on £12.6m the previous year.*

Mr Woolgar continued: ““In many ways farmers are an easy target as their premises are often isolated and they do have expensive equipment

which it’s not always possible to store out of sight. However, gone are the days of relying on the farm dog to raise the alarm, I think we are getting to a point where free access to farm yards should now be via a substantial electronically controlled barrier or by using a security code.”

“In the last few weeks, the amount of equipment taken over a relatively short space of time is unprecedented,” said Mr Woolgar. “It isn’t opportunist crime. I have cases where the thieves haven’t broken into the vehicle and driven it away, but have come prepared with their own vehicles with specialist lifting equipment. They have then simply loaded it up and driven off in a matter of moments. I believe it’s highly likely that these are organised and efficient gangs who are relentlessly targeting farmers. We often see the number of thefts rise at this time of year, but in my 40 years’ experience in agricultural insurance, it has never been as widespread as this.”

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Building a reputation is one thing, but maintaining it over a long period is quite another. Malton-based cundalls are less than a year from celebrating their 150th anniversary and their reputation seems as strong as ever.

Land agents, estate agents, farm consultants, auctioneers - their breadth of knowledge and experience is what many farmers in North Yorkshire and some parts of the East Riding have come to rely on over the years, and the way in which they have geared up for the future look all set to see them maintaining their reputation.

Peter Elwess has recently taken on the role of Senior Partner, from Peter Woodall, who has retired from his day-to-day position with the company. Peter (Elwess) is keen to stress the important and significant role that Peter (Woodall) and Harry Dimmey, who has also retired, have made to the business and how their successors will benefit from the legacy of their predecessors.

‘Both Peter and Harry will continue to serve an important role to our very family-oriented business as consultants alongside John Cundall. The contribution of all three of these wonderful and extremely committed colleagues cannot be underestimated and I am delighted that they are all still to be involved in the on-going success of the business.’

Peter Elwess and Stephen Edwards, both existing partners in the business, have now been joined in partnership by four new equity

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They have all been brought up in the local area and combine over 40 years of experience between them.

Peter Elwess is responsible for heading up the agricultural management of the business and all the agricultural partners, are chartered surveyors, involved in professional work, including agency, valuations, tenancy negotiations, farming agreements, planning and diversification and compensation claims with the firm currently acting for the majority of effected farmers on a large Yorkshire Water pipeline claim near the east coast.

Andrew Wood is responsible for the residential sales and lettings, with Stephen Edwards who completes the bank valuations and development advice. Cundalls, in common with all other residential estate agents, have seen just how the market has changed in the past year.

‘Last year was very difficult,’ says Stephen. ‘The residential market disappeared in the final quarter. Up until two-thirds of the way through 2008 we were holding our own pretty well. Then the change came. It is still difficult, as everyone knows, but we are attracting a healthy number of properties nonetheless and properties are starting to move were vendors are being realistic.’

Cundalls’ involvement in the farming community goes much deeper than most farm-related businesses, with Peter Woodall and Alan Tate Smith managing the always-impressive Ryedale Show, and Stephen Edwards being Chairman of the Driffield Agricultural Society which organize the Driffield Show.

Peter Elwess believes that the new partners, alongside himself and Stephen, and with the benefit of Peter (Woodall), Harry and John still being on-hand when needed, will assure the long-term future of Cundalls in the area. ‘I started here back in 1973. We have always held on firm to the belief that it is the people we work on behalf of who matter the most, no matter whether we are conducting our famous Fadmoor sheep sales, advising on any property and land matter or working in the livestock market. We are looking forward to celebrating our 150th anniversary next year, but whilst we will be looking back with affection, we are certainly well-placed to continue serving our customers for many years to come.’

partners. Although all four have been with Cundalls and in the profession for some years Peter believes that their vitality will stand Cundalls in good stead for many years to come.

‘It’s really quite an exciting time, despite the current economic climate, to be able to encourage the generations that are younger than myself and Stephen. Our four new partners, Alan Tate-Smith, Keith Warters, Tom Watson and Andrew Wood, are all vibrant, highly focused professionals who wholly understand not only our business, but most importantly our customers. They have embraced today’s technology in such a way that they have brought the business firmly into the 21st century whilst

also not forgetting that the crucial element is always in talking with our farmer customers and residential clients and understanding their needs. Technology does help, but it is thinking and talking time with customers that really counts.’

Malton Livestock Market remains at the heart of Cundalls agricultural roots and continues to provide a highly visible shop window to all of the services the company offers. Two of the new partners, Keith Warters and Alan Tate Smith, are the principal auctioneers and agricultural advisors in the market selling cattle and sheep twice weekly in the town centre market.

Alan feels that the current prices at market have created a very positive feeling presently. ‘In recent months livestock prices and throughput have both shown a marked improvement and that has brought about increased confidence in the market’s long term future. There are on-going concerns over where the livestock market will eventually be situated, but for the moment the prices and throughput numbers are particularly encouraging.’

Tom Watson’s role is largely on the agricultural and rural agency side of the business. He looks after everything from small parcels of land to smallholdings, right the way through to farms and estates, as well as valuations, planning and compensation matters. Tom covers the current rural land and property market position on the facing page.

Each of the four new partners are certainly not new to the business.

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the 2008 land market finished on a very positive note, despite a conflict of opinion on where land prices were heading for 2009, with some national statistics showing land prices beginning to fall.

However despite these concerns, in December, Cundalls successfully sold four parcels of bare land and all achieving in excess of the guide price, with one example making a premium of over 25%. I have also been involved in purchasing land for retained clients in the Vale of York and Yorkshire Wolds and on two occasions have failed to purchase despite going to figures approaching and indeed over £7,000/acre.

To date 2009 has continued to start were 2008 finished and a substantial block of Wolds land, reputedly achieved in excess of the £6,500

guide price. We have yet to see any commercial farms on the market, however I anticipate a shortage, which should result in strong prices for those who do decide to sell.

It was very noticeable during 2008, that demand for properties falling between the smallholding and commercial farms category has been much slower, as developers and lifestyle buyers are less prominent. This worrying trend and general lack of confidence within the economy resulted in a number of farms falling through on more than one occasion and deals are taking much longer to finalise.

However despite the continued economic fears, since the New Year, with interest rates now at a record low of 1% and falling returns in the money market, I know of a number

of investment buyers who have substantial cash funds available and see farms and land as a safe investment.

I believe that 2009 will be a very important year for the UK agricultural industry and land market and it will be interesting to see if prices stabilise, fall or increase. This will clearly depend on what the full effects of the recession have on the economy, if this will affect the industry and hopefully if livestock prices remain high and arable commodity prices improve, this could further increase confidence in the agricultural community.

Overall, despite reassuringly strong sales of bare land, there is still no doubt that vendors in all property markets are wise to remain realistic, but good farms and land in a good area will still make a good price.

If you are considering selling in 2009, then early sale planning is essential during the spring months to allow for accurate and quality details to be produced and to gather all relevant details to hopefully enable a hassle-free sale, please contact the Cundalls team for a confidential marketing appraisal.

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one of north Yorkshire’s leading atV companies, Moorland atV in rosedale abbey, north York Moors held their annual open day at the end of February. Proprietor Ben Hebron was on hand, along with the rest of the team to demonstrate the latest machines.

This was also a first time for many to take a closer look around the new premises that were built in 2008. Having moved from the outskirts of Pickering back closer to the family home, and next to The Coach House pub in the village, also owned by Ben’s father Howard Hebron, Ben’s business has gone from strength to strength.

‘It was the best move we could have made,’ says Ben. ‘We are now right in the farming heartland of the people we serve. The business has grown massively since we came here and it was great to see so many people at our open day. ATVs have become an essential element of farming in the past two decades and we are fortunate to stock some of the leading models.’

Based on strong family values Ben sells new and used quad bikes including Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha.

‘All of our quad bikes are of the highest standard and suitable for use by all ages depending on the make, model and size. Our main franchises are with Polaris, Yamaha and Apache. One of the main things our farmers really appreciate is the amount of new and used spare

parts we stock, from a wide range of manufacturers. We also have a highly skilled and efficient service team so that no ATV is out of action any longer than necessary.’

On the day well over 100 customers attended and Ben reports that trade is looking good for 2009.

‘We have already started the year well and, even though the news always looks bleak at the moment in the media, we cannot complain.’

Watch out for more news about Moorland ATV in future issues.

For more information contact MOORLAND ATV

Ben Hebron, Rosedale Abbey Pickering

North Yorkshire YO18 8SD

Tel: 01751 417417

Email: [email protected]


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