FarmersMart Summer 2011

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Well Summer is upon us, the
weather is beautiful although
some of you could do with a
bit more rain! I hope we get the
compromise for you all.
I would like to thank all our
farmers for taking the time for
us to come and see you for
interviews as I know it has been
the busiest time of the year and is
much appreciated, this has helped
getting the magazine together in
such a short space of time.
This edition will be just in time for
the show season starting off with
GYS which will be the busiest yet
as they have a record this year
with class entries in all areas so
good luck to you all! Come and
see us at stand number 637 or
261 as we will be giving away
some goodies and special offers
on subscriptions plus it will be
nice to catch up!
The next event will be Driffield
show on the 20th of July.
Through our Sister publication
Fencing and Landscaping News
we are running our 3rd annual
Fencing Contractor Competition.
We have 10 teams of 2 and what
a grand sight to behold, seeing
the professionals erect 45
meters of fence with hand held
tools only over four hours! Please
come along to see this massive
achievement! Plus we are filming
the event and the show as we will
be producing a DVD which will go
on Farmersmart website.
Again this edition is jammed
packed of various features in the
agricultural world, I hope you
enjoy the read and will see you
in the Autumn. Dont forget if you
would like us to run a feature on
you then give us a call or send
an email.
Kind regards,
Simone
(simone@farmers-mart.co.uk)
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Belmont regency ....................... 9
Showtime............................ 10-13
Bayer ....................................... 14
Hunter ..................................... 15
ritchie ..................................... 16
Kavanagh ................................. 18
gripple ..................................... 19
news abroad ........................... 20
Dairy ........................................ 21
Beathll/ Head o th Marsh ... 22-23
chris Birch ............................... 24
Betafence ................................ 26
Bates ....................................... 27
Bowness .............................28-29
Stanforth Butchers .............. 30-31
ccM auction Mart ............... 32-34
Brockholes auction Mart ..... 36-37
collier ...................................... 38
arcelor Mittal ........................... 39
Fairburn ..............................40-42
animal Health .......................... 43
John teasdale .....................44-46
Wholecrop Marketing ............... 47
Margaret Watkinson ............48-49
Hampton Steel/Harold Woolgar . 51
tom Dirom .......................... 52-54
graham Hunt ........................... 55
glaves ................................. 56-57
White ..................................58-59
tony Woods Butchers ............... 60
ellis and Barrett ....................... 61
Breeds ..................................... 62
Machinery ............... 63-64, 86-87
guy Machinery ....................66-67
Moore Farm Services ...........68-69
David Murray ...................... 70-71
andrew nicholson ............... 72-73
John Hill .................................. 74
Bayer ....................................... 75
Dick Dalton ......................... 76-77
Hamilton ............................. 78-79
gamble .................................... 80
Young Farmers ......................... 81
charles Mills .......................84-85
ernie Sherwin .......................... 89
new Product ............................ 90
Farming People ................... 91-92
competitions ............................ 93
contractors .............................. 94
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CONTENTS
FarmersMart Summer 2011
NEWS
cogent BreeDing PeDigree
DairY SHoW & SaLe
16 June
A top price of 2520 for a Gillette
Final Cut heifer from Colin Singleton
of Preston set the pace for a very
lively sale at Gisburn Auction Marts
monthly pedigree sale on Thursday
16 June. Out of a VG cow and three
weeks calved this heifer caught the
eye of judge Colin Price, Keasden,
Clapham, Lancaster and she was
sold to David Walmsley, Worston,
Clitheroe, Lancashire.
caSt eWe traDe
Monday 13 June
Well fleshed and thin ewes were
easily sold, with James Wood of
Preston topping the market with a
Texel ewe at 122 to AN Alan of
Blackburn. Cast ewes averaged
76.21 overall.
PriMe LaMB
thursday 9 June
There was a great entry of quality
lambs at the Marts monthly
show, with the winning pen of five
Gisburn Auuction
MArt round-up
When you become a member of
the newark and nottinghamshire
agricultural Society.
Believe it or not, the 25.00
single adult membership fee
provides benefits worth more
than 180.00. These include
free admission to both days of
the Newark and Nottinghamshire
County Show, free admission to
both days of the Newark Vintage
Tractor and Heritage Show, free
admission to Driffield Show and
discounted entrance prices to
selected events held at the Newark
Showground.
Included in the Membership
package is priority parking at
the County Show, fast track
entry to both the County and
Vintage Tractor shows, exclusive
Members facilities and private
ringside seating at the County
Show as well as opportunity to
support the society which enjoys
charitable status by voting at the
AGM and standing for election to
The Council.
When is 25 Worth
More thAn 180?
In the current economic climate of
plunging interest rates, spiralling
costs and cut-backs, where else
could you find an investment that
returns so much?
For more information visit
www.newarkshowground.com
or call 01636 705796.
The countdown continues to the World
Sheep Dog Trials, Food & Country
Festival, which is being staged on the
Lowther Estate, near Penrith, from
September 15th to 18th.
A total of 240 handlers and their
dogs from 23 competing nations
will compete in the 4th International
Sheep Dog Society (ISDS) World
Trials, which are being held in England
for the first time.
Public interest in the four-day
spectacle is also mounting for what
is going to be one of the highlights
in this years Cumbrian events
calendar. More than 40,000 people
are expected to attend from all parts
of the globe.
Tim Longton, ISDS English President
and head of the World Trials
organising committee, said: The
countdown to the 2011 World Trials
is now well and truly on. This is
going to be one of the biggest events
of its kind ever seen in England and
will prove of major interest not only
to sheep dog enthusiasts, but also
the public at large.
advance tickets are now
available through the iSDS
at www.isds.org.uk
World sheep doG triAls :
countdoWn GAthers MoMentuM
continental lambs weighing 35kgs
coming from Frankland Farms,
Settle, going under the hammer at
95 per head or 271p/kg selling to
butcher buyer Anthony Swales from
Knavesmire Butchers, York.
For further information please
contact the auctioneer at the
Sawley office on 01200 441 351
chAMpion And
reserve chAMpion
froM colin sinGleton
NEWS
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Tel: 01759 318230
Mobile: 07811 432127
Email: sales@feedservices.co.uk
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Farmers in Yorkshire and Humber
have a new chance to apply for up to
25,000 funding for more efficient
equipment, it has been announced.
The funding can be used to buy
equipment that will help reduce
running costs for farmers, slashing
the amount they need to spend on
fertiliser and energy.
The list of equipment that can be
funded has been expanded, now
including voltage optimisation units
and floating slurry store covers when
used as part of a rainwater harvesting
installation. The other equipment
that can be funded are heat capture
units, heat exchangers, rainwater
harvesting, slurry separators and
slurry application kit.
Farms can apply through CO2Sense,
the not-for-profit environmental
consultancy that helps businesses,
including farms, cut their carbon
emissions and grow.
Vicky Wren, Project Manager at
CO2Sense, said, We want to help
farmers invest in equipment that will
save both money and CO2. These
new, innovative pieces of equipment
offer real benefits, and we are keen
to help farms from across Yorkshire
take advantage of them.
For more details, visit
www.co2sense.org.uk now!
neW fundinG for fArMers
offerinG eAse And
siMplicity - John WArren
Abp collection driver
Greets locAl fArMer
The North Easts leading animal by-
product and food waste collection and
disposal service provider has launched
a new, free service to help farmers
comply with statutory requirements.
John Warren ABP has worked with
neW service siMplifies fArMinG coMpliAnce
farmers for over three generations
and using this experience has created
an online service, which supplies its
clients with comprehensive compliance
reports that meets the criteria required
by DEFRA, Trading Standards and
farm inspectors.
The new online service enables
farmers to view invoices, review
orders, check current prices and most
importantly, collate comprehensive
reports that detail the number of
animals lost, complete with their date
of birth, date of disposal and their ear
tag reference.
While farmers can access the
information and generate reports
whenever they want through a
dedicated secure section of the John
Warren ABP website, the company
can also post the detailed reports
to its clients upon request, free of
charge.
Director, John Warren of ABP says:
Complying with statutory regulations
is often complicated and time
consuming for farmers. To simplify the
process we have created an online
service that generates a detailed report
comprising all statutory information
in a matter of minutes utilising our
existing data compiled during our
contact with the farmer. This level
of detailed information can only be
provided by a collector who has direct
contact with the farmer and is vitally
important to the smooth operation of
any farm.
For more information please
visit www.jwarrenabp.com
or call 01388 488215
Participation in shearing has
increased year on year reports
Bishop Burton College, following
this years clipping week, which
took place at the beginning of
June. The event enables the
agriculture students to learn this
vital skill or develop their existing
talents and it has also begun
to attract students from other
disciplines.
Farm manager Dominic Naylor
said: Whilst clipping is an
essential part of the management
of the flock, the event attracts an
increasing number of participants
year on year. Its amazing to see
the range of interested parties
involved, and to watch the
competition at the end of the
week.
For many of the students this
is a skill which they will utilise
straight away either at home, or
on the farms where they work
and its fantastic to see such an
interest from the farmers of the
future and learners from some of
our other curriculum areas.

Shearing competition
Winner Philip Hawksby (18)
Bishop Aukland, National Diploma
Agriculture Year 2
Runner-up Tom Richardson
(17) Ashbourne, Derbyshire BTEC
Level 3 Extended Diploma in
Agriculture Year 1
For more information, visit
www.bishopburton.ac.uk
students Get
clippinG At
bishop burton
NEWS
British Wool prices have reached
a 25 year high and the promise of
much better returns to the producer
was the clear message from the
British Wool Marketing Board
(BWMB) at the NSA North Sheep
event held at West Nubbock Farm,
Hexham on 8th June.
Board Chairman, Malcolm Corbett
said, With over 94% of the 2010
clip already sold the current level of
prices are expected to be maintained
this calendar year.
Wool prices at auction have increased
substantially since October 2009,
and the result is that the 2010 Wool
Clip Value is double that of 2009
and three times that of 2008.
These values will be reflected in
the 2011 Wool Cheques and Im
sure producers will welcome the
significant increase this year. All
producers have now received the
Wool prices At
25 yeAr hiGh
sheep fArMers told At nsA
north sheep event:
new layout Price Schedule and
personalised estimated Wool Cheque
which Im sure will make pleasant
reading Mr Corbett added.
www.britishwool.org.uk
Malcolm corbett
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NEWS
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Wanted: All types of farm machinery and equipment.
Good prices paid.
Browns Big Bale Carrier 2,950
New Bailey 2010 10ton Trailer 6,550
Optico Multi Discs 3,250
Abbey 2100 Rotaspreader 4,350
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Bishop Burton College celebrated
its first Town & Country Day for five
years when it opened its gates and
welcomed thousands of people onto
its campus for its first standalone
event since 2006.
The College suspended its traditional
Town & Country Event when it began
a 25million campus redevelopment
scheme.
With most of the major works now
complete, Principal Jeanette Dawson
felt the time was right to reinstate Town
& Country Day and give the general
public the opportunity to explore and
enjoy the new-look campus.
Mrs Dawson said: The Town &
Country event was always a highlight
of the College calendar and attracted
many, many visitors who enjoyed a
wide variety of rural-themed displays
and activities.
We made the decision to suspend the
event when the campus redevelopment
scheme began in earnest and now
the major works are complete, it
seemed appropriate to reinstate Town
& Country Day as many people have
asked over the years when it would
be back.
It was fantastic to be able to open
the gates once again and welcome the
public onto the new-look College site.
Visitors to the event were able to
enjoy a wide range of activities from
mini tank driving, to sheep shearing
demonstrations, dog shows, bread
making and tours of the Colleges
animal management unit.
Guests could also get up close to
Bishop Burtons invertebrate, reptile
and insect collections during the
colleGe celebrAtes successful
toWn And country dAy
10 Amp, eight-stage battery charger
launched to avoid a flat summer
CTEK, a leading global brand in the
care and maintenance of vehicle
batteries, has launched the MXS
10, a new 10A 12V battery charger
with an eight-stage charging
process.
With features including a 10 day
float ensuring maximum charge
level for in season usage as well
as a unique Recond reconditioning
mode that will restore deeply
discharged batteries, the smart
charger maximizes the performance
of lead-acid batteries.
Peter White of CTEK commented:
To lose even part of a day due to
a flat battery can prove to be very
costly. The MXS 10 delivers effective
conditioning and charging and can
be left permanently connected to
the battery for indefinite periods of
time if required.
SrP 138.99 inc. Vat. For
more information or to find your
nearest stockist, visit www.ctek.
com or call 01380 722621
cteK chArGed to ensure
seAsonAl stArts
Oilseed rape growers worried about the
problems associated with wet summers
and late harvests should choose an
early maturing variety to reduce harvest
pressures, according to Richard Elsdon,
Technical Manager for United Oilseeds,
who recommends candidate variety DK
Camelot as a solution.
Traditionally, Castille has been a
popular variety due to its consistency,
reliability and earliness, Mr Elsdon
said, However, Castille is starting
to wane in popularity as it has been
overtaken by many of the more
modern, high-performing varieties on
the HGCAs Recommended List.
DK Camelot, which is from the same
stable as Castille, reverses the trend
towards later maturity and shares
many of the same attributes as the old
favourite including a low biomass and
early maturity.
Snuggle a Snake and Hug a Bug
demonstrations.
The Colleges flagship Bishop Burton
Arena also hosted a fast and furious
horseball demonstration and equine
enthusiasts could also enjoy the Bishop
Burton College Horse Trials which were
held on Saturday and Sunday.
Six-year-old Jack Dyson of Beverley
thoroughly enjoyed getting stuck into
the Have a Go at Bricklaying. He
said: I wanted to know what it was
like to do bricklaying because Daddy
and Granddad build walls at home but
I cant help because its too heavy.
www.bishopburton.ac.uk
eArly MAturinG osr offers solution to Wet hArvest Woes
In addition, with excellent resistance to
lodging, solid stem stiffness and a low
biomass, DK Camelot can be combined
more speedily and using less diesel.
Mr Elsdon concludes. Such a positive
set of attributes therefore means
that DK Camelot is rapidly gaining
a reputation as the natural Castille
replacement with modern performance
capabilities.
www.unitedoilseeds.co.uk/dkcamelot
Farmers are now able to keep their
long-service tractors working for an
extended period of time thanks to
RESTORE Engine Restorer.
As the costs of running a farm grow,
it is becoming important to retain
these essential vehicles in use as
long as possible. Only farmers can
appreciate the disruption to a busy
schedule caused by removing crucial
machinery from operation to replace
worn rings, bores and bearings but
Engine Restorer provides the
answer, quickly reversing engine
wear that causes problems like blue
smoke, oil burning and flickering
oil lights, whilst maintaining full
operational capability.
The formula is an engine repair,
not just an oil additive, that works
on the worn-out areas of the
cylinder walls, restoring cylinder
compression and improving it to
nearly new condition.
NEWS
enGine restorer cuts cost
of trActor MAintenAnce
Beef and sheep producers are being
urged to maximise cattle and lamb
growth rates at grass this summer to
avoid the consequences of another
expensive feed winter.
If the dry conditions persist, many
livestock farmers will be struggling
with grass and conserved forage
shortages. Supplementary feeding
now may be the last thing on farmers
minds now, but failure to keep stock
growing over a dry grazing period
inevitably means costly penalties
later in the year, warns David
Thornton from Rumenco.
He points out that if cattle are
housed lighter in the autumn they
will take extra days to finish:
These extra finishing days really
cost you over the longer-term; in
invest noW,
or pAy lAter
expensive bought-in winter feed,
additional bedding straw and a
higher fixed cost burden in terms of
electricity and diesel costs.
With the cereal and oilseed markets
both looking bullish over the
summer, feed prices are only likely
to go up. Consequently, producers
must act now to make the most
of what cheap grass is available to
mitigate the costly impact of a rising
feed market late in the season.
www.rumenco.co.uk
MAxiMise suMMer GrAzinG
RESTORE Engine Restorer can be
used in all four-stroke, petrol, diesel
and LPG engines. By adding a can
with every oil and filter change,
farmers and agricultural contractors
can now avoid, or at least postpone,
seriously expensive engine overhauls
and reduce costly downtime.
www.ametech.co.uk
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Would you be tempted to sort out
your own accounts or do your own
legal work? If you did, would it be
purely on cost savings? Well, when
it comes to insurance, you can
obtain expert advice at no cost to
yourself. There are a number of
insurance brokers specialising in
farm and agricultural insurance
who are aware of the needs
and requirements of the farming
community and are aware of the
various insurers contracts in this
market.
Farming is unique in many ways as
your premises are your home as well
as a factory in the country where
many people, be it trade reps or
walkers have access. The average
home insurance policy may not
therefore provide adequate cover,
nor may the standard off the peg
motor policy. Brokers specialising
in this market, know the market
and are able to regularly assess the
needs of the farming industry in
such matters, both at inception of
cover and as on a ongoing basis.
Apart from the service provided,
reviewing your cover with a specialist
broker can more than likely make
valuable savings on your existing
cover, especially if it has not been
reviewed for many years.
Farming has changed over
recent years and changes in use,
diversification, let properties,
holiday lets, bed and breakfast,
fishing lets etc., mean that the
insurance cover in place needs to
meet all of the activities.
The services of an insurance broker
specialising in farm insurance
can be vital in advising on such
matters and can assist in providing
inspection and breakdown cover as
well as assessing where savings can
be made now and more importantly
keep this under constant review
over coming years and move cover
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beneficial, something which no one
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July
Great Yorkshire Show: 12th 14th
Harrogate Showground
Cumberland Show:
16th Carlisle Racecourse
Malton Show: 17th Scampston Park
Howden Show:18th
Ashes playing fields, Howden
Driffield Show: 20th Kelleythorpe
Penrith: 24th Penrith Showground
Borrowby Show: 26th Hillside
Rural Activities Park
Ryedale Show:
26th Welburn Park,
Limousin Open Day: 29th
Messrs Ridley at Hesket Newmarket
Border Union Show: 29th 30th
Springwood Park, Kelso
National Limousin Show: 30th
Borderway Mart
Cockermouth: 30th The Fitz
august
Powburn Show: 2nd
Alnwick, Northumberland
Cartmel Show: 3rd
Cartmel Racecourse
Bakewell Show: 3rd- 4th
Emley Show: 6th Factory Farm
Dumfries Show: 5th- 6th Park Farm
Garstang Show: 6th The Showfield
Osmotherley Show:
6th Home Farm, Thimbleby
Sykehouse Show: 7th
Huby and Sutton: 21st Sutton Hall
Egton Show: 24th Egton Cross
Bilsdale Show: 27th
Wensleydale: 27th Leyburn
Weardale Show: 27th St Johns Chapel
Keswick: 29th The Crossings Field
Stanhope Show: 29th Unthank Park
Kilnsey Show: 30th Upper Wharfedale
September
Westmorland County Show: 8th
Lane Farm, Crooklands
Nidderdale Show: 19th
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Young Farmers from far and wide
met at Park House Farm, Heversham
recently to compete in the Westmorland
County Agricultural Societys annual
YFC Stock Judging event.
A record turnout of almost seventy
competitors came from clubs
throughout Cumbria, along with
members from neighbouring Yorkshire
and Lancashire.
2011 younG fArMers stocK JudGinG coMpetition
The competition included judging
prime lambs, dairy and beef cattle
as well as completing a veterinary
questionnaire with all competitors
assessing the livestock against a
master judges placings before giving
traditional reasons.
President John Park commented
It is fantastic to see so many
youngsters taking part in traditional
stockjudging competitions, and with
such high standards we can be sure
of competent livestock farmers in
the future.
The overall title was taken for the
second successive time by Pennine
YFC member James Hayllar, closely
followed by Mark Curr of the same
club.
2011 Results
Senior Stockman
James Hayllar, Pennine YFC
Junior Stockman
Will Horsley, Skelton YFC
team Prize
Longtown YFC
For more information, call
015395 67804 or visit
www.westmorlandshow.co.uk
the Winners
SHOWTIME
HRH The Prince of Wales and
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall are
to visit the Great Yorkshire Show
on Wednesday 13 July, 2011. The
Prince of Wales is Patron of the
Yorkshire Agricultural Society, which
organises the event.
Bill Cowling, Honorary Show Director
said: We are absolutely delighted
with the news, and a programme
for their time with us is underway.
Their knowledge and enthusiasm for
farming and rural life is well known,
and their visit will make the show
particularly special. We look forward
to welcoming them.
Their Royal Highnesses will get
an in-depth insight into what is
Englands premier show, touring
the showground, meeting livestock
exhibitors, visitors, as well as staff
and stewards.
More than 130,000 visitors are
expected to come through the gates
for the prestigious showcase of
agriculture and country life which
runs from Tuesday 12 Thursday
14 July. Record entries in several
of the competitive sections have
already been announced with all
cattle stalls taken and a waiting list
royAl visit Announced for Gys
in operation, plus more than 2,000
sheep (a record) and over 2,000
horses competing. This will be the
153rd Great Yorkshire Show.
The show is no stranger to royal
visitors. Most recently HRH The
Princess Royal was welcomed last
year, and Her Majesty The Queen
and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
spent a day at the event in 2008.
The Prince of Wales and The
Duchess of Cornwall last visited the
show in 2006.
Historically royal visitors have
included HRH Prince Albert who
toured the event in 1848, HRH The
Duke of York, who later became
George VI, and HRH The Duchess of
York were guests of honour in 1951,
and in 1972, HRH The Duchess of
Kent became the Societys President
for the year.
www.greatyorkshireshow.co.uk
Taking place at Leyburn
the Wensleydale Show
combines up to date
family entertainment
with the timeless
appeal of a traditional
agricultural display.
With cattle, sheep,
poultry, and heavy
horse judging, a
horticultural, handicraft
and home craft
sections also feature.
There is also a flower
and a vegetable show
and a vintage section
that includes tractors, cars, and steam
traction engines.
With a full programme of events in
the main ring top billing is the Moto-
Stunts International Display Team. A
team of display teams perform skilled
tricks and freestyle display jumping.
Around the show ground you will
find walking stick competitions,
sheep dog trials, open quoits
competition, hounds and beagles
and dry stonewalling.
the WensleydAle
AGriculturAl shoW 2011
MAin rinG top billinG
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There is plenty for children and over
100 trade stands, licensed facilities,
an all day a full restaurant and a
snack service on site complete the
line up. The day finishes with an on
the day dog show. Leyburn Band
entertains throughout the day.
Show Chairman Mr David Ford said,
The Wensleydale Show prides itself
in being a traditional agricultural
show with a big presence of sheep,
cattle, and now poultry.
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The hectic show season is now well
underway, but theres still some
time to get your entries in for our
annual Fencing Competition! On
Wednesday, 20th July the Driffield
Agricultural Show will take place and
this year it celebrates its 136th year,
so why not come along and be part
of the celebrations.
The annual competition takes place
within the Fencing, Forestry and
Renewables Area, where trading
space is now more popular than
ever. This area offers spectators
the opportunity to witness live
machinery demonstrations and
allows spectators to stand and cheer
whilst the finest fencing contractors
from up and down the country show
us what theyre made of. This years
competition will comprise of ten
teams of two.
For a chance of getting your hands on
the prize money get your entries in by
emailing simone@fencing-news.co.uk
The JC Balls Dancing Diggers
Display Team will be providing our
the 2011 driffield shoW
is AlMost here!
main ring entertainment this year
and are bound to catch the attention
of all ages with their astounding
acrobatic mechanical feats. Reserved
grandstand seats are available to
purchase now and for only 10 offer
you the peace of mind that you will
have an excellent view for all the
proceedings!
Driffield Show continues to be
fantastic value for money with
advance tickets now being available
to purchase at the discounted rate of
10 for adults, 8 for senior citizens,
4 for children plus in an attempt to
keep the prices for families down to
an absolute minimum a family ticket
can be purchased in advance for
only 24 In addition all car parking
is free!
www.driffieldshow.co.uk to enter
the Fencing competition call
Simone on 01274 610101.
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Beef farmers and representatives of
every sector of the beef supply chain
flocked to Newark for Beef Expo
2011, the National Beef Associations
technical event with Lloyds TSB as
the major sponsor.
Opening the event farmer and
broadcaster Adam Henson of BBC
Countryfile fame said the industry
had much to be proud of, including
the exceptional products it produced
from some of the finest cattle in the
world.
I believe everyone in the industry
should be excited about the future
of the beef sector. Farmers are
now being well recognised for the
excellent work they do, not only
in producing great food, but also
looking after the countryside.
Speaking later in the day at the
events Question Time session
DEFRA minister Jim Paice said
he hoped to be able to make an
announcement on future TB control
measures by the end of July.
Event Chairperson, Rachel Gascoine
said the event had been a huge
success with great crowds at the
event all eager for knowledge and
new technology which could help
drive their businesses forward into
the future. The beef industry is in
a good state and that has showed
through in the event.
www.nationalbeefassociation.com
beef expo 2011
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The British Limousin Cattle Society
continues to announce its plans
to mark the 40th Anniversary of
the Limousin breed in the United
Kingdom and the establishment of
the Society.
The centrepiece of the year will be
a Limousin Weekend of high profile
activity kicking off with a National
Limousin Open Day on Friday 29th
July at the Haltcliffe pedigree herd
of Messrs Ridley, Haltcliffe, Hesket
New Market, Wigton, Cumbria.
One of the UKs foremost Limousin
pedigree herds numbering 100
head, the Ridleys have bred both
of the highest priced pedigree beef
animals ever sold at auction in the
UK: the 100,000gns Haltcliffe
Vermount and the 72,000gns
Haltcliffe DJ respectively.
The following day, Saturday 30th
July, a National Limousin Show
will be held in the new Exhibition
Hall at Harrison & Hetheringtons
Borderway Mart, Carlisle. Classes
and Championships will cover both
pedigree and commercial Limousin
cattle with the expectation being
that over 400 head of cattle will
be entered.
In announcing the planned Limousin
events, Mr Bloom, Chairman said:
The Society will use 2011 as a
platform to build from for the next
ten years and will in the year be
announcing a sustained programme
of high level investment in forward
breed improvement plans and
initiatives.
www.limousin.co.uk
A reAl reAson to
celebrAte!
There is no denying the awe-inspiring
beauty of the Yorkshire Dales and
this summer you can experience one
of the finest livestock showcases in
this most picturesque of settings. The
Kilnsey Show has been held in and
amongst the roaming dales valleys for
over 100 years, and now in 2011, its
bigger and better than ever!
The one day event takes place on
Tuesday the 30th of August at the
Kilnsey Showground near Grassington
and has a whole host of agricultural
activities on offer including; sheep
and cattle showing, horticultural
exhibitions, vintage tractor displays
and dry stone walling competitions.
Following on from last years show,
the Cookery Theatre will once again
feature cookery demonstrations by
award-winning chefs using only the
finest local produce, whilst the ever
popular childrens educational area
entertains and thrills the younger
visitor with many hands on activities.
Show Secretary Kathy Lambert is
positive that this years event will
have something for everyone; Were
expecting 15,000 visitors on the day
and with so much going on, youll
be spoilt for choice! We are keeping
our fingers crossed that the sun
will stay out, so that our wonderful
surroundings can be enjoyed by all
those in attendance on the day
www.kilnseyshow.co.uk
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In todays unpredictable and volatile
grain markets the correct storage and
protection of high quality grain is very
important.
Throughout the plants growing
phase, technology and chemical
formulations from companies such
as Bayer, protect the cereal crop up
to the point of harvest. Ken Black,
National Account Manager at Bayer
Environmental Science, explained:
In many cases the protection of the
crop finishes after harvest and the
crop goes into storage until it is ready
to be sold. It is at this point that
we need to see a significant change
in attitude regarding grain storage.
He continued: The small print in
many farm standards and assurance
schemes as well as buying contracts
state that contamination or damage
from insects will result in loss of
quality and therefore may cause
considerable loss in price or even full
rejection in the worst cases.
Figures show that over 90% of farms
in the UK harbour at least one insect
species known to infest grain, yet only
50% of growers use an insecticide to
treat the grain store pre harvest.
The best form of control is the
prevention of infestation; it is far
easier and more cost effective to
prevent insect attacks than to try and
control them after they have occurred.
If an infestation does develop steps
need to be taken to eradicate it as
quickly as possible.
The first steps before any fresh grain
is brought into store is to ensure that
the buildings, silos and storage bins
are thoroughly cleaned.
It is important to understand that
insects found in stored grain in the
UK can enter the store in many
different ways. Some of the ways
include; on bought in feed stuffs
for livestock, unprocessed imported
cereals, grain bought in from other
farms and in sacks and bags.
Once thoroughly cleaned, the fabric
and structure of the building should
be treated with a suitable modern
insecticide, such as K-Obiol EC25
from Bayer. K-Obiol contains
the active ingredient Deltamethrin,
has full approval for use on the
structure and will give up to 2
months protection when used on
the building. It is worth noting that
some organophosphate products
do not hold approval for use on the
fabric of the building and should not
be used and others have significant
withholding periods. K-Obiol EC25
has no withholding period.
The battle against insect grain pests
is continuous but by following these
simple steps the risk of infestation
can be significantly reduced ensuring
that the producer maximises his
return on his crops.
Product enquiries
Ken Black
national account Manager
Bayer environmental Science,
Bayer cropScience Ltd

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The coveted Championship award at
The Great Yorkshire Show is high on
any farmers wish list, but when a
farmer has been in the business for
over twenty years, the urge to win is
monumental.
For Thomas and Judith Hunter of
New Town Farm in the village of
Hunmanby near Filey, North Yorkshire,
the dream of being crowned breed
champion at the countrys largest
agricultural showcase was always
high on the agenda, and although it
isnt necessarily about who wins and
loses, the pair admit that it does helps
if you come away with something.
Thomas tells us, Winning the
championship at Yorkshire in 2008
was definitely one of my proudest
moments. We won with our
homebred charollais Skelton Whin
Gladiator. We had been in the breed
twenty years before winning there so
it certainly wasnt an over night job.
If you go to the Yorkshire Show and
come back with a ticket, youve done
well. After winning the Championship
award, Skelton Whin Gladiator went
on to win the Lowland Breed and
Champion Terminal Sire award at the
Great Yorkshire too.
The triumph that the Hunters felt that
year couldnt be further from their
very first showing experience at their
local Ryedale Show, as Thomas tells
us; We started showing just a year
after first taking on the breed. A man
called Alan Barnes was selling some
old ewes at Lancaster so I bought
three. I remember he said that if I
bought the ewes, he would tup them
for me, which he did. We got four or
five lambs from that, so we thought
we would go to Ryedale with them,
being green and wet behind the lugs
of course. We didnt really know how
to dress them and what not but we
thought we might as well give it a
go. The judge put us second on the
day and came up to us afterwards
to offer me a 1000 to buy it. But
I thought if it was worth 1000 to
him, it would be worth the same to
me. We learnt from there really and
we are still learning to this very day.
The Hunters purchased the 30 acres
at New Town Farm in 1989, with
Thomass parents, after leaving their
tenanted farm at Kirbymoorside, near
York. Initially the shift in becoming
farm owners took some getting
used to, mainly because New Town
was a slightly smaller farm, but the
move did enable Thomas to continue
driving for B.A.T.A Malton.
A Well deserved chArollAis Win
After tWenty yeArs
lucie cArter tAlKs With
pediGree sheep breeders
thoMAs And Judith hunter
Thomas explains, Owning our own
farm is a lot easier, there isnt as
much hassle really. For us it was a
case of finding two separate dwellings
for ourselves and my parents who
now live next door and this farm fit
the bill. We now rent an additional
40 acres, so that our pedigree stock
has room to roam.
Now after over twenty years in
Hunmanby, the Hunters carry a flock
of 110 Charollais ewes and 30 Beltex.
Around 60 ram lambs are kept to run
through to shearlings, which are sold
privately at home, Worcester Premier
Sale, Malton and Skipton.
When we moved over here we had
been breeding Charollais for four years
and originally we ran them separate
as commercial and accredited flocks.
We were eventually told by the
powers that be that we needed to
get rid of one or the other because
they hadnt to make contact with
each other. So we decided to get rid
of all the commercials and keep the
pedigrees which at the time we only
had a few of. Farming-wise, we are
in a better position now though, and
we still get as much satisfaction from
it as we did when we were running
both.
According to Thomas this development
came at a time when Charollais were
coming into the commercial mans
conscience. After rearing his own
using a borrowed charollais ram,
Thomas was able to appreciate their
appeal, particularly their heaviness
and strength.
Being successful pedigree breeders,
the Hunters main aim is to continue
producing the good breeding stock.
To achieve this Thomas travels the
country looking for rams with style,
breeding and confirmation.
Johnny Hunter (no relation) in
Scotland was a good man to buy
from. I could ring him up and he
would tell me as it was, I remember
he was once selling an aged ram that
he had and he gave me first chance
to buy him. I must admit when I first
saw this ram he wasnt particularly
the best looking sheep, but when
we saw the flock coming over the
highland hillside it was breathtaking
and we were sold on him! Although
he has gone now, he was the best
ram Ive ever had and I have carried
out a lot of breeding using his genetic
lines. He also advised us before
his dispersal sale of two gimmer
lambs with good breeding. As I
was interested I sent my Mother
and Father to the sale, thinking they
would make a purchase for around
800. On their return, turns out it
had cost 1800. Seeing her at first,
I didnt think she was strong enough,
but she has more than repaid us with
her breeding; Champion group of
3 at Great Yorkshire with herself, her
daughter and son.
As their flocks continue to grow
Thomas and Judith rely on the help
of Thomas elderly parents Simon and
Valarie, to carry out everyday jobs
around the farm. Their two children
Simon (22) and Kerry (20) have also
shown a keen interest in the farm,
particularly in pedigree breeding.
If 2010 is anything to go by, this
summer looks set to be another
decent year for the Hunter family!
thomas and Judith Hunter
newtown Farm, Hunmanby
north YorkshireYo14 9rr
tel: 01723 891 806
Judith And thoMAs thoMAs With his
Winner
RITCHIE
Hughes Brothers of Oswestry is
a family run agricultural supply
business that has developed over
the last 37 years from Roy and
Gary Hughes home farm.
With farming and its experiences
providing the business background,
sons Tim and Richard Hughes and
daughter Ann joined their father
proving that investment, belief
and hard work is the criteria for a
successful family business. New re-
developed show rooms and product
demonstration areas demonstrate
their future belief in the industry
that has supported them all over
several decades.
The Ritchie range of agricultural
and stock-handling products has
been part of the Hughes business
for over 20 years. These advanced
engineered products have provided
local customers with reliable cattle
and sheep handling ranges and the
fArMinG co-operAtion pAys
Ritchie orange products are well
established in the area.
A recent product that has experienced
national interest is the Ritchie Combi
Clamp. A new product development
from New Zealand sheep farmers,
the Combi Clamp enables sheep
handling to be easier, quick and
safer for both sheep and shepherd.
However, like most established
products, improvements for specific
applications are always possible.
Co-operation between Hughes
Brothers and local sheep farmer Dai
Hughes is one such development.
Dai farms over 970 acres of the
Oswestry hills with over 7,500
sheep and a herd of suckler cows
to look after. Kitted out with
Ritchie Combi Clamp, race, gates
and hurdles, Dai needed a bespoke
system of transporting the Combi
Clamp between flocks. A need for
auto spray fitted with a magic eye
and weighing system all-inclusive
set Dai and Richard thinking. Two
months of thought and designs has
come up with a fully mobile system
that allows Dai, with help from his
son, to set up the unit within half an
hour and be fully operational in three
different sites. With the addition
of one or two segregation pens as
needed, Dai and his son can now
dose over 1,000 sheep within three
hours.
A few additional comforts were
added to the sheep handling system
to make Dais life easier and work
more enjoyable. The trailer is fitted
with stabilizing legs to enable a flat
working surface to be achieved to
aid a more comfortable and safer
operation and also a rain cover. A
battery pack is fitted which recharges
itself whilst the unit is being towed
from site to site.
Dai adds, The Ritchie Combi Clamp
is a God send! My back problems
are no longer a worrying issue and
with my son, we are both able to
operate the simple sheep clamp
system. The design and thought
put in by the Hughes team to what
was already a good product, has
proved to be a great success on our
farm. The investment has certainly
paid off.
www.hughes-bros.co.uk
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Forging your own farming career can
be challenging at the best of times,
but first generation farmer Simon
Kavanagh is living proof that with
strong will and an eye for sheep
breeding and grazing land, a profitable
and sustainable business can be
developed.
Simon originates from Eldwick near
Bingley west Yorkshire; whilst growing
up he developed a keen interest
in livestock keeping his own hens
and sheep on 7 acres of land that
enclosed the familys home as well
as working on a local dairy and sheep
farm. Simons casual fondness of
sheep quickly grew and his knowledge
of the industry grew through both
academic qualifications and hands on
experience.
Simon tells us, I went to Harper
Adams and completed a degree in
land and Farm Management. Whilst
there I spent a year working full time
on a Beef, Sheep and Arable farm in
Shropshire. Having graduated I went
to work for John Geldard near Kendal
working with Beef, Sheep and Poultry
and then Mike Barker near Lancaster
working with Pigs and Dairy.
It was in 2000 whilst working in
Cumbria for John Geldard when
he managed to rent 50 acres of
land in Eldwick and purchase 274
Lleyn gimmer lambs which became
the foundation stock which he has
subsequently built from. A move to
working for Mike Barker near Lancaster
gave him the next opportunity to
expand as he was able to rent
additional land from him alongside his
work. Having a job alongside running
his own flock of sheep allowed him to
build up his own business taking on
more sheep and land every year.
This was all made possible by
have very understanding employers
alongside my father who would keep
an eye stock during the week whilst
I was away working as well as help
during busy periods.
The sheep enterprise is based on
breeding pure bred Lleyns and every
sheep on the farm is pure bred.
I have invested a lot of time and
effort over the years ensuring that the
flock is improved all the time. I am
looking for sheep with good structure,
confirmation, tight skins, good feet and
mouths are also top priority as well
as the ewes mothering and milking
ability, it is important to remember
A first GenerAtion fArMer
With A prosperous future
We chAt to siMon KAvAnAGh At West berWicK fArM neAr sKipton
In 2010 Simon took on West Berwick
Farm at Draughton near Skipton. A
340 acre farm owned by the Clay
family. Taking on the farm has
now given him the chance to move
the business on in other directions
alongside the sheep. Now Simon
works alongside his younger brother
Michael in the business with other
labour drawn in when required.
The farm has a tremendous amount
of buildings and I saw the potential to
move into other areas, every farm is
different, I think you have to play to
your strengths and utilise what you
have. My main objective has always
been to form a mixed, viable and
sustainable business.
Since moving here old cattle yards
have been converted for finishing
pigs and another building has been
converted for a flock of free range
laying hens. Both these enterprises
provide regular cash flow and fit in well
with the sheep enterprise. Cattle from
neighbouring farms are also wintered
and grazed on the farm helping the
grazing balance utilising buildings and
provide a useful income stream.
Simon admits although the sheep
sector has had some lean times over
the last 10 years, more recently the
industry is looking buoyant again,
largely down to there being less
breeding sheep about, alongside a
favourable exchange rate. I think that
the Lleyn breed will continue to grow
in popularity as it becomes increasingly
important to control costs and run
large flocks of commercial sheep that
are easy to manage, producing quality
lambs for todays market.
For more information on the
Lleyn breed contact him on
tel: 07759 907961.
West Berwick Farm, Draughton
Skipton, north Yorkshire
BD23 6DX
that the Lleyn is bred primarily for its
maternal attributes. The Lleyn ewe is
an ideal commercial ewe and is great
for crossing with many terminal sires;
they are prolific, hardy, good foragers,
excellent mothers and require less
feed than many alternative breeds.
Another of the Lleyns attributes is that
you can breed you own replacement
ewes keeping tight control on costs,
quality and health status.
The top end of the flock are
synchronised and AId ensuring that
the best Tups are used to sire as many
lambs as possible.
He tells us, The AI work comprises of
synchronising between three and four
hundred ewes and we normally get
85% and even up to 95% conception
rate using fresh semen. It is well
worth doing because you can achieve
a very short lambing period allowing
extra staff to be drawn in only for a
very short period. We are also seeing
fantastic genetic gain as the quality
of the sheep continues to improve.
Sheep are also monitored for any
ewes that need assistance as we want
to be intervening as little as possible
at lambing.
Ewe lambs and the best Tup lambs are
then grown on into shearlings and are
sold mainly at the Lleyn sheep society
sales. Sheep are sold at Ross on
Wye, Ruthin, Carlisle, Sterling, Skipton
as well as the ram sales at Kelso
and Builth Wells. Fat lambs are sold
through Skipton and Gisburn Auctions,
as well as direct to Woodhead Bros at
Colne, with the vast majority of lambs
killing out as R3L as well as a few U
grades weighing between 19.5kg and
21.5 kg.
brothers MichAel And siMon
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visitors at the Royal Cornwall Show
this year, the largest agricultural
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experienced a record 127,000
visitors over three days. Live, hands-
on demonstrations of the tool on a
run of fencing showcased exactly
how it takes all the strain out of
tensioning fence wires, leaving
visitors impressed with just how
easy it was to apply loads, and
how quickly they were able to fully
tighten the fence.
From the people behind the
revolutionary Gripple range of wire
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was developed through ongoing,
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with Gripple listening closely to their
customers to determine exactly what
you require from a tensioning tool.
The result is the Contractor Tool
a brand new, metal, tensioning
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advantage, meaning you can apply
the same tension with a lot less
effort. Designed specifically to
withstand daily use, the entirely
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more, the long handles provide
increased leverage, and the quick
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The tool is perfect for use on all
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the Contractor Tool is built to last,
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NEWS AbROAD
Farming is difficult at the best of
times, the variety of the weather,
decease and difficult markets, but
as Ben Freeth told FamersMart,
when the rule of law breaks down,
everything we normally take for
granted also disappears.
Already the subject of a 2009 Bafta
nominated film now Ben has written
a compelling and moving account of
his familys time in Zimbabwe which
led to violence and destruction. In
the book Ben describes how his
Christian faith has helped his familys
groundbreaking step of challenging
President Mugabe at the Southern
African Development Community
tribunal.
Bens passion for farming started as
a youngster and saw him working
on farms in England, Australia,
New Zealand and Zimbabwe. In
1990 Ben decided to get the right
qualifications. He studied agriculture
at the Royal Agriculture College in
Cirencester.
After graduation Ben, returned to
Zimabawe. Its a beautiful country
ziMbAbWe - A fArMers tAle
A neW booK, MuGAbe And the White AfricAn by ben freeth
Mbe tells of his 10 yeAr struGGle fArMinG in ziMbAbWe
And hoW his fAMily Were AttAcKed And seriously inJured,
the fArM blAzed to the Ground And his lonG struGGle for
Justice AGAinst the MuGAbe reGiMe.
phil reAd spoKe to british born ben freeth.
with beautiful people, said Ben. He
eventually worked on his in-laws to
be 24,000 hectares farm in Mount
Carmel, about 70 miles south west
from the capital Harare. My wife
Lauras family have been farming
in the African Continent for around
300 years. My father-in-law bought
the land in Zimbabwe in 1974.
The farm was very successful says
Ben. We grew mangos and citrus
fruit, which we sold to many markets
including Marks and Spencer. We
also grew crops including maize.
In addition to the 40,000 fruit trees,
the farm also had cattle, the native
Mashona crossed with Sussex beef.
The farm was also home to 500
people living off the land. Around
50 were directly employed by Bens
farm with a further 150 employed
seasonally.
My wife also taught the local women
embroidery and they ran a cottage
industry selling their work locally,
said Ben. We also had some of the
countrys finest wildlife with giraffe
and antelope roaming the land.
Finally in 2008. Ben, his Mother
and Father-in-law were abducted
and beaten to within an inch of their
lives. The farm was burnt to the
ground in 2009. Bens father in law
Mike Campbell never recovered from
his injuries and sadly he died in April
this year at the age of 78.
So why did Ben and his family not
just get out of Zimbabwe when
he could like many others? Well
as a Christian I believe that good
will prevail over bad. We want to
continue farming and we believe
once there is an end to the Mugabe
regime farming will again be able to
resume in Zimbawe.
Ben now 41 was awarded the MBE
in 2010 for his services to farming
in Zimbabwe. He says the farm is
now owned by an octogenarian
military commander with no interest
in farming. He visits for half an hour
once a month, says Ben. Other
white owned farms have been gifted
by Mugabe to his elite supporters,
judges, police chiefs and politicians.
There is no electricity and currently
no farming taking place.
Find out more about Bens
amazing story in his book
Mugabe and the White african
which was published in June.
We ran safari trips for visitors from
across the globe.
But this paradise was set to meet
difficult times under the regime of
President Mugabe who has been
in office since 1980. In 2000
President Mugabe began his violent
land seizure programme. Thousands
of white farmers and
their families were
forced to abandon their
farms and flee.
Bens Father in law had
already approached the
government about the
farm in 1999 and had
agreements indicating
the authorities had no
interest in the land.
Despite this, as the
rule of law broke down,
mobs surrounded the house, Ben
and his family; by now Laura and
Ben had brought 3 children into
the world, were shot at, the farm
workers were arrested and beaten
up by the police. The tractors and
plant machinery were stolen.
fAMily fArM And hoMe destroyed
ben With one of the nAtives
DAIRY
Lely Center, Bedale are pleased to
announce that Terry Senior will be
joining our Company as our new
Sales Advisor for South Yorkshire &
Humberside. Terry will be working
for us to generate more interest and
follow up leads in the South Yorkshire
and Humberside area where he lives
with his wife Angela.
Terry Joined the Company 1st June
and brings with him a wealth of
experience in not only dairy, but
also the pig and poultry sector of
agriculture, where many of the
products and services that Tim
Gibson Ltd supply can also be
applied, he is delighted to join Tim
Gibson Ltd promoting Lely Robotic
Milking Solutions and ancillary
equipment bringing with him 26 years
of experience within Agriculture. He
will draw from a prior engineering
background to assist Customers with
choices & planning of Robot Layouts
incorporating Feed Storage Silos &
best practice Conveying systems to
suit individual farms in the Yorkshire
Area where he resides.
Terry Senior has been involved in
the Agricultural Sector since 1985
and has worked with EB Equipment
as Works Manager and most
recently with Collinson has Area
Sales Manager (East) until semi
retirement.
terry can be contacted via the
office on 01677 424284 or on
his mobile 07714 133352
still GroWth in AGriculture
terry senior
bETHELL / HEAD O TH MARSH
We are pleased to be associated with Andrew and
Cath Bethell and wish them continued success
Converting one vegetarian to meat
isnt the easiest of things, let alone
two vegetarians who have avoided
meat for almost thirty years! Cath
and Andrew Bethell, founders of the
Head oth Marsh Farm Shop didnt
have to try very hard to achieve this
though, they let their beautifully
home-reared cuts of meat do the
job for them.
We get absolutely wonderful
feedback from all our
customers about the
taste of the meat, but
I just couldnt believe
it when I convinced
two vegetarian ladies
from the nearby
village to try our
beef. I think that has
to be our biggest
achievement! laughs
Cath.
Head oth Marsh
Farm Shop is a
fantastic example
of what to modern-
day farmers can do
when the going gets
tough, and it proves
that with a smidge
of creative flair and
agricultural know-
how; even the most
traditional farms can
step into the 21st
century.
The shop sits
MeAt so tAsty even the
veGetAriAns WAnt to tAste it!
lucie cArter tAlKs With AndreW And cAth bethell in brindle, lAncAshire
comfortably in the entrance of the
Bethells family farm (of the same
name) and manages to be both
impressive in size, but homely and
welcoming too. Cath and Andrewss
decision to build a farm shop came
after the council proposed their plans
to build a new motorway straight
through the middle of their farm.
Andrew tells us, We had been
milking our dairy cattle here for
thirty years before the plans came
through. But when they eventually
got round to building the M65 in
1996, our land here was completely
split in two and we couldnt continue
on as a dairy farm. At the time my
father and I were milking 100 cattle
and also carried between 150 and
200 sheep. The motorway cut our
land in half though and it meant we
couldnt carry the stock anymore, so
we had to cut back considerably and
reassess the situation.
In an attempt to turn their fortune
around, Cath and Andrew decided to
bETHELL / HEAD O TH MARSH
Towers Gornall
Chartered Certifed Accountants
Towers & Gornall are pleased to be associated
with the Bethells and wish them every success
now and in the future
29 Main Street, Bentham
Near Lancaster, LA2 7HQ
Tel: 015242 61206
Fax: 015242 63130
admin@towersandgornall.co.uk
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transform what had been an old out
building (used for the most part to
store sawdust) into a fully-functioning
farm shop complete with checkout,
industrial-sized refrigerators and
cooling rooms.
Because we had always sold meat
directly from the farm whilst still
milking, Andrew continues, we
already had an idea of what running
a shop would be like. Our meat was
always very popular to the locals so I
thought if we could taste the difference
in quality, and they could too; why
not take it to the next level.
As thats exactly what they did. To
get the ball rolling, Cath and Andrew
contacted the funding organisation
Rural Futures to ask if they would
be eligible for funding. Thankfully they
were and in 2005, after over three
years of planning agreements and
business proposals, they were able to
turn their dreams into a reality.
Cath explains, Rural Futures helped
us an awful lot in the initial stages
of the development, and we used a
local building firm we knew to rebuild
the old sawdust building into the
shop you see today. Originally the
shop was only the size of our meat
counter, which was enough to begin
with because we were only selling
meat and eggs back then
Now in its fifth year of trading, Head
oth Marsh Farm Shop is proving more
popular than ever before. The huge
fridge that stretches across the entire
length of the shop stocks only the
finest cuts of meat, whilst the rest of
the shop is filled with fresh pork pies,
eggs, jams and even ice creams.
All of the lamb and pork sold through
the shop is reared only yards away on
the farm itself, and Andrews father
is responsible for all the pork that is
sold. The Bethells dont use any other
local farmers to supply the meat as
they favour a more personal touch.
We prefer to do it all ourselves to
be honest and although at times
it can be quite hard meeting with
demand, to have produce as fresh
as we have it means we have to be
practical in turning things around.
All our meat is packed and hung in
Skipton so tractability is as high as
it possible can be.
After a rollercoaster ride from the
farming to the food industry the
Bethells still remain level headed,
and with the help of their three
children Lee (19), Tom (16) and
daughter Lauren (11), the farm shop
is only the beginning!
For more information on Head
oth Marsh Farm Shop visit
www.headothmarshfarm.
co.uk or call 01254 852317
AndreW And cAth bethell
CHRIS bIRCH
Chris Birch is a man who simply
cannot escape the farming world;
growing up in the small village of
Monyash, near to his current home
in Alport near Bakewell. Although his
familys farm was sold when Chris
was only nine years old, he has never
really been able resist the lure of the
agricultural industry.
He tells us, After leaving school I
became more heavily involved with the
Bakewell Young Farmers Club, which is
where I met my Wife Catherine. I held
the Chairman and Secretary positions
there and I was also the Derbyshire
County Chairman for a year.
After working in a warehouse, Chris went
on to work for an agricultural merchant
and his knowledge of the industry was
subsequently made stronger.
When Chris married Catherine, the pair
purchased a three acre field near their
home and as the size of the holding
has steadily grown (through inherited
and tenanted land) the couple and
their two children Eve (8) and Thomas
(7) have enjoyed a more relaxed
approach to agricultural living. The
children both have their own sheep.
Eve has a Greyface Dartmoor and
Thomas has a Jacob.
Since joining the ministry of agriculture
in 1998 as an Inspector Chris has
worked on what some might consider
the other side of farming. He now
works as an Inspector for the Rural
Payments Agency, and its a position
he holds in very high esteem.
My job involves visiting agricultural
holdings and other premises, in order
to verify claims for payment under
various Environmental Schemes as
well as the Single Payment Scheme. I
check all elements of cross compliance
and I do a lot of work with cattle, sheep
and pig identification. I absolutely
love my job; being from a farming
background, I appreciate the work that
farmers do. And because we have our
own sheep and a few cattle, I know
what is required when rearing animals
and the time constraints of trying to
juggle animals, paperwork, a full-time
job, bringing up a family and working
within a small, rural community.
The Birch family currently have seven
different breeds of sheep running as
one 30-strong flock. The vast majority
of their sheep are traditional breeds,
with a handful of them being rare
breed Teeswaters.
explorinG All AreAs of
the fArMinG industry
We visit chris birch on his sMAll holdinG in bAKeWell, derbyshire
A lot people dont know that there
only about 600 registered breeding
Teeswater females in the country.
This was one of the main
reasons we started keeping
them. When we decided to
keep sheep we looked at
the Rare Breed Survival
Trust list, starting
with the most critical
endangered. We moved
up the list until we came
to Teeswaters. We visited
our nearest flock which
was about 40 miles away,
and liked what we saw. I find
it difficult to understand why such
a productive animal that can produce
15 worth of wool should be so rare.
We have now joined the Breed Society
Scanning Scheme which is aiming
to improve the carcase quality of
the breed. Early signs show that the
Teeswater is equal to, if not better than
some of the more fashionable breeds.
As well as attending local shows, we
show and sell at the National Rare
Breed Show at Melton Mowbray.
Every year a few breeders attend to
promote the breed and to inform
people just how endangered they are.
Our biggest achievement was in 2008
when a shearling ram not only won the
Teeswater class but also received the
reserve inter-breed champion award.
Whilst talking so passionately about
the quality of his mixed-breed flock
and particularly the Teeswaters, Chris
is keen to credit JG Animal Health;
We have encountered a few problems
recently because the land we have is
high in iron, sulphur, aluminium and
molybdenum. It was thanks to JG
Animal Health that we found this
information out after they carried out
some sampling work for us. Thanks to
them we have since put all our sheep
onto one of their mineral drenches
and we have been seeing considerable
improvements.
For Chris and his impressive Teeswaters
hopefully the next few years will be as
rewarding and enjoyable as he strives
to promote this traditional breed.
chris Birch, Broadmeadow cottage
alport, Bakewell
Derbyshire De45 1LH
tel: 01629 636083

See page 93 for more on
Teeswater breed
chris birch
bETAFENCE
The Rylock stand at this years
major UK agricultural shows is
proving a big pull for farmers and
fencing contractors alike and its
also providing the company with
opportunities for some grassroots
market research.
Hundreds have been visiting the
Betafence team whove been
exhibiting the market-leading Rylock
range including stock fence, barbed
and fencing wire at shows including
The Balmoral in Northern Ireland,
The Royal Cornwall and The Royal
Highland Show near Edinburgh.
The companys also due to take part
in The Royal Welsh Show 2011 in
July.
James Timlin, Betafence UK Sales
Manager, said: The response
weve had from visitors has been
amazing. Theyve given us some
great feedback on Rylock and how
its performing out in the field.
And theres no doubt that farmers
really appreciate our Rylock
guarantees and the fact that our
products are 100% British and made
in Sheffield, the home of steel.
James Timlin added that a
competition to win a Honda All-
Terrain vehicle had also proved
to be a major draw for visitors
to the stand. The winner will be
announced (date ???) and the
results published on the Betafence
website www.betafence.co.uk
Betafence is the largest manufacturer
of agricultural wire products in the
UK. The Rylock range is unique in
being made from steel rod produced
in British steel mills and turned
to wire and into fencing at the
Betafence factory in Sheffield where
more than 300 people are employed.
Agricultural wire has been produced
on site since the 1930s. Rylocks
unique properties and green colour
are the result of high quality design,
production skills and knowledge.
rylock products are all
guaranteed: the rylock green
range for 20 years and rylock
one for 10 years. the guarantee
was introduced in 2010 to qualify
the quality long associated
with the rylock brand. For
more information contact sales.
sheffield@betafence.com
fArMinG shoWs pAy off
for betAfence
bATES
A Northumberland family farming
business is moving towards self
sufficiency in its sheep and beef
enterprises to try to avoid price
fluctuations in breeding stock and
importing disease.
Nilston Rigg Farms, at just under
1,000 acres, runs from 900ft above
sea level to 350ft on the banks of
the River South Tyne near Haydon
Bridge.
Northumberland type Blackface
ewes are bred on the high ground at
Nilston Rigg, Langley, producing flock
replacements and North of England
Mules which are crossed with the
Suffolk and Texel to produce prime
lamb - 1,800 finished lambs were
sold last year.
And now replacements are being bred
for the herd of 130 predominantly
Limousin cross suckler cows which
are run across the ring-fenced acreage
which has gradually been taken back
and farmed in-hand as tenants on
smaller units retired.
The Nilston Rigg partnership involves
Tommy Bates, whose land the farm is
on, his daughter Annabelle Morshead
and son Benedict. Annabelles son,
Harry works on the farm, while eldest
son Charlie helps part-time while
also running his own dance floor hire
business. Benedicts son William is
also planning to work at home.
Blackface sheep have been bred by
the family for a number of decades
and while more recently home-bred
sheep have been shown with great
success, both the sheep and beef
enterprises are run very much with
the commercial market in mind.
Most of the 520 Blackface sheep are
run on the higher ground at Nilston
Rigg with the best ewes bred pure
and up to half the ewes being crossed
with the Bluefaced Leicester to
produce gimmer lambs for the farms
700 Mule flock.
Two years ago Annabelle paid
12,500 for a ram at Hexham Mart,
the type they had been looking for
several years, with massive scope
and size and with many of the other
preferred qualities of the breed.
Because we want to produce finished
lambs with a good carcase from the
Mules we wanted a ram with power
and body. We cant expect the Suffolk
or the Texel ram to do the whole
thing, said Annabelle. In early
December his lambs realized up to
92 a head and weighed 47kg, at
Hexham.
Were aiming to produce a quality
Blackface, mainly for our own use,
but we also sell Blackface tups
at Hexham. I have always been a
believer in looking after the ewe flock
and making sure they are good quality
and I always check when buying in
a ram that he has good dam lines,
she added.
At this years Northumberland County
Show a Nilston Rigg ewe won the
Blackface championship - the fourth
time in a row at the event for the
family. They also fly the flag for the
breed and their flock at other local
shows and testament to the quality of
their breeding was that in 2009 four
different ewe lambs each won their
class at different shows.
Harry is following the familys
enthusiasm for the Blackface and he
is judging the breed classes at the
Great Yorkshire Show this year.
Suffolk and Bluefaced Leicester rams
are bought-in but Texel rams are bred
from the farms 40 pure Texel flock
with some rams sold privately
Lambing starts inside at the end of
February-early March with some of the
early lambing Mules, the flock having
scanned at 226%. These are followed
at the end of March-beginning of
April by the later Mules and then the
Blackfaces outside which scanned at
183% from April 10.
Ewes carrying triplets and singles
are lambed inside by Annabelle with
Harry taking charge of the outside
lambing with the help of local farmer
Jimmy Story.
The Mule cross Suffolk lambs start
selling at between eight and nine
weeks old. This year the first lambs
were sold on May 17 and they were
fetching 128 a head.
We like the Suffolk tup because the
lambs mature a bit earlier with more
weight. We sell every week which
means we can ride the market, said
Annabelle.
At two consecutive sales in mid-June
35 lambs sold to average over 200p
per kg with 38 making 206p the
following week - some of these were
triplets which made 87 a head.
The aim is to sell the lambs finished
with the majority away by November
when the grass quality declines.
Blackface wether lambs last year
averaged 70 a head, with lambs sold
from the beginning of August. For the
past three years they have won the
Hexham Christmas primestock show,
with this years pen realizing 190p per
kilo .
While most of the Mule ewe lambs
are retained as replacements, some
are sold through Hexham and at the
first Mule gimmer lamb sale of the
season last year the farms lambs
were first into the ring and averaged
100. Blackface ewe lambs made
122 a head at the same sale.
The farms herd of 130 suckler cows
includes a handful of Belted Galloways
- a favourite of Tommy Bates.
In the last three years British Blue
cross heifers have been bought in
with a view to crossing them with the
Limousin bull, retaining only the best
as herd replacements. Now 80% of
the herd is home-bred, to include
some pure Limousins.
The majority of the herd - 110
cows - calves in the spring with the
remainder in the autumn, producing
calves which are sold as sucklers
at seven to 10 months old making
between 600 and 700 for an eight
month old calf.
With an eye on producing quality,
pedigree Limousin bulls with a high
beef value are purchased at sales in
Carlisle, paying up to 6,000gns.
I like to have one bull that is a true
terminal sire but I am also looking
for maternal traits such as easy
calving and milk but were not trying
to compete with breeders aiming to
produce show calves, said Benedict.
The calves are creep fed with a home
mix in August and September with the
aim of selling them all by November
to reduce feeding costs.
During winter housing the cows are
fed clamp silage with Autumn born
calves receiving creep feed and first
calvers also receiving a home mix.
Up to 50 acres of winter or spring
barley is grown for home consumption
as part of a five to 10 year rotation.
Red clover rich leys have been sown
recently to improve the grassland,
particularly for the finishing lambs.
The farm has been in ELS for five
years and it is hoped that it can be
accepted for UELS now the five-year
term has ended.
th Bates, Haydon Bridge
tel: 01434 684 256
self sufficiency
for sheep And beef
At nilston riGG
Just like part of the family!!
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The Farm, Equine & Small Animal Surgeries
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hArry, benedict And AnnAbelle With liMousin cross heifers
bOWNESS
LYVENNET FENCING
& CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITED
Willow Garth, Crosby Ravensworth
Penrith, Cumbria CA10 3hP
Tel 07768100397 / 01931 715037
Pleased to be associated with
Brian Bowness and wish
him continued success for the future
Situated in the beautiful village of
Crosby Ravensworth, within the
roaming hills of Cumbria, stands
Bank Farm, a beef and sheep
enterprise that has been occupied by
generations of Brian Bowness family
for as long as Brian can remember.
The farm was originally owned by
my grandparents on my mothers side
of the family. Myself and Shirley first
came here in 1988 with our young
daughters Dawn and Tracy. Before
coming here we tenanted another
farm not to far away from here, but
because Bank Farm had always been
a part of the family it seemed natural
to come here when the opportunity
came.
To make sure his 365 acres of land
reaches its full potential, Brian rears
both beef Suckler cows (Belgium Blue
and Limousin crosses), 600 Texel
Cross sheep and has also developed
a strong trading relationship with
his local butcher (whom he supplies
lambs to, 52 weeks of the year).
Brian lambs his flock at two different
times to be able to catch the Easter
Market of spring lamb. He lambs
200 sheep during February, which
are all housed inside before and after
lambing. The rest of his flock are
then lambed during April.
With so many different elements of
the farm to contend with throughout
the working day it seems surprising
to hear that Brians down time is
spent (yes you guessed it) working
with cattle. In recent years Brian has
become more and more interested in
the art of cattle breeding, but rather
than wanting to achieve a profit and
eventually develop a new line of dare
we say business, Brians new found
enJoyinG the other side
of the industry
fArMersMArt Meets With briAn And shirley boWness of bAnK fArM neAr penrith
dAWn With her chAMpion bruno briAn boWness
bOWNESS
passion for embryo experimentation is
done purely for his own enjoyment.
Last May one Heifer in particular
caught his eye whilst at a summer
sale in Carlisle.
He tells us, Myself and Dawn, who
works as a vet in Pickering, decided
to go in search of a top quality Heifer,
with the idea that we could carry out
some flushing work on her. We went
to a pure bred Belguim Blue sale in
May last year and a heifer known as
Blugrass Demi, formerly owned by
Messrs Raine at Stanhope Gate Farm
caught our eye.
Since making the purchase, Brian
and Dawn have flushed the heifer
a total of three times, the first two
eggs being implanted into recipitants.
A dark coloured good shaped bull
calf has just been born as a result
of this.
Were not trying to make a living
from this sort of work though, Brian
insists, its just a different aspect
of the industry isnt it? Its more of
a general interest really and we are
trying to have a bit of fun as we learn.
We dont have hobbies us farmers,
this heifer is my hobby!
Before investing in Blugrass Demi,
Brian made another purchase that
has not only strengthened his
herd, but has allowed him to fulfil
his new found interest in breed
experimentation.
Originally we brought a bull called
Croftends Bruno from the Bellas
Family who farm nearby. We took
a load of semen from him (3500
swatches in total) and then went on
the look out for the perfect Heifer
which of course became Blugrass
Demi.
Working together Brian and daughter
Dawn regularly flush and subsequently
scan Blugrass Demi to make sure she
is doing well.
As Brians herd numbers continue
to increase and the quality of his
stock improves year-on-year, the
profitability of his cattle is becoming
more relevant than ever. For Brian, a
major turning point in the everyday
workings of Bank Farm came during
the aftermath of Foot and Mouth.
Not long after foot and mouth we
tried to calve at two different times
each year so that we could sell at
different times throughout the year
and generate more of an income.
We had calved in June, July and
August and sold these claves through
Penrith auction the following summer
as store cattle. But now although we
continue to do the same with half of
them the other half we tend to calve
in February and March time so we
can sell the calves at Suckler sales at
the end of October, again at Penrith
auction.
During the summer Brian regularly
carries out a number of contracting
jobs and therefore relies on the
expertise of the staff from Llyods Ltd
at Penrith to keep his machinery in
good working order.
The majority of Brians summer will
now be spent continually working
and indeed experimenting with his
favourite new Heifer, but next year he
hopes to parade her in all her glory
over the 2012 showing season.
Shirley & Brian Bowness
Bank Farm, crosby,
Penrith ca10 3JB
tel: 01931 715 239
WhAt A fine beAst
STANFORTH bUTCHERS
craven bacon
Wholesale Suppliers of bacon, gammons,
dry cured bacon, cooked meats and much more.
We are pleased to be associated with
Stanforths Butchers and wish them continued
success for the future
www.cravenbacon.co.uk
Telephone : 01535 634733
Mobile : 07801 841855
Pedigree is very important in farming,
but there is a butchery business in
Skipton which has an impressive
pedigree all of its own. Stanforth
Butchers started trading in the pre-
war years and was established by
Jim Stanforth. He quickly became
well known throughout the town and
far beyond for not only his quality
of meat but also his delicious pork
pies, which are still going strong
right now.
Today the business of Stanforth
Butchers is more wide ranging than
ever. Seven years ago Craven Cattle
Marts Quality Foods was set up at
the mart. This is a professional and
fully accredited cutting service that
is now a licensed meat processing
unit and Stanforth Butchers operates
it in conjunction with the mart.
The two partners in the business
of Stanforths are Robert Hart and
Simon Barker. Robert runs the
shop site at Mill Bridge, which has
been in existence at this site for
over 80 years; whilst Simon is the
mainstay behind the CCM Quality
Foods operation. Robert took over
the business some years ago. It
had been run previously by Kenneth
and Margaret Stanforth and their
daughter Elaine and husband David
Jubb had taken it on from them.
All meat sold by Stanforth Butchers
is fully traceable back to the local
farms they buy from and it is sourced
by renowned buyer James (Amos)
Dewhurst. James has many years of
experience in purchasing exactly the
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right quality both Robert and Simon
pride themselves upon providing for
their customers. Beef is usually from
Belgian Blue and Limousin heifers;
lamb from Texel and Suffolk.
The cutting site at Skipton employs
the latest state-of-the-art equipment
which ensures Stanforth Butchers
utilises the latest in technology
whilst maintaining their traditions for
quality. It also maintains a massively
strong link between the butchers
business and the farmers, enabling
Stanforth Butchers to keep a close
contact with their regular farmer
suppliers and to spot the new up
and coming livestock farmers.
CCM Quality Foods offers far more
than cutting facilities as they provide
additional elements which farmers
are looking for today. From the mart
site they offer farmers the opportunity
to have their own livestock meat
cut, boxed and packed for their own
sale; plus there is a cash and carry
service that offers anyone from the
general public the opportunity to
take advantage of special monthly
deals on local beef, lamb, pork and
speciality meats. Its all a matter of
creating the right avenues to sell the
most possible quality meat every
week.
Todays combined Stanforths
operation of Mill Bridge and the
base at the mart means they have
a staff of 12. They have grown
significantly in recent years since
the mart business was added, but
they havent forgotten their roots
and never will.
We still sell thousands of our pork
pies every week and our reputation,
not just amongst people from
Skipton, is something of which we
are very proud, said Robert. Were
not one of those butchers who have
ever needed to enter competitions
and try to win awards. Our
customers know us and they know
that whatever we sell is going to be
top drawer. Awards arent everything,
in fact our customers coming back
week after week, year after year is
the greatest award we can be given.
We get customers from as far Lands
End to John OGroats coming here.
We also have one lady who we send
a bulk order to over in Austria!
Stanforths Butchers also operate an
on-line service too. They are keeping
bang up to date with todays market
place and at the same time keeping
bang on with their standards which
they set over 80 years ago. They
look well set for the future.
Farmers Mart congratulates Robert
and Simon on their expanding
business and wishes them well
oh, and by the way, their pork pies
really are delicious! I can personally
vouch for that!
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11 Mill Bridge,
Skipton BD23 1nJ
tel: 01756 793477
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Kingsway Veterinary Group, members of the XL
Vet group, provides a friendly and enthusiastic
service working with farmers to improve the health
and productivity of their animals. The opening of
a dedicated new office at Skipton Auction Mart a
year ago has made it easier for farmers to access
veterinary advice. Partner Jonathan Stockton feels
that the move underlines Kingsways commitment
to agriculture, we believe that farming has a bright
future and Kingsway Vets wants to be part of it.
Herd and flock health planning
Fertility management and recording
Disease, mastitis and infertility
investigation
Bull and ram fertility testing
DIY AI courses,
Farmer training courses
Embryo implantation
Client meetings and newsletters
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As red letter days go, none came
much better for father and son
North Craven farmers Jim and Ian
Handley when they made their first-
ever outing as exhibitors at Skipton
Auction Marts premier Red Event
the annual Spring show and sale of
pedigree Limousin bulls and females
and walked away with supreme
championship honours.
The Handleys Gunnerfleet pedigree
Limousin herd, based at the farm
of the same name in Chapel-le-
Dale, Ingleton, has had a 12-year
break from the exhibition arena, but
returned in sparkling style to secure
the title with their first prize senior
bull and male champion, Gunnerfleet
Express.
The victor is a February, 2009-born
son of the Scottish-bred Glenrock
Ventura, bought by the Handleys
in 2006 for 24,000gns. Venturas
progeny have sold to 32,000gns
and to a high of 12,000gns for
bulls produced while in Handley
hands.
The dam is the home-bred
Gunnerfleet Vunas, her grand dam
produced 50,000gns worth of bulls
in her lifetime, while her full sister,
a son of Gunnerfleet Plunas, sold
for 37,000gns. The Skipton title
winner made 3,000gns (3,150)
when joining J Feather, of Pear Tree
Barn, Hainworth Shaw, Keighley.
North Craven exhibitors were also
responsible for the days top price
when the second prize senior bull,
Gallaber Empire, from Tommy
and Jennifer Sedgwick and their
31-year-old son Ian, of Gallaber
Farm, Burton-in-Lonsdale, sold
for 5,000gns (5,250) to Matt
Townsend, of Barnside Hall Farm,
Laneshawbridge, Colne.
The two-year-old Empire is an AI
son of the legendary Rocky and
a full brother to Blocky, supreme
champion at the Skipton Limousin
highlight for the Sedgwick family in
2007 The dam is the home-bred
Gallaber Umist.
The Sedgwicks established their
pedigree Limousin herd in 1987 and
have developed it over the years,
regularly selling store bulls at CCM
Skipton and retaining the better
elements for breeding. Its the
highest price weve ever achieved
at Skipton. The fixture has a good
following and is definitely going
in the right direction, said Mr
Sedgwick Snr.
Regular Skipton buyer Matt
Townsend, whose 26-year-old son
Ben is also fully involved in the
business, said the latest acquisition
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would take its place as a stock bull
on their British Blue herd. They
are experimenting with Limousin
breeding as an alternative to British
Blue sires.
The Sedgwicks also sold their third
prize senior bull, the Tunnelby
Monkeytricks son Gallaber Evolution,
for 2,800gns to CJ & DM Metcalfe,
Masham.
A record 142 pedigree Limousin
bulls and females were on parade,
compared to 92 last year, reflecting
both the growing popularity and
stature of the annual fixture, which
produced a good clearance level of
84% and robust trade.
The reserve male and overall reserve
supreme champion was the first prize
younger intermediate class bull, the
23-month-old Coachhouse Emporio,
from Nottinghamshire breeders Barry
and Gill Heald, whose Coachhouse
herd, which was also responsible
for the Skipton Limousin champion
several years ago, is based at Home
The class for older junior bulls fell
to promising young breeder, Rachael
Walshaw, of Meltonby House Farm,
Pocklington, with her 15-month-
old Wilodge Vantastic son Beacon
Fairfax, out of Cockleshell Amanda,
one of the first two cows acquired
by Rachael when she started her
pedigree herd as a 21-year-old.
She is now 25 and her Limousin
holding has grown to 11-strong.
Rachaels Skipton class winner
repaid some of her commitment and
investment to date when sold for
1,900gns (1,995) to Wharfedale
purchasers William and Mark
Keighley, of Leathley, Otley.
The Elderberry herd of east coast
exhibitors Paul Blenkhorn & Son,
of Elder Farm, Willitoft, Goole,
presented the first prize in-calf cow
with Rocky-sired bull calf at foot, the
pair selling for 2,000gns (2,100)
to John and Rachel Handley,
Carnforth.
For the second year in succession,
the high profile fixture incorporated
female stock production
consignments from two of the
regions leading breeders, the
Oddacres herd of John and Claire
Mason in Embsay, and Steven and
Ruth Priestleys Brontemoor herd at
Denholme, Bradford.
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Junior bull
Farm, Grove, Retford.
This true home-bred bull, out
of Coachhouse Sasque and by
Coachhouse Amos, whose progeny
includes the 6,500gns Coachhouse
Delectable, and who is now, like
his sire Sympa, standing with
the renowned Haltcliffe pedigree
Limousin herd in Wigton, sold for
2,500gns (2,625) to DR Jackson
& Son, Carnaby, Bridlington.
Top price in the young intermediate
bulls class at 2,900gns (3,045) fell
to the second prize winner from the
Cumbria-based Angiean herd of Ian
and Angela Grisedale at Greenmount
Farm, Milton, Crooklands. It returned
to its county of origin when joining
Messrs Smith & Shepherd, Appleby
in Westmorland.
Best of the older intermediate bulls
was the January, 2010-born, Prietec
Frankie, from Elaine Priestley, of T
& E Priestley, Lane House Farm,
Mewith, Bentham. The first prize
winner, by the Handleys Gunnerfleet
Unbeatable, also headed the class
prices when joining local buyer Brian
Woodsworth, of Bolton Abbey, for
3,000gns (3,150).
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The Priestleys 35-strong
consignment, predominantly maiden
heifers, was responsible for the
female champion, the 13-month-
old Brontemoor Fawn, by the Rocky
son Doonberg Andrew, acquired by
the family from Southern Ireland six
years ago. The dam is Brontemoor
Royalty, who has also produced a
12,000gns bull.
The female victor (the Priestleys
top performer) sold for 1,900gns
(1,995) to up-and-coming 19-
year-old Limousin breeder Sam
Whitehead, of Hole House Farm,
Cautley, Sedbergh. Sam now has
six Limousin females, along with
a breeding bull recently acquired
from Dave Kelly at nearby Kirkby
Lonsdale. Young Sam has high
hopes of making his mark on the
show circuit in due course.
The Masons, who brought 15
quality Limousins, were responsible
for the reserve female champion, the
year-old Usant daughter Oddacres
Flora, who joined Walter Wight,
of St Boswells, near Melrose in
the Scottish Borders for 1,220gns
(1,281).
The same buyer also snapped up
three further prize-winning Mason
maiden heifers, along with the
Priestleys first prize 2009-born
maiden heifer.
The Masons top performer was a
six-year-old home-bred cow and
her three-month-old bull calf, by
the Neptune son Victor-Ben, which
made 2,700gns (2,835) when
joining A I & W Forsyth in Morpeth,
Northumberland.
Both the Masons and the Priestleys
confirmed they were very happy
with clearance and trading levels of
their respective consignments.
Show judge was Paul Tippets,
of the noted Wilodge Limousin
herd in Shifnal, Shrophshire, who
noted: Many of the bulls on show
will progress to perform well as
commercial sires. The champion is a
big, powerful and modern Limousin,
with good potential for the future.
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Every Tuesday Brockholes Arms
Auction Mart hosts its ever-popular
cattle and sheep sale days, so last
month we decided to pop along
to find out what all the fuss was
about, and we certainly werent
disappointed!
Like any other sale day, the auction
atmosphere at Brockholes was
electric, as farmers across Yorkshire,
Lancashire (and everywhere in-
between) flooded through the doors
to catch a glimpse of the stock on
offer. The ring was packed full to the
brim and those in attendance were
as keen as ever to put their hands
in their pockets. We quickly realised
that this was an auction day to be
reckoned with!
Brockholes Arms has a wealth of
history behind it, but as a modern-
day auction it also manages to remain
current and defies showing any signs
of the current economical climate,
in fact according to (relatively) new
Chairman David Hargreaves, prices
are looking increasingly positive!
He tells us, Evan though there is
a lot of doom and gloom within the
industry at the minute, myself and the
team here at Brockholes are finding
that buying and selling is proving
more popular than ever before.
Although on paper David is the new
recruit at Brockholes, hes definitely
not an agricultural newbie, far from
it. He farms both sheep and cattle
at his on own farm near to the
auction in Preston, and has done
so his entire life. Since February
this year though, much of Davids
time has been spent fulfilling his
new position and its a role he is
thoroughly enjoying.
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I have been a customer here for
as long as I can remember having
sold and bought here since I was
just a young lad. It is a fantastic
environment to work in; all the
team, including the Directors work
very closely with the farmers on the
auction floor and the majority of us
are from a farming background of
some sort.
The staffing team at Brockholes,
whether it is the administrative office-
based workers, the auctioneers, the
Director or indeed the Chairperson,
are really what make the auction
such a vibrant and welcoming
place to be, but the standard of
the surroundings also add to this
auctions appeal.
Expenditure has always been high
on Brockholes list of priorities and
that is evident as soon as you enter
the auctions impressive buildings.
Following the devastating aftermath
of the foot and mouth outbreak,
the auction experienced a lengthy
period of change and aesthetical
development. Much of the original
frame work of the auction was
replaced with modern, state-of-the-
art steel livestock buildings. The
huge extensions are a real incentive
to attract new traders to Brockholes
weekly sale days and they have
also given the auction mart a much
needed boost, not to mention face
lift!
Auctioneers on the day Richard
Furnival and James Fish have only
good things to say about both crowd
attendance levels and sale day trade
prices. Richard tells us, Todays sale
day (7th June) has been fantastic.
Overall trade is up a good 3-4pence
on the last week and 2nd prime
cattle sold best on the day. Top spot
this week went to vendors Phoenix
Grain with Limx Heifers to 197p/kg
and 195p/kg, T&J Rogerson with
handy weight BBx Heifers to 187p/
kg. P&MA Rigby had an excellent
trading day with BBx heifers to
179p/kg, W Beesley & Son with
Limx to 178/kg.
Store Cattle also had a successful
day as Richard explains, Grass
cattle are still selling well despite
most grass farmers almost reaching
their desired numbers. Top spot
went to JL McHugh with 18 month
old Salerx steers to 745, CH Steers
from AD Smalley to 700, B&Ws
topped at 575 from WH Gardner
& Son.
All in all, sale days at Brockholes
are looking healthier than ever, so if
youre looking to sell, buy or simply
enjoy the auctions lively atmosphere
why not make an appearance, you
will not be disappointed.
For more information on Brockholes
Auction Mart call 01995 640280.
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claughton-on-Brock, Preston
Lancashire Pr3 0PH
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COLLIER
John Colliers experience in the show
ring is second to none. This summer
he will be celebrating his twentieth
year of competing at the Great
Yorkshire Show and today, he shares
his wonderful memories with us......
Since 1933 when his parents first
took over the 30 acres of land at
Denby Hill Farm, John has lived,
breathed and eaten farming. During
his teenage years John studied at
Askham Bryan College but never
strayed too far away from the farm
in Keighley. He and his father would
rear British Friesian cattle, experiment
in cross-breeding, building new farm
buildings and of course show their
cattle.
In 1980 after his father sadly died,
John and his Wife Jean took full
control of the farm and began to
teach their own sons Phillip, Andrew
and Jonathan, the same techniques
he himself had been taught years
earlier.
We kept the pedigree cattle going
even after my dad died, John
explains, Not long after our eldest
son Phillip went to work for a very
well known farmer in Skipton called
Geoff Lawn for three years. When he
came back he brought a lot of his
own dairy Shorthorns over and his
numbers quickly snowballed.
When Phillip decided to leave the
family farm for good in 1999, John
found himself in a bit of a dilemma.
Phillip moved to Longridge (near
Preston) in 1999 and we stopped
dairying there and then. We did that
because the dairy herd was going
down in numbers and Phillip took
the majority of the dairy shorthorn
cattle he had built up here with him,
leaving Jean and I with about twenty
dairy cows and two heifers which
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were all in calf to a beef bull.
As Johns mobility has slowly begun
to deteriorate in recent years, the
cattle at Denby Hall Farm were
almost entirely cut back. The farm
still occupies a few Sucklers and
Hereford cattle which are looked after
by Johns youngest son Jonathan and
his friend Bob.
Although the cattle at Denby Hall
have come and gone, Johns beloved
sheep have remained a consistency.
After making a fairly modest
purchase at Skipton Auction Mart in
1980, Texels quickly became Johns
preferred sheep breed.
With such a vast amount of
experience in both cattle and sheep,
it is no surprise that John has been
such a success in the show ring.
His first memory of competing at
the Great Yorkshire Show was as a
young school boy when his parents
would take him along, not to show,
but to experience this spectacular
agricultural showcase.
John tells us, We never ever went to
the show with cattle but we would
go every year religiously. We used
to watch the grand parade in the
ring and I thought it was absolutely
marvellous! 1991 was the first year
we exhibited sheep though, because
we started to take more of an interest
in what we were producing.
That first year was memorable for
another reason too. As John and
Jean made the journey from Keighley
to Harrogate, they had a slight
hiccup on the way; We were just
getting out of Shipley and the bloody
front tyre blew out on the trailer! It
was in shreds by the time we got
to Harrogate, but aside from that
everything went ok, laughs John.
We got the championship in the
lamb carcass class. It was great, I
was over the moon!
Since that very first win the Colliers
have shown every year in the live lamb
and carcass classes. In fact John has
experienced eight Championships
and Reserve Championships in total
over the years.
John concludes, When you start off
good you have a lot to live up to and
thats why we enjoy going back so
much. The Great Yorkshire Show is
such a spectacle, you meet people
who youd never normally have the
chance to speak to, and it also gives
the year a bit of a lift. I think so
highly of it so it is such a nice feeling
to do well there.
If youre reading this at this years
Great Yorkshire Show, have a look
at the live lamb and carcass class
winners list, because chances are,
John Colliers name will be up there!
John and Jean collier
Denby Hall Farm
Keighley, West Yorkshire
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Its now 40 years since the young
Frederick Fairburn first competed
at the Great Yorkshire Show and he
has recently been elected on to the
Show Council.
The Great Yorkshire is the best
show in England and I have never
missed one since 1971. Ive been
a cattle steward since the mid-90s
and on the cattle committee since
the late-90s. My father always
showed pigs and sheep and I
started showing calves when I was
still at school.
Frederick farms with his wife Jane
and son Richard at Harriet Air
Farm, just above Rievaulx in the
North York Moors. It is a mixed
farm of approximately 700 acres
which is tenanted from 5 different
landlords. Fredericks father came
here in 1955. His brother Jonathan
farms close by at Griff Farm and
one of his three sisters Dorothy is
well-known in the county for her
involvement with the CLA.
The home farm is here at Harriet
Air and we have two farms in the
parish of Hawnby, with parcels of
land elsewhere. Our arable acreage
runs to 200 acres which is split
fairly evenly between winter wheat,
winter barley and spring barley and
is all used for feeding livestock.
Harriet Air is what I call a very
dry farm with very thin land on
limestone. In a good year we will
average 3 tonnes per acre, but
last year we didnt get to 2.5. This
40 years at the
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year the rain came just at the right
time for us so we might just do the
2.5.
The livestock enterprise runs to a
herd of 150 suckler cows and a
flock of 650 breeding ewes. The
herd is mainly commercial stock
with a few pedigree Blondes.
We have always run commercial
cattle and we use Blonde and Belgian
Blue bulls. We have increased our
cattle numbers by 100% in recent
years as both Richard and I enjoy
working with them. We breed our
own cattle but we also buy in
Friesian bulls to fatten from marts
such as Northallerton, Thirsk and
Malton.
Our sheep are predominantly
lowland ewes a variety of
Mashams, Mules, Texel X and Suffolk
X out of Mules. The Mashams still
do a good job too. We finish all our
stock and use Texel and Charollais
tups. We sell at both Thirsk and
Northallerton marts.
Prices on cattle and sheep have
frederick fairburn
Its now 40 years since the young
Frederick Fairburn frst competed
at the Great Yorkshire Show and he
has recently been elected on to the
Show Council.
The Great Yorkshire is the best
show in England and I have never
missed one since 1971. Ive been
a cattle steward since the mid-90s
and on the cattle committee since
the late-90s. My father always
showed pigs and sheep and I
started showing calves when I was
still at school.
Frederick farms with his wife Jane
and son Richard at Harriet Air
Farm, just above Rievaulx in the
North York Moors. It is a mixed
farm of approximately 700 acres
which is tenanted from 5 different
landlords. Fredericks father came
here in 1955. Daughter Alison is a
horse vet in Lancashire.
The home farm is here at Harriet
Air and we have two farms in the
parish of Hawnby, with parcels of
land elsewhere. Our arable acreage
runs to 200 acres which is split
fairly evenly between winter wheat,
winter barley and spring barley and
is all used for feeding livestock.
Harriet Air has shallow soil over
limestone. In a good year we will
average 3 tonnes per acre, but last
year we didnt get to 2.5. This year
the rain came just at the right time
for us so we might just do the 2.5.
The livestock enterprise runs to a
herd of 150 suckler cows and a
fock of 650 breeding ewes. The
herd is mainly commercial stock
with a few pedigree Blondes.
We have always run commercial
cattle and we use Blonde and
Belgian Blue bulls. We have
increased our cattle numbers by
100% in recent years as both
Richard and I enjoy working with
them. We breed our own cattle
but we also buy in Friesian bulls
to fatten from marts such as
Northallerton, Thirsk and Malton.
Our sheep are predominantly
lowland ewes a variety of
Mashams, Mules, Texel X and
Suffolk X out of Mules. The
Mashams still do a good job too.
We fnish all our stock and use Texel
and Charollais tups. We sell at both
Thirsk and Northallerton marts.
Prices on cattle and sheep have
been running well for nearly two
years now, but with escalating
costs Frederick believes it is still
touch and go as to whether they
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been running well for nearly two
years now, but with escalating
costs Frederick believes it is still
touch and go as to whether they
are any better off at Harriet Air. We
had to buy a lot of straw this year
because we were a touch light, and
costs have certainly gone up in all
areas.
Frederick, Jane and Richard are not
just proud to be associated with
the Great Yorkshire Show, they are
also heavily involved with Ryedale
Show and when I arrived the signs
for this years Ryedale were all
around the farm, ready for putting
up throughout the area.
Im on the organising committee
for Ryedale Show and Im the chief
cattle steward there. Funnily enough
the two shows Ive never won a
championship are the two shows Im
most involved with the Yorkshire
and Ryedale. Ive had quite a few
firsts but never the main prize. Now
that just shows how impartial I am
when I select the judges.
Hes had plenty of championship
success elsewhere though and
at some of the biggest national
events.
We have won at Birmingham
Fatstock Show and at the Royal
Smithfield Show. My proudest
moment was when I won the Kings
Cup at Smithfield. It was the first
RichaRd, Jane & FRedeRick FaiRbuRn with theiR puRe iRish dRaught hoRses
are any better off at Harriet Air. We
had to buy a lot of straw this year
because we were a touch light, and
costs have certainly gone up in all
areas.
Frederick, Jane and Richard are not
just proud to be associated with
the Great Yorkshire Show, they are
also heavily involved with Ryedale
Show and when I arrived the signs
for this years Ryedale were all
around the farm, ready for putting
up throughout the area.
Im on the organising committee
for Ryedale Show and Im the
chief cattle steward there. Funnily
enough the two shows Ive never
won a championship are the two
shows Im most involved with the
Yorkshire and Ryedale. Ive had
quite a few frsts but never the main
prize. Now that just shows how
impartial I am when I select the
judges.
Hes had plenty of championship
success elsewhere though and at
some of the biggest national events.
We have won at Birmingham
Fatstock Show and at the Royal
Smithfeld Show. My proudest
moment was when I won the Kings
Cup at Smithfeld. It was the frst
time a Yorkshireman had won with
the best exhibitor-bred animal.
Frederick is modest about his showing
and the success they have had.
fairburn
time a Yorkshireman had won with
the best exhibitor-bred animal.
Frederick is modest about his showing
and the success they have had.
Were total amateurs in the old-
fashioned sense of the word. Were
in it for the fun of showing. We dont
buy success. Nearly all of what we
ever show is home-bred.
The Fairburns also compete
at the North Yorkshire County
Show; Malton; Osmotherley or
Borrowby; Stokesley; Pateley
Bridge; Countryside Live and the
Birmingham Fatstock Show.
Richard also enjoys showing and
had a very good Angus bull three
years ago which won the Native
class at Countryside Live and up in
Carlisle.
Irish Draught horses are another
breed on the farm, bred pure. The
Fairburns have had them for 20
years and there are a couple of foals
born every year. They also play their
part at the Great Yorkshire Show.
Frederick is delighted to be further
involved with the Great Yorkshire
through his new role and has
attended one meeting since his
election.
Everyone is passionate about the
show maintaining its agricultural
base and expanding upon it. Since
Bill Cowling took up his position
I believe the show has really
progressed. The commercial cattle
section had a slight lull a few years
ago but it has always been a strong
section. We would all love more
and more entries but the sheds are
all full of entries again for this year
and we have a waiting list of those
who would like to come. Thats a
good position to be in.
So is this the time for the new cattle
buildings debate to be resurrected?
Im a traditionalist and I love the
buildings we have. Until the day
comes when we can have something
that holds 1500 cattle and that we
know is going to be better than
what we have already I dont think
we should change.
Telephone : 01439 798235
RichaRd FaiRbuRn pRepaRing one oF the cattle FoR this yeaRs shows
Were total amateurs in the old-
fashioned sense of the word. Were
in it for the fun of showing. We dont
buy success. Nearly all of what we
ever show is home-bred.
The Fairburns also compete
at the North Yorkshire County
Show; Malton; Osmotherley or
Borrowby; Stokesley; Pateley
Bridge; Countryside Live and the
Birmingham Fatstock Show.
Richard also enjoys showing and
had a very good Angus bullock
three years ago which won the
Native class at Countryside Live
and up in Carlisle.
Irish Draught horses are another
breed on the farm, bred pure. The
Fairburns have had them for 20
years and there are a couple of foals
born every year. They also play their
part at the Great Yorkshire Show.
Frederick is delighted to be further
involved with the Great Yorkshire
through his new role and has
attended one meeting since his
election.
Everyone is passionate about the
show maintaining its agricultural
base and expanding upon it. Since
Bill Cowling took up his position
I believe the show has really
progressed. The commercial cattle
section had a slight lull a few years
ago but it has always been a strong
section. We would all love more and
more entries but the sheds are all
full of entries again for this year and
we have a waiting list of those who
would like to come. Thats a good
position to be in.
So is this the time for the new cattle
buildings debate to be resurrected?
Im a traditionalist and I love
the buildings we have. Until the
day comes when we can have
something that holds 1500 cattle
and that we know is going to be
better than what we have already I
dont think we should change.
Telephone : 01439 798235
ANIMAL HEALTH
Farmers and others working with
livestock are being urged to pick up
a free medical contact card at county
shows across the UK this summer.
The card helps to make GPs and
farmers more aware of the threat to
human health presented by the animal
diseases that can also infect man.
Produced by the Womens Food &
Farming Union (WFU) thanks to
financial support from leading animal
health company Intervet/Schering-
Plough Animal Health the pocket-
sized card describes the typical routes
of disease transmission, symptoms
of zoonotic (animal-borne) illness in
humans and protective measures that
can be taken by stockpeople. Useful
sources of medical advice with contact
telephone numbers are also included.
Members of the Devon WFU first
produced the medical contact card
more than 10 years ago. It was
updated in 1992 and again in 2010,
but because demand has been so high
another reprint has been initiated.
When the card was re-launched last
year, we received hundreds of enquiries
from the farming community. So many
people working with livestock seem
MedicAl cArd initiAtive Will help
hiGhliGht threAt durinG shoW seAson
to know someone who has had an
animal-borne illness, but a great many
have had problems getting a prompt
and definitive diagnosis from their GP;
and this can often make the difference
between life, death, long-term ill
health or a full recovery. On many
occasions we have felt like counsellors
at the end of a phone, and we hope
the cards will help to better inform
everyone to the potential threat of
disease transmission from livestock to
humans, said initiative co-ordinator
Lynn Askew from the WFU.
According to consultant medical
microbiologist Dr Marina Morgan from
the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital,
who advised on the contact card
content, better information leading to
early diagnosis and correct treatment
of zoonoses could prevent serious
and potentially life-threatening
complications.
If you are working with farm animals
you may well have to remind your doctor
about zoonotic diseases, particularly if
he or she has not practiced for long
in rural areas. Anyone coming into
contact with livestock should use the
card to discuss animal-borne disease
risks when consulting their doctor with
an illness. This is because zoonotic
diseases can be difficult to diagnose
as they often present symptoms that
are similar to more common illnesses,
she said.
Cattle-associated leptospirosis
(Leptospira hardjo), for example, is a
classic example. Caused by direct or
indirect contact with infected urine,
the first symptoms often include flu-
like illness and headache. But if the
disease goes undiagnosed some cases
can develop more serious, even life-
threatening infection. For example,
jaundice, kidney failure and meningitis
can develop.
the medical contacts cards will be
available on WFU stands at various
agricultural shows around the UK
this summer. the cards are also
available from specialist agricultural
Pr and marketing services company
aBc. call 01694 731777 to
request one. alternatively, visit the
WFU website at www.wfu.org.uk
JOHN TEASDALE
GEORGE A. KIRK & SON
FAMILY BUTCHER
The Abattoir, Nunnington, York YO62 5UU
Tel: (01439) 748242 / 788546
Mobile: 07977 001498
We are pleased to be associated wit
John Teasdale and family
and wish tem continued success fo te future
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chris berry tAlKs rouGe sheep With the teAsdAles
When John Teasdale started out
with Rouge sheep in the early 90s
his father was a little perplexed.
Id bought this Rouge tup, says
John. My dad looked at him for
quite a few days before saying
would you buy a ewe of that there
breed? He wasnt used to the name
and couldnt say it properly.
Thats because the full title is Rouge
de lOuest, a French origin breed
with more than a hint of English
as it was developed from crossing
French sheep with the Wensleydale
or Blue Faced Leicester.
Its worked for us. I bought the
tup to put on Swaledale ewes. We
had always used Teeswaters and
Mashams before. I wasnt a fan of
the Blue Faced Leicester and the
Rouge was popular at the time. We
now have a flock of around 25-30
pedigree Rouge.
John and his wife Jo farm 187
the teAsdAles of beAdlAM riGG
iAn, AilsA, Jo, John And bAby Alfie
JOHN TEASDALE
acres at High Farm, Beadlam
Rigg, around 3 miles north off
the main road between Helmsley
and Kirkbymoorside. It is tenanted
from Lady Clarissa Collins and is
between 750-900 ft above sea
level. The mixed farming operation
includes 50-60 acres of wheat
and barley, 20 acres of roots crops
with the rest down to grass. The
livestock side runs to a herd of 20
suckler cows; 300 breeding sheep;
and pigs on a bed and breakfast
basis for Ian Mosey.
We went out of our own pigs in
February as they werent making
anything for us. Market prices were
fluctuating from 100p/kilo some
weeks to 54-55p/kilo.
The cattle are all run on a
commercial basis. They are Belgian
Blues out of Holstein cows and John
runs a Limousin bull. They keep
their own replacements and they
are now three-quarter Limousins.
Their stock goes through Malton
and Thirsk marts.
Most of our sheep are Rouge X
out of Swaledales, which creates
a Rouge Mule. We also cross the
Suffolks with the Rouge and have
started using the Texel too, so were
getting more Texel X Rouge.
Ian Teasdale, one of John and Jos
two sons, runs his own agricultural
engineering business nearby but is
very much involved with the farm
and in particular the Rouge sheep.
The Rouge did well when they first
came into the UK and numbers
jumped up. They came into fashion
quickly, then went out of fashion
too. The breed lost its way a little
for a while. Now they are right back
to where they should be. They are a
nice, medium-sized, tight-skinned,
very fleshy sheep and they are
becoming more popular once again.
They are nowt but meat and muscle
now.
Ian recently showed them at
the Royal Highland and took a
creditable second. He will also be
showing at the Great Yorkshire and
Ryedale.
The size of the farm meant that
neither Ian, nor his brother David,
would be able to make a living at
Beadlam Rigg with their mum and
dad. David works for Johnny Shaw
at Welburn Hall; and Ian has his
agricultural engineering business.
He left school and went to Askham
Bryan College on block release;
worked for R Yates & Son in Malton
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BRUCE WILSON
LIME MERCHANT & SPREADING CONTRACTOR
ATV SLUG PELLETING & ATV SNOW PLOUGHING
Best wishes to John, Joan and family
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Phone 01653 690346 Mob 07801 565569
Fax 01653 628153
Email brucecwilson@hotmail.com
JOHN TEASDALE
iAn teAsdAle With his rouGe Which WAs
plAced 2nd At royAl hiGhlAnd shoW
and Andrew Marwood just outside
Malton before going on his own
three years ago.
Im mainly on with servicing and
repairs, particularly combines. I
worked on New Holland combines
at Yates. Im also trying to get into
sales as much as I can because I
dont think my back will last forever.
Ideally Id like to take over here
when dad retires and look after 20-
30 combines a year. Ive sold farm
machinery in the past year and I
have a possible machinery franchise
in the wings.
Ian has his own plan already in
place over how he would run the
farm and it includes the Rouge as
breeding sheep.
If I was able to farm here I would
combine my agricultural engineering
business with a farming operation
that includes a small flock of
Rouge sheep, suckler herd, bed
and breakfast pigs and the arable
crops.
John was born at High Farm and
apart from a short spell has lived
here all his life. His grandfather
took on the farm so he is the 3rd
generation. Jo is a farmers daughter
from Great Ayton where she was
one of 10 children. For a while
Jo ran her own bed and breakfast
establishment (for people, not pigs)
at High Farm.
Both John and Jo are totally
committed to children. They
regularly go out to Ghana where
they are helping build an orphanage;
and for years they have been foster
parents. They have fostered a
number of children and Jessica
has now been a huge part of their
family for the past 7 years.
We love all the children that we
have had the privilege to be involved
with, says Jo. Jessica is very much
a part of our family and is a lovely
girl. Weve had a few interesting
moments with one or two that have
been sent to us as an emergency
placement but weve always given
them all the love we can.
Ian and David have both been
involved with the YFC movement
for a long time. Ian was chairman
of Helmsley and Ryedale YFCs at
one time and David is chairman of
Ryedale at present. Ian is married
to Ailsa, a farmers daughter from
Northumberland, and they have a
son Alfie. Ailsa also works for North
York Moors National Park.
John teasdale
High Farm, Yo62 7tg
tel: 01439 771268
WHOLECROP MARKETING
Getting the best return from the
whole of the potato crop is the key to
success so far as East Riding-based
Wholecrop Marketing is concerned.
Their commitment to that aim will
see them trade 110-120,000 tonnes
of potatoes this year. Not at all bad
for a company that only commenced
trading in 2008. Winners of
Entrepreneur of the year in 2010 the
business has gone from strength to
strength. Wholecrop have expanded
their work force and moved to bigger
premises; Manor Farm Offices,
Kirkburn, Driffield, YO25 9DU.
Mark Tomlinson and David Burks
both with a wealth of experience
in potato marketing were joined
in 2009 by Tom Coulthurst,
who studied at Askham Bryan
College and has Facts and BASIS
qualifications. Tom has joined the
team as Fieldsman/Buyer, sampling
all crops before delivery to ascertain
quality, which should help in trying
to avoid rejections; essential due to
the significant increase in haulage
costs.
Wholecrop MArKetinG
Where fArMers WorK toGether 52 WeeKs of the yeAr
2011 saw Chris Yardley join the team
as their Seed Manager, bringing new
contacts and new dimensions to the
business, growing and marketing
10,000 tonnes of seed off clean
land.
Growing significant tonnages of
Melody, Estima, Marfona, Shannon,
Carrera, Maris Bard, Accord, Maris
Piper and Maris Peer but to name
a few.
Other varieties are available on
request by contacting Chris on: cy@
wholecropmarketing.co.uk 07947
370413.
Supplying customers 52 weeks
a year is important to Wholecrop
with requirements in Processing,
Packing and Chipping. Contracts are
available for all types and qualities
of potatoes, offering a full marketing
service for the entire crop. For info
on contracts or Marketing advice
please contact: Mark or Dave on
info@wholecropmarketing.co.uk.
Wholecrops success stems from the
dedication, service and attention to
detail growers and customers expect.
As such increase in tonnage volume
leading to continued savings and
efficiencies of scale is inevitable.
MARGARET WATKINSON
DEDICATED TO DELIVERING
A FIRST CLASS SERVICE
Specialists inAccounting, Auditing and Taxation Services
Whatever your needs, we can help
For further information please contact:
Stuart Strike
Pateley Bridge Ofce
01423 711748
David Tomas
Harrogate Ofce
01423 525641
Bill Pearson
Tirsk Ofce
01845 522045
Charles Gill
Ripon Ofce
01765 603501
John Morton
Leyburn Ofce
01969 623137
Or visit our website at
www.barkerpartnership.co.uk
We are pleased to be associated with Sawley & District
Auction Mart and wish them continued success for the future.
Margaret Watkinson has spent her
entire life farming; she has never
strayed too far away from the
industry and has worked tirelessly
within her communities (both past
and present) to encourage young
farmer clubs, local shows and
pedigree sheep breeding.
Today we meet Margaret at her
home in the village of Sessay just
outside of Thirsk. On entry its easy
to see why this lady is so respected
in the industry, because not only
are her walls plastered with an
impressive array of rosettes, medals
and trophies but her photo collection
is truly awe-inspiring.
The first photo we noticed hung on
the wall was taken at The Great
Yorkshire Show in 2009. It shows
Margaret, one of her top prize
champion Gimmer lambs and none
pAvinG the WAy for todAys
younG fArMers
lucie cArter Meets With MArGAret WAtKinson At her hoMe in sessAy,
neAr thirsK
other than HRH Her Majesty the
Queen!
Margaret recalls that special day
The Queen held her hand out for me
to shake and I simply said pleased
to meet you Maam and bowed my
head. The steward then told her
what it had won and I explained to
her how the sheeps progeny will
then go on to be the butchers lamb
and she replied by saying hasnt it
got a pretty face?.
After over sixty years of farming, this
special moment really was the icing
on the cake for Margaret. Growing up
in Askwith near Otley, this farmers
daughter wasnt afraid of a bit of
hard work and was always keen to
give her father a helping hand.
She tells us, All I ever wanted to
do was farm. When I left school I
helped dad and I would show calves
in the young farmer classes. Going
to the shows were our holidays in
truth, it was our free time.
Young Farmers Clubs have great
significance for Margaret; in 1953
she and a group of like-minded
youngsters set about creating a local
show they could call their own.
I held all the official duties at the
Askwith young farmers club (which
is sadly no longer running) and
myself and the rest of the group
MArGAret WAtKinson
MARGARET WATKINSON
Ernie Sherwin is pleased to be associated with Margaret Watkinson
and wish her continued success for the future
recognised that the village was in
need of a show. I remember it was
the coronation year and we were
thinking about what we could do. So
we put on a little calf show, only to
follow on a year later with a proper
show in the village hall and fields
surrounding so we had calves, dairy
cattle, sheep, dog races and all sorts
of activities running. The Askwith
Show is still going today which is
very nice!
Margaret decided to leave the village
of Askwith when she married her late
Husband Brian in 1965. Together
they purchased Down House Farm
which is situated just a stones throw
away from Margarets home.
The farm was run as one
unit with Spring House Farm
at Pilmoor, a holding owned
in partnership with Brians
brother.
We used to lamb about 350
Suffolk Crosses and we had a
lot of arable land too. When
Brians parents died and his
brother decided he wanted
out of farming the shared
unit split in two but we still
wanted to farm at the Pilmoor
holding which had over 200
acres. So we took that on and
begun fattening over 3000
pigs a year along with sheep.
We had help from contractors
with combing and spraying,
but Brian did the ploughing and the
working of the land. Not long after
Brian was diagnosed cancer of the
lungs and we were advised to sell
and that was it.
We moved to this bungalow in 1997
and quickly bought 13 acres
at the end of the village for a few
sheep. I also rent small paddocks in
the village.
When asked why she continues
to farm today, Margaret answers
simply; because I still enjoy it. I
do have a lot of help now though
and if I didnt have that help I just
wouldnt be able to manage. My
neighbour Alan Galley helps me with
the everyday work and also with the
sale days, and I also get great help
from Lester Peel from Over Silton
plus David and Jan Robson go to all
the shows with me.
Margarets commercial flock of
Mules, Suffolk crosses, Texel crosses
and Mashams now graze only a few
hundred yards away from her home,
she visits them twice a day and
keeps a close eye on any sheep that
looks to have strong show potential.
Although Margaret is now
technically retired, she very rarely
has a moment to spare.
Showing is my retirement really,
because I go to so many! In total
Id say I attend 14 shows each
summer and I judge at some too.
In recent years this year I have
been asked to judge at Tockwith,
Stokelsy, Cleveland, Aldborough
and at a small show in Norfolk. I
consider it an absolute honour to be
asked to judged, its a lot easier than
showing, she laughs.
Its safe to say that Margaret
Watkinson is one of the leading
ladies in this wonderful industry!
Brimar cottage
Sessay, thirsk Yo7 3Be
tel: 01845 501452
HAMPTON STEEL / HAROLD WOOLGAR
northAMptonshire bAsed hAMpton
steel ltd - next stop europe!
almost ten years ago Hampton Steel
began a multi million pound plant
transformation with one ultimate
goal, to take control of all aspects
of its production. With a product
range that has more than doubled
and with further investment on the
cards, Hamptons has the steel
bit between its teeth and has
asserted its well earned place as
one of UKs largest manufacturers
of quality agricultural steel fencing
and related products. Hamptons
product range now includes, stock
fence, mild steel and high tensile
barbed wire, agricultural staples,
chain link fencing and exact weight
coils of straining wire.
Well established in both UK and
Eire, Hampton is now turning its
sights on the export market and
looking to add other parts of Europe
to its portfolio.
From its initial success as a
manufacturer of galvanised and
plastic coated chain link fencing,
Hamptons new, and perhaps more
telling, repeat business continues
to grow, We provide our customers
with well priced quality product,
on short lead-times supported
by impeccable customer service
said Peter Matten, General Sales
Manager. These core values are at
the heart of our business, we all
have a real belief in our product
which is perhaps why our customers
return time after time.
More equipment has given the
company the ability to handle its
increased order volumes, whilst still
maintaining its exacting standards of
quality.
Additionally Hampton purchased
machinery capable of producing two
500m rolls of hinge joint stock fence
simultaneously, thus demonstrating
Hamptons commitment to
its customers to provide UK
manufactured products directly in
response to their requirements.
These are exciting times for Hampton
Steel. There is a real buzz in the
whole team as we see the results
of our hard work and considerable
investment. Our vision for the future
is one of growth for both our UK
and overseas markets supported
by a greater presence at exhibitions
and of course our core values of
high quality and great service Said
Mark Johnson, Managing Director,
Hampton Steel, UK manufacturer.
Come and see us at the Driffield
Show 20th July at the Fencing
News Competition.
www.hamptonsteel.co.uk
forty seven yeArs of looKinG After
fArMers & their fAMilies
It seems a far cry from 1957, when
Harold first started as a farm student
on a dairy farm with 190 acres,
milking 60 cows. In those days the
farmer employed a man to do the
arable work, Harold as the dairy
student, and whilst working himself,
the farmer having privately educated
his two children, had a new Rover
motor car every other year.
How farming has changed in 47
years when a new Ferguson TE20
was sufficient interest to draw
neighbouring farmers to come and
visit to examine it.
Starting as a tied agent for an
agricultural insurer, Harolds first
22 years saw many changes.
The subsequent 25 years as an
independent insurance broker has
been even more interesting, indeed
one major insurer was forced to
devise discount schemes and loyalty
bonuses in order to reduce its
premiums to match those available
in the open market, thereby saving
farmers perhaps millions of pounds.
Harold, and his wife Win, together
with their son Philip and a team of
17 ladies and five men, now offer
a truly independent agricultural
insurance service, which represents
clients, not only at the point of sale,
for general insurance as well as
financial services, also with a fully
qualified claims team looking after
the farming communitys claims as
they occur.
Philip Woolgar, the Managing Director
of Harold Woolgar Insurance, said
we and our team pride ourselves
in an on farm service, we gather
information and then look around
the insurance market place to obtain
the best terms and policy cover
available. Perhaps our real strength
is the personal recommendation of
our clients, a great number of whom
have been with us now for three
generations. We are truly indebted
to them; indeed we consider our
clients are also our friends in the
community.
Harold continued this year
we celebrate our 25th year as
independent insurance brokers and
also our 25th year exhibiting at the
Lincolnshire Show, where our clients
and their friends are most welcome
to enjoy our hospitality.
Harold Woolgar insurance
can be contacted on
01427 873888 or directly at
farms@haroldwoolgarinsurance.co.uk

ed note. Harold likes his ladies!
TOM DIROM
British Rubber Company
Tyre wholesalers, importers & exporters
Goodyear main agents for UK
Pleased to be associated with Tom Dirom
and wish him all the success for the future.
Tel: (01274) 585427
Fax: (01274) 532816
Station Road, Baildon, Shipley, West Yorkshire BD17 6SE
A scorcher of A suMMer
for toM diroM!
the MAn hiMself tells us hoW the lAst feW Months
hAve been busier thAn ever
As the sun makes its long-awaited
appearance, the work of agricultural
contractors up and down the
country looks set to soar, but for one
contractor in particular this summer
is already proving too hot to handle.
Classifying Tom Dirom purely as a
contractor doesnt really do him
enough justice. Here is a man,
who at the age of sixteen, left the
family farm in Cumbria to pursue his
passion for agricultural machinery
and hes never looked back.
Now a fully-fledged business man,
Tom or shall we say the Tom
Dirom brand is known throughout
Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria
for the quality of his work, and its
this high-regard that Tom values
most.
In 2007 I decided to set up on my
own and since then the company has
grown through reputation and good
old fashion hard work. Admittedly, a
toM With his beloved MAchinery!
TOM DIROM
lot of work is secured through word
of mouth because customers either
see the branded machinery around
town or are given recommendations
from my other customers.
The quality of the work carried out
by Tom and his team of six full
time workers (plus ten additional
men over the busier periods) can
only be achieved by using the right
machinery for the job.
I only run good kit and that is why
our work is done well. I dont settle
for anything but the best and I make
sure that myself and the all the lads
give 100%. Im certainly not the
cheapest option but I charge well for
what I do.
A machinery man a heart, Tom
regularly invests in machinery and
over the years has splurged on John
Deere and New Holland tractors,
JCB and Merlo plant machinery and
more recently he purchased a new
JF 1050 PROTEC forage harvester.
Although Toms contracting career is
now centred primarily in Yorkshire,
he had originally planned to develop
a business in his native Cumbria,
but after a chance telephone enquiry
was made to him, a move to the
dales seemed inevitable.
He tells us, In 2007 I was
approached by a large construction
firm in Carlisle and ask if I could to
reseed a huge stretch of land down
here (near Otley, West Yorkshire)
where a gas pipe had been laid.
Initially wed only planned to stay
here for six weeks but Ive been
based here ever since.
Not one to dwell on the past, Tom
has an incredibly positive outlook
on the future. He is constantly
looking for new ways to utilise the
machinery he has and find new
areas of trading.
We recently started doing some
forage harvesting work for David and
Phil Smith, huge dairy farmers based
in Pool-in-Wharfedale. For the last
thirty-three years they have used the
same forager but they approached
us earlier in the year to see what we
could do. It has been a big job and
its turned out to be another strong
line of business for us.
Tom and his team have also secured
large contracts for the huge Skipton-
based construction company
Bentleys (working all over the
district) and also for Yorkshire Water
and York University too.
As the agricultural-related work
continues to come pouring in, Tom
is enjoying working back on the farm
whilst also maintaining huge recycling
contracts that in his words provide
the backbone to the company. So
why then, we asked, does he think
the farming work is on the up?
Because the price of machinery has
skyrocketed farmers simply cannot
afford new or sometimes even used
machinery. The recycling trade has
also gone through the roof especially
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over the last few years and in spite
of the recession. Now though more
and more farmers are getting in
touch to ask if I can do large-scale
compost spreading, so at the minute
Im thinking about investing in a
large square baler. I am more than
happy to spend money as long as I
can see a future in it. Im not at all
reluctant in business.
Unlike many company founders
in todays market, Tom is entirely
satisfied with how his business has
developed; I am completely fulfilled
with my business and in all honesty I
didnt expect it to grow as quickly as
it has over the last four years, I mean
its unbelievable how busy we are.
Still at the tender age of thirty-two,
Tom Diroms best contracting years
are still ahead of him. Watch this
space!
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GRAHAM HUNT
Ramshay Agricultural Logistics
Dalton, Thirsk, Yorkshire
Mobile :
07721 510825
07836 329276
Telephone :
01845 577310
Pleased to be associated with Graham Hunt
There was a time when the Dexter
breed of cattle was looked down
on. In fact because of its height it is
usually looked down upon. But this
small breed has begun developing its
own niche market in recent years, for
the sweetness of its beef.
Graham Hunt who farms at Sowerby,
near Thirsk and at Carlshead Farm,
Sicklinghall, near Wetherby has the
largest herd of Dexter cattle in the
north of England with over 200. He
has won every prize in the UK with
them over the past 10 years and has
won the title of Best Dexter Bull five
times since 2006 with three different
bulls. Hes now having increasing
success with them as a premium
priced product.
We started making money out of
them by selling one or two to friends
and relations, but three years ago the
chef of the Wood Hall Hotel, a very
classy hotel, saw my cattle grazing in
front of the grounds and came out to
ask whether I would be interested in
supplying Dexter beef to him for the
restaurant. Were now in our third
year with them and presently supply
a couple of cattle a month. The meat
is now on the menu as Wood Hall
Grazed Dexter Beef. I think they must
have put my name on the menu too
as I get hotel residents come into the
field to talk with me and telling me
just how good it tastes.
Graham has extended his supply
chain as a result of a contract from
The Shambles Butchers in York. He
now sells them two animals a month;
and his most recent new outlet is
Johnsons Butchers of Thirsk, who
are also looking at a supply of two
a month.
I have 10 cattle ready at any one
time, says Graham. The amount of
cookery programmes that have been
using Dexter beef is really giving the
breed a lift and there are more and
more hotels, restaurants and butchers
looking to find out where thy can find
a supply of the breed. Butchers want
something different, with a bit of taste,
and the Dexter fits the bill.
In the past 10 years Graham has had
breed champion at the Royal Show,
the Royal Welsh, Great Yorkshire (3x),
Norfolk and many more. He believes
the breed has great potential in the
future.
He fell into buying his first Dexter
back in 1995. Hed thought he was
going to buy a rabbit.
We were going to North Yorkshire
County Show and my son Sams
hamster had died during the night. I
said Id buy him a new pet, telling him
there was a rabbit show and that Id
buy him one. So off he went to look
for one. He came back 10 minutes
later and told me hed found a pet
and the woman said he could have
it. Id had a good day with my Texels
so I was in a good mood. He led me
around to the cattle lines and showed
me the Dexter heifer hed chosen. It
cost 300, but I was in such a good
mood; and Id promised him; and Id
always had a penchant for them so I
bought it. I didnt know then whether
I could make any money out of the
bred. They were a pleasant novelty.
Graham, and Sam who now farms
with his dad, has 2500 pigs on a bed
and breakfast basis for Don Sanderson
at his farm in Sowerby; and he has
a flock of pure Lleyns, Texel X and
Beulah Speckleface at Carlshead.
When I took over the sheep here at
Carlshead they were all pure Lleyn and
I just thought they were a poor Texel,
so I decided I wasnt too concerned
about the Lleyn as a pedigree and
brought in a Texel tup. I still breed a
dexters its the tAste of success
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few Lleyns as pure for replacements.
I brought in the Beulah Speckleface
because it is a cheap breed and they
are also great mothers. They spend 4
years on a mountain in Wales then
come here for 2 years before going
to fat. You get a lamb and a half on
average from each ewe.
Graham was born in Gainford, near
Darlington. His father was a cowman
for a noted Shorthorn cow breeder and
Graham had always wanted to farm
but tenancies were nigh on impossible
to come by. Over the years he has
moved heaven and earth to get to the
situation he is now in with himself
and Sam. He has bought and sold
here, there and everywhere. He has
undertaken a huge variety of work and
he feels he is now making headway.
Ive been lucky to have met some great
people. John Hodgson who farmed
at Gainford is one man who I owe a
great deal. He taught me everything
about livestock and shepherding. I
ended up senior stockman with him.
The Nesbitts of Winston helped
me out a lot when I was buying
Texel ewes after Id won some prize
money. I bought 5 ewes for 7,000 in
1988. Id won the title of World Leek
Growing Champion and thats where
the money had come from. I built up
a Texel flock from those 5 ewes and I
ended up with a Texel ram I had bred
winning at the Great Yorkshire and at
the Royal Highland. I sold him at a
society sale for what was then the
second highest price for a shearling
ram at 4000 gns.
Graham is also a rep for AgriLloyd and
has used their products on his own
stock with excellent results.
I have used it on my Dexters. I
bought-in a herd and 5 of the 25
females I bought were not getting into
calf. As soon as I started using it they
were all getting into calf. Native breeds
tend to be short of trace elements, but
two doses in Spring and Autumn did
the trick.
If you would like to find out more
about Dexters and are interested in
Graham supplying you give him a
call
graham Hunt
tel: 07828 915234
GrAhAM in front of Wood
hAll hotel With dexters
GLAvES
North Farm, Silpho, Scarborough,
North Yorkshire, YO13 0JP
Tel: 01723 882 234
Mob: 07798 627 815
I am delighted to be of service to The Glaves
and wish them continued success
PATRICK FOXTON
FARMER & LIVESTOCK HAULIER
Brothers Antony and James Glaves
are expanding on the abattoir,
butchery and farming business that
their father Brian has built over many
years at Brompton by Sawdon, near
Scarborough.
The abattoir has a throughput of
around 50 lambs, 50 pigs and
around 25 cattle every week.
Through the shop were selling 25
lambs a week, 25 pigs and about
14 cattle. The rest go back to the
farms for them to sell either through
their own shops or to individual
customers. says Antony. Thats all
on the increase.
James runs more of the butchery
side whilst Im more on the farming
side, although we can both turn our
hands to whatever is needed.
The farming operation now runs to
380 ewes made up of 60 pedigree
Suffolks, 40 South Downs, 12
Leicester Longwools, 100 Texels
and the rest X-breds; 20 pedigree
Aberdeen Angus cattle; and a
relatively new pig enterprise with 9
Berkshire sows.
We went into Berkshire pigs about
4 years ago. The Berkshire is noted
for its taste and were using it mixed
in with the 20 hybrid pigs we buy
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Antony With his flocK
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each week for pies and sausages, as
well as for pork. It provides us with
a steady flow of quality stock and is
going well.
The Suffolks have been our calling
card at agricultural shows for many
years. I had a cracking time with
them last year and took 1st and
2nd with tup lambs at the Great
Yorkshire Show. Id never done that
before.
The Glaves now only get chance to
go to the Great Yorkshire, Driffield
and Thornton le Dale Shows because
they are that busy in all areas and
theyre doing well at sales too.
It was always my goal to sell a
lamb for 1000 and I sold three
last year at 1000 and over. That
was certainly something that Im
proud of.
Antony is particularly pleased with
their South Downs which they only
started with as a hobby.
We started with just 6 but now we
have 40. They are so easy to look
Antony GlAves outside the
shop in broMpton by sAWdon
after and they dont take any feed or
concentrate. They are a really cheap-
to-run sheep with a lovely carcase
and really good eating quality.
Everything that the Glaves have is
now MV accredited and anything
that Brian buys at market goes on to
James holding, keeping the farms
own sheep separate from those
bought to go through the shop.
This year we lambed 100 X-bred
ewes for Spring lambs in the shop.
We are looking to build our numbers
up so that we are lambing 500 ewes
a year and producing more Spring
lambs for the shop.
In order to graze more sheep Antony
has had to find more land and he is
grateful to Nicholas Wrigley of Ganton
Estaes for renting him an additional
42 acres on top of the Glaves 180
acres they already own.
When our lambs dry up we buy a lot
out of Ruswarp and Malton. We buy
somewhere in the region of 30-40
each week at that time and it takes
about 3 weeks of feed to get the
finish on them that were looking for.
The Glaves go to Stirling and Kelso
for breeding stock and to Worcester
for South Downs, but buy most
breeding stock from Malton.
In recent times Antony has found
that the practice of flushing eggs out
of elite ewes and implanting them
into a recipient ewe has been a
useful way forward.
It means that farmers are getting
more and more quality daughters
off their elite ewe. Ive seen ewes at
sales that are carrying elite stock sell
for 350 rather than 120 because
of the elite egg they are carrying.
We do a lot of work now with Texel
and Suffolk breeders supplying MV
recipient ewes for embryo work. We
also supply MV accredited teaser
rams to stimulate the ewes.
Brian suffered from a stroke a couple
of years ago but is now back in good
health. He still buys at markets.
Brians wife Doreen has always been
involved in the office too. Today the
next generation, Antony and James,
together with James wife Hazel, who
works in the office, are ensuring that
what Brian and Doreen have done
so well over the years is continued
and expanded upon.
Antonys wife Fiona is a pig geneticist
with PIC and as such is also able
to offer her own advice on their
fledgling Berkshire pig herd.
Watch out for Antony at Harrogate,
Driffield and Thornton le Dale this year.
Lodge Farm
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Sandholme Road
Eastrington
East Yorkshire
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We are pleased to be associated
with Andrew & Pam White
and we wish them continued success
for the future.
Amazingly it is only six years since
the White family of Manor Farm,
Eastrington took up showing during
the Summer agricultural show
season.
We had shown at fatstock shows in
markets for many years but it was
when our sons started taking an
interest in showing that we went into
it, says Andrew White.
Theyre all busy with other things
at the moment. Olly is lecturing at
Askham Bryan College; Christian has
just finished his first years studies at
Harper Adams College and is about
to undertake work placement for
next year with Cranberry Foods, a
turkey farm; and Philip is assistant
events manager at Carlton Towers.
In addition to this Pam, Andrews
wife, is somewhat incapacitated at
the moment with an injury. That
means this years showing has been
handed over to well-known cattle
showman Andrew Scarborough who
has helped out with the Whites at
shows since they started.
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Andrew is looking after all our
showing this year, weve taken him
on to do it all for us, so it his him
that people will see at all the shows
from Malton, Driffield, Rosedale,
Howden and all of the rest we will
try to get to.
The Great Yorkshire Show wasnt
mentioned in Andrews list because
going to press they still hadnt got
in.
With Pams injury it meant we didnt
get our entry in on time this year,
but we have been told that were on
the waiting list so we might yet still
be going.
Andrew and Pam have had a
commercial beef herd for a number
of years and at the minute they have
180 cattle on farm either on grass,
or inside on barley.
We have 22 show cattle that we
feed inside and we select from them
for all of the shows we go to. We
wont pay silly money for a show
animal though. I dont believe in
that. The most I had paid up until
recently was 1200, but I have paid
2000 for a really good heifer out
of Middleton in Teesdale. Thats
because Im going to also put her
into our suckler herd.
Manor Farm runs to 320 acres and
they grow 90 acres of wheat; 80
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FOR THEIR CONTINUING SUPPORT
but Im looking at purchasing either
a Belgian Blue or a Limousin bull in
the near future.
Andrews two biggest highlights in
the world of showing so far have
been winning the Yorkshire Fed &
Bred title twice at Countryside Live
in Harrogate; and last year winning
at the Selby Livestock Christmas
Fatstock Show. As for the Summer
shows he had one beast that won
10 championships in one year.
It looks like Andrew Whites name
is going to be associated with the
commercial beef championships up
and down Yorkshire for quite some
time yet!
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acres of winter barley; 30 acres of
oilseed rape and 32 acres of vining
peas for Birds Eye. Andrew is the
third generation to have farmed
here and the farm has grown from
the 140 acres his grandfather had
initially.
My father added acreage and we
added a block of land 7 years ago
but with the price of land today you
struggle to justify the expense of
it so we invested in another cattle
shed and upped our numbers. Weve
thribbled (trebled to you and me,
but I like the word thribbled!) our
numbers of commercial cattle in
that time.
Andrew sees the Summer shows as
a useful shop window for his stock
and he has significant plans for the
commercial beef herd in the future.
The shows are great and weve had
quite a bit of success, but its all
about turning a profit. We tend to
buy in quality stock from Middleton-
in-Teesdale, Leyburn and Barnard
Castle at around 300-500 kilos
and sell fat at 500-700 kilos. The
barley-fed beef has a turn around of
3-4 months. Those we run on grass
will take around a year to 18 months
to get to where we would want
them. My aim is to eventually breed
our own show beasts increasing the
quality of what we have on the farm.
At present we have a Blonde bull
TONY WOODS bUTCHERS
Ilkley Abattoir, Little Lane, Ilkley, LS29 8HX
Tel: 01943 608042 www.threedales.co.uk
Fax: 01943 601586
Pleased to be associated with Tony Woods Family
Butchers and wish them continued success
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(Wholesale Butchers) Ltd
SUPPLIERS OF THREE DALES
QUALITY MEAT
Family butchers are still a vital link
between livestock farmers and the
general public and Tony Woods
provides just that on Otley Road
in Guiseley. Hes right opposite a
huge Morrisons store and like many
shopkeepers before him was concerned
that supermarket competition might
affect his trade.
It has! But not in the way he might
have expected.
Since Morrisons opened here we
have picked up on even more trade.
We have gained rather than lost. I
think thats because people like to
talk with their local butcher about the
meat, where it has come from and
any cooking pointers we can give.
Tony sources all of his meat locally
via Graham Agar at Ilkley and mainly
the beef comes from Norman Moon
at Malham or Charles Johnson at
Sawley, pork from Sid Warmsley
at Harrogate and Lambs from Ann
Robinson at Tadcaster. Tonys chicken
is individually packaged with the name
of each farm, so that in his butchers
shop you know where everything has
come from and that it is all British.
He also sells quite a large amount of
rabbits.
Tonys first thought when he left school
was not butchery at all, he wanted to
be a joiner. It was his brother-in-law
who brought him into butchery, who
was working for Dewhursts at the
time. Tony subsequently worked for
Eric Atkinson in Otley until he went
seeking more money working for the
West Riding County Council but did
not enjoy the work so when he was
approached by Weegmans of Otley
he jumped at the chance to get back
to butchery. After a short while he
went back to work for Eric Atkinson
who was subsequently bought out by
JB Wilkinson & Sons at Bramhope.
Although he enjoyed working for
Wilkinsons he always knew he wanted
a shop of his own.
In 1979 he took on the butchers shop
business that was once Hudson Bros.
Tony invested in new equipment and
succeeded in building up the business
which he felt had not been performing
as well as it might. He rolled up his
sleeves and got on with building up to
what is now a very good trade.
Tonys pork pies have been another
of his big successes and he now
sells over 1000 per week from his
Otley Road premises with customers
travelling from far and wide. Indeed
one customer commented whilst I was
with Tony: Theyre the best for miles!
I buy 3 dozen a month from him!
The recipe is understandably, like
most butchers, a trade secret. Tony
developed it all himself and he wont
be telling anyone about the ingredients
apart from perhaps his son Ben who
is now in the business and looking
forward to taking over the reins at
some stage.
Ben attended Thomas Danby College
and has already won a major butchery
the best for Miles
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award in London. He has an even
bigger event coming up in August,
when he will marry Laura.
Tony has won awards too. His home-
cured York ham took first place at
Otley Show along with his meat
display also awarded a first, but Tony
confesses to being too busy to be able
to compete at National shows. He
has 3 full time and 3 part time staff
working with him and they are usually
working flat out.
Clearly Tonys customers are extremely
loyal and thats because they want to
purchase their meat from a butcher
who knows what hes talking about.
Ive been coming here for the past
38 years, said one satisfied customer.
The quality of what Tony stocks here
is always excellent. I will always come
to his butchers shop rather than
getting my meat from a supermarket.
Tony knows what were looking for
and he will always chat with you
about where it all comes from.
Tony regards all of his customers as
friends as he has had many happy
years in Guiseley with them all. Tony
will continue supplying them with his
friendly and professional service for
many years to come.
tony Woods Butchers
44 otley road,guiseley, Leeds.
tel:01943 873337
tony And ben Woods
delicious pies!
ELLIS AND bARRETT
We are pleased to be associated with the
Jess Ellis & Neil Barrett, being Qualifed
Business Advisers in the Agricultural sector.
www.fsheraccountants.co.uk
Kingfsher House
65 Market Place
Market Weighton
York YO43 3AN
Tel: 01430 873263
Fax: 01430 872078
Agriculture is an industry that attracts
fresh faces year-on-year; as an
increasing number of city-slickers or
so called townies leave the hustle
and bustle of urban living behind, the
appeal of the great outdoors seems
more prominent than ever.
For one girl from York, the lure of
livestock and the charm of farming
life was irresistible
24-year-old Jessica Ellis never thought
that she would be a farmer, whilst
growing up in York the closest thing
she came to animal interaction was
with a pet dog and the occasional
horse riding lesson. Now though,
since meeting her long-term boyfriend
Neil Barrett five years ago, Jess has
found herself fulfilling what could be
considered to be a farming destiny.
It was around four years ago when
Jesss passion for farming developed.
Whilst juggling a full-time career (Neil
is an accountant at a local hospital
and Jess is a PA in a Pharmaceuticals
firm) and moving into her and Neils
new home in Market Weighton, she
started working on Neils parents
farm on a fairly casual basis to start
with and their shared interest in
livestock began to shine.
Jess tells us, Neils parents Brian
and Anne, farm at Ponds Farm, near
Pocklington, East Yorkshire. Neil has
worked on the farm all his life and
since I met him, my involvement in
the everyday running of the farm has
grown considerably. Brian and Anne
have farmed their Brianne herd for
many years.
Despite coming from the city, Jess
took to the farm like a duck to water
and certainly wasnt afraid to get her
hands dirty.
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I started off by doing little things
around the farm like feeding up,
mucking out and watering, and from
there I became interested in showing
which is now something I absolutely
love! Blondes are such gorgeous
animals though; its hard not to
become fond of them.
Jess and Neils love for the British
Blondes was made even stronger after
Neil decided to formulate his own
herd of Blondes to run alongside his
parents at Ponds Farm. Since buying
foundation cows Rosie, Rhyme,
Naomi and Princess (Doncombe
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bREEDS
The Galloway Cattle Society have
announced the launch of their new,
free cow classification scheme at the
Royal Highland Show.
Members are invited to take
advantage of this the latest tool to
help them select both new animals
coming into their herd and promote
animals being offered for sale.
The importance of good
conformation has never been greater
as breeders and producers are
looking for cost efficient females,
explained Galloway Society Chairman
Drew Brown.
In response, the Society is providing
this new service, which will enable
members to classify breeding heifers
and cows. The scheme is free to
members in the first year and will
help breeders promote the Galloway
as a truly excellent hill suckler cow.
Galloways, one of the oldest and
purest of our native cattle breeds,
are famed for their hardiness and
ability to live off the poorest of land.
The females make ideal suckler cows
producing excellent beefy calves that
GAlloWAys lAunch free coW
clAssificAtion scheMe
are in great demand.
The Galloway Cow Classification
Scheme is based on individual type
traits assessed by the classifier,
Stuart Renton, with a score out
of ten given for feet, mobility and
correctness, udder and teats as
well as general observation of
temperament and skeletal size.
One of the key benefits of superior
graded animals is that they attract
higher values than their counterparts.
Just as important for progress in
a herd and in the breed is that
specific strengths and weaknesses
are highlighted by classification
thus allowing improved corrective
breeding decisions to be made.
Society chairman Drew Brown
emphasised that, Classification
is the tool that allows breeding
decision to be made within herds
by identifying the BEST of the next
generation, but it depends totally
on member participation to achieve
these results. Thus we would
encourage breeders to discuss
this exciting step forward for the
Galloway breed with office holders at
our stand during the Royal Highland
Show.
Any registered Galloway female
belonging to a Society member can
be classified for free in the first year
and can be retested in future years.
www.gallowaycattlesociety.co.uk
Tanaina) between 2000 and 2003,
he and Jess Everingham herd
(which was originally formed in 1997
with cross breds Emma and Elsie)
of Blondes has gone from strength to
strength.
Neil has had blondes since he was
little but he had always wanted a
herd of his own. The two herds now
run alongside one another at Ponds
Farm, although ours are all pure and
Brian and Annes are cross bred. Our
Everingham Blondes herd consists
of fifteen cows (calves, males and
females) and the Brianne Herd, which
was formed in the late eighties when
Brian and Anne moved out of Dairy
and into beef, is now 35-strong.
Together Jess and Neils knowledge
of British Blondes is now as good as
those who have been farming their
entire lives, but Jess admits theyre
still learning about the breed each
and every day.
For most farmers, competing in
agricultural shows goes hand-in-hand
with rearing pure bred cattle and in
recent years Jess and Neil has been
well and truly bitten by the show
bug. Jess made her showing debut
at Newark and Notts show and has
since gone on to experience a great
number of wins.
I achieved Junior Breed Champion
and Reserve Female Champion at the
Great Yorkshire Show last year and
Neil was awarded Female Champion
in 2009 with Doncombe Tanaina,
explained so we are doing really well
considering Jess is fairly new to it. I
do enjoy the social side of the shows
because there are such an impressive
variety of people there and we all get
on well.
Jess uses her position of Secretary
at the North East Blonde Club (part
of the British Blonde Society), to
educate novices about the breed;
Ive been involved in the club for
about two and a half years and sort
of worked my way up the ladder.
Recently I have been responsible for
organising the stand at The Great
Yorkshire Show (Number 263), any
type of marketing work, producing
leaflets and arranging events.
So what is next for the girl who has
her fingers in so many pies?
In the future Neil and I would like to
run our own farm on a full-time basis,
but as yet we havent got a massive
herd you see. The farm is our future
now though so together we have to
look at the bigger picture.
if you would like more information
on the north east Blonde club
call Jess on 07704 654793 or
why not visit stand number 263
at the great Yorkshire Show!
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MACHINERY
Massey Ferguson is strengthening
its leading position in the livestock
and mixed farming tractor sectors
with the addition of four, entirely
new, 82hp to 107hp models that
join the best-selling MF 5400 Series.
These tough, versatile workhorses are
designed and built to handle the most
challenging tasks.
The four MF 5400 Series tractors
are developed specifically for mixed,
livestock and smaller scale arable
users looking for a compact, versatile
workhorse. By cleverly combining
ideas from the top selling, larger MF
5400 Series with novel, innovative
features Massey Ferguson has created
an uncompromising design that
provides the power, visibility, hydraulic
performance, manoeuvrability and
comfort customers are requesting.
All are powered by the latest Perkins
four cylinder, 4.4 litre capacity
engines, providing maximum powers
(ISO), at 2,000rpm, of 82hp for the
MF 5420, 92hp on the MF 5430,
102hp on the MF 5440 and 107hp
on the top MF 5450.
A new transaxle, developed for
exclusive use on these new 82hp
to 107hp tractors, features Massey
Fergusons highly efficient Dyna-4,
16F/16R transmission, which offers
completely clutchless operation after
starting up. This comes with the
renowned left-hand Power Control,
clutchless reverse shuttle, which is
ideal for loader work.
Up front, a new front axle casting,
similar to that on larger Massey
Ferguson tractors, now not only
provides a compact mounting for a
new axle, but also includes an integral
sub-frame that ensures loaders are
mounted easily - effectively becoming
part of the tractor. This specially
shaped support also hosts the 2.5t
capacity Integrated Front Linkage
System (IFLS) option.
At the back a new rear axle, again
designed specifically for these
models, provides maximum lift
capacity to 4,300kg. Standard,
Electronic Linkage Control (ELC)
provides straightforward, precise
operation using Massey Fergusons
extremely well-proven system.
The spacious, quiet cab is equipped
to a high specification and benefits
from features found on the larger
models, such as the cab suspension
option. The sleek high visibility bonnet
AGile Mf 5400
Models Join MAssey
ferGuson fleet
provides an unparalleled view to the
loader and front linkage attachments.
This view is further enhanced by the
Visio roof option.
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John Deeres new 900 Series
variable chamber round baler made
a big impression at Cereals 2011 in
Lincolnshire and the Royal Highland
Show at Ingliston last month.
The 960 and 990 balers feature a
revolutionary Fast Release System
(FRS), which can lead to savings
of up to an hour a day during
harvest. This employs a unique
curtain design, which replaces
the traditional heavy rear door. Full
commercial production of these
unique balers will begin in time for
the 2012 season.
Designed specifically for use by
contractors and large livestock
farms, the balers employ state-of-
the-art technology to significantly
improve baler output, bale density
and operator comfort. In addition,
built-in reliability and durability are
provided by the exclusive full-frame
design, which relieves the entire bale
chamber from external stress.
FRS speeds up the bale ejection
process by enabling the operator to
unload the completed bale in less
than five seconds, which is up to 10
seconds faster than a conventional
machine. As a further aid to
increased productivity and efficiency,
innovative side panels have replaced
the usual bale chamber side walls.
During bale formation, these flexible
panels ensure that the baler reaches
maximum capacity, and also open
slightly as the bale is ejected, to
prevent any risk of the bale jamming
in the chamber.
The 960 and 990 balers are
available with a choice of 2.2m wide
RotoFlow or MaxiCut 13 or 25-knife
precutter pick-ups, and produce
bale diameters from 80 to 160cm
and 80 to 185cm respectively. For
improved crop flow and enhanced
reliability, the newly designed high
capacity pick-up uses five rows
of tines instead of the four on
traditional models. The balers are
also equipped with a new drop-floor
unplugging system, which operates
over the total width of the rotor.
Maximum bale density is provided by
the new MaxD bale chamber design,
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cereAls & hiGhlAnd shoWs
which means fewer bales per hectare
need to be wrapped, handled and
transported. This design features
an offset density arm that transmits
optimal tension to two wide endless
belts, each 573mm wide. Three
powered rollers inside the chamber
also make starting the bale easier,
especially in wet conditions.
The SIMA 2011 Gold Medal
award winning Tractor Implement
Automation (TIA) system will also be
available as an option on the 900
Series balers, from 2012. When
operated with a tractor featuring
ISOBUS, a continuously variable
transmission and electronic SCVs,
this baler automation system also
significantly reduces the harvest
workload instead of the driver having
to stop the tractor to open and close
the rear of the baler, TIA manages
everything using simple fingertip
controls to complete the baling
process.
For further details visit
www.JohnDeere.com
MACHINERY
guy machInery
When Graham Guy opened the Guy
Machinery site at Lyndale works next
to Gisburn auction Mart in February
last year, completing the takeover of
the former Lindley Pate business there
were more than a few customers who
thought that would spell the end of
his time at Skipton auction Mart.
But nothing could have been further
from the truth.
Just a year on from the move to the
3 acre site at Gisburn and Graham
has increased the size of his site
at Skipton auction mart too. The
business is now located to the rear
of the mart, near Laycocks Animal
Health, and now takes up some 1.4
acres.
When customers saw that we had
taken on the size of site we had at
Gisburn I think they really did believe
we were calling it a day here at
Were here to stay...
at skipton & Gisburn
simone talks With Graham Guy of Guy machinery ltd
Skipton, but that wasnt in our minds.
Taking on the Gisburn site was a
strategic move to allow us greater
access to the business available in
Lancashire. And it has so far proved
to be the right move too. Some
customers prefer us to be in Gisburn
as it makes life a lot easier for them
to get to us and some still have that
county loyalty. This way we are trying
to be the best for both counties.
The Guy Machinery Ltd trading area
now extends west to east from the M6
to the A1 and their recent acquisition
of the Ifor Williams Trailers franchise
the team at skipton
GUY MACHINERY
has proved to be another success
for the company. Also new for 2011
is the Polaris ranger diesel which
has been very well received by our
customers finally offering us a diesel
model in the very popular utility side
by side market.
The full range of Ifor Williams trailers
are available to view at the Gisburn
site including the very popular
livestock range, but we dont just
have trailers for farmers if you have
a tow bar and need a trailer their
will be a model for you in the Ifor
Williams range from box vans, car
transporters and tippers through to
unbraked trailers, horseboxs, plant
trailers, flatbeds and more. Staff
from Guy Machinery will be available
to discuss your needs on the Ifor
Williams stand at this years Yorkshire
show or alternatively give them a call
at Gisburn or Skipton.
Guy Machinery Ltd was established
at Skipton Auction Mart in October
2005, taking over the franchises and
customer base of the former company
on the site, Gibsons.
In addition to Ifor Williams and
Polaris Guy Machinery Ltd are also
main dealers for Valtra Tractors and
Krone grassland equipment. They
also hold agencies for Amazone, Can-
Am, Schaffer, Dieci, Joskin, Rolland,
Strautmann, Marshall and Tanco and
aim to provide a high level of service
and support to all their customers.
Their Krone dealership includes
being one of the few official Krone
Forage Centres in the UK, specialising
in the service and repair of all Krone
grassland equipment from mowers,
tedders & rakes through to Big
pack square balers, Big M and Big
X self propelled mowers and forage
harvesters.
Grahams business also specialises in
the sales of new and used tractors.
Along with agricultural machinery,
Quad bikes, loadalls, construction
vehicles, including cranes, telehandlers
and attachments. Short or long term
machinery and equipment hire can
also be arranged at very competitive
rates.
As Valtra and Krone parts specialists,
they hold a vast range of genuine
parts in stock at extremely
competitive prices, all available with
minimum delay.
From the Gisburn depot Guy
Machinery operate a large agricultural/
country store, stocking genuine Ifor
Williams Trailer parts, a full range of
IAE galvanised products, clothing and
footwear, agri-consumables, stock
fencing, water troughs and fittings,
tools, hardware, machinery parts and
much more.
The companys service engineers have
all completed manufacturers training
courses and servicing and repairs are
available on a wide range of tractors,
quad bikes, trailers and machinery.
Only genuine parts are fitted and all
work and parts are guaranteed.
Graham also runs a very successful
agricultural contracting service for
many years. This is provided through
the sister company, C & G A Guy
Contractors Ltd, based in Colne,
Lancashire.
If you have any sales enquiries, would
like to arrange a demonstration, or
need any assistance or advice from
Guy Machinery just try out some of
the numbers and email addresses
below or visit them at either of their
two sites or catch up with them at
the various agricultural shows they
are attending this year including
Kilnsey, Gargrave, Todmorden and
Hodder Valley.
SKiPton BrancH
tel 01756 799184

giSBUrn BrancH
tel 01200 445555

email: sales@guymachinery.co.uk
parts@guymachinery.co.uk
service@guymachinery.co.uk
accounts@guymachinery.co.uk
MOORE FARM SERvICES
Theres a new name on the farm
machinery dealership scene in South
Yorkshire. David Moore opened up
Moore Farm Services at Harworth,
near Doncaster earlier this year.
The premises he began occupying
in January, after initially starting his
fledgling business at his father-in-
laws farm carrying out repairs and
servicing, have been specifically
tailored to his needs including stores
space, workshop and a shop area.
Theres also plenty of forecourt
space for farm machinery and good
car parking.
At present David has two main
franchises McCormick tractors and
Granit parts although there are
plans in the pipeline to take on far
more farm machinery franchises in
the future. He has the contacts and
has worked with some of the leading
names in agricultural machinery.
Were doing very well already and
we have quite a few customers. Our
customer base stretches as far to the
north as the M62 to the Selby area,
down to Newark, across to Lincoln
and to Chesterfield. Its all about
giving a quality service to our local
area. We recently held our first open
day which attracted 80 farmers from
throughout our franchise region.
David sees the McCormick as a
tractor that any farmer can use.
Hes had great experience with the
company as he worked for them for
between 2-3 years after finishing at
Harper Adams University.
The McCormick is a very good
workhorse and its reliability is
second to none. It has moved on
considerably from the days of Case
tractors whilst keeping some of its
traditional features that havent
needed changing. It is also very
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hyd fan
full RDS variable rate aRtiSem system
external head
4 x 4 chamber
2m pick up
net & twin
wide wheels
Spreader
12 x bent leg
DD packer
3m c/w following harrow
Offset Flails
4 Rotor tedder
competitively priced, making it
a strong player and contender in
the market place when you are
considering purchasing a new
tractor. There was no dealer for this
area and McCormick were crying out
for a new dealer.
Davids experience fitted the bill and
so he set up as a limited company
around a year ago but only moved
into the premises at Harworth this
year. He is forward-looking and is
already considering his next move
of either expanding where he is or
getting an even bigger site.
I see us outgrowing these premises
within 3 years, or at the very least
expanding what we have here. The
location is excellent being only 2
miles from the A1. It means that
customers can get to us easily and
we can get to them quickly if we
need to. I am looking to have the
full range of agricultural machinery
franchises eventually and I work
closely with Willow Farm Machinery
who import several leading farm
machinery products.
David is from the Selby area
originally, near Chapel Haddlesey. His
dad farmed around 2000 acres but
died when David was a lot younger.
David went to Bishop Burton College
where he studied for his National
Diploma in Agricultural Engineering,
taking a year out working on a
farm at Burn, a local village just
a handful of miles south of Selby.
His Harper Adams degree was in
Engineering Design & Development
of Off Road Vehicles. This led to a
year working for Lemken designing
ploughs for India and the Eastern
European market. He worked for 6
months each in Germany and India.
After leaving McCormick he worked
with Cummins Turbo Technology in
Huddersfield.
Friendships made at university
led him to meeting his wife-to-be,
Elizabeth at Tuxford YFC. He is still
a part of the organisation but now in
an advisory capacity. Elizabeth also
lends her support to the business
whenever she can.
Elizabeth works with me on evenings
and weekends and my mum, Barbara
deals with the accounts side of the
business. I have a couple of people
who work for me at present, one
full time and the other on a self-
employed part-time basis.
Watch out for even more news about
Moore Farm Services in issues to
come. Farmers Mart congratulates
David and wishes him every
success.
DaViD Moore FarM
SerViceS LtD
Unit 10, Snape Lane
Harworth Dn11 8nF
tel: 01302 759969
david@moorefarmservices.com
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DAvID MURRAY
Swaledale and North of England Mule
sheep and conservation go hand in
hand at Branchend Farm, Langley,
near Hexham.
Long winters on the farm which runs
at between 1,000ft to 1,200ft above
sea level impacted on the profitability
of keeping cattle for David and Linda
Murray so in 1993 they began to
concentrate on sheep.
Traditionally, we were running
Swaledale ewes and we wanted to
keep a Mule flock but because we
had to house the cattle from mid
October often until late into May we
didnt have the sheds to lamb Mules
with twins inside, said David.
We worked out our profit margins
and decided we would be better off
with sheep than cattle. We wanted
to keep it traditional though, he
added.
The tenanted farm runs to 500
acres of inside ground with around
400 acres hefted on neighbouring
Allendale and Hexhamshire Common,
where the Murrays are one of 22
graziers on the open fell.
An all sheep enterprise was also then
favoured for entry into environmental
stewardship, a natural progression
for the Murrays who have for years
worked with the RSPB in monitoring
and encouraging numbers of birds
on the farm, including black grouse,
plover and other wetland birds.
The Murrays have carried out rush
management for a number of years
to improve nesting habitats for birds
and as a result have lapwing, curlew,
redshank and snipe nest on the
farm.
The farm carries a flock of 400
registered Swaledale ewes, half of
which are bred pure to produce flock
replacements, and the remainder
crossed with the Bluefaced Leicester
to provide gimmer lambs for the
North of England Mule flock of 500
ewes.
The Mules are crossed with the
Suffolk and 100 of the crossbred
progeny are put to the Beltex as
hoggs.
Management of the sheep is very
much a partnership for the Murrays
- so much so that they have his and
hers quad bikes!
Linda looks after the outside feeding
and she does the lambing inside.
David does most of the shepherding
as well as looking after getting in the
silage and haylage crops. He also
markets the lambs at Carlisle on a
Monday.
During the summer, 200 of the
Swaledale ewes are on the fell. This
number is reduced in the winter to
120 to comply with the UELS and HLS
environmental scheme agreements
which cover the whole farm.
The sheep are fed before and after
lambing time which begins on March
29 with the Swaledales crossed with
the Bluefaced Leicester and most of
the Mules. The Swaledales which
are bred pure and the hoggs begin
lambing on April 24.
Those carrying twins and triplets
are lambed inside and turned out
as soon as possible. The Murrays
prefer the Swaledales which are pure
bred to produce just one lamb while
the Mules last year had a 193 %
lambing.
Lambing tends to be a family affair
with eldest daughter Shelley, who is
married and lives in Annfield Plain,
daughter Dominique who lives in
Reading and son Callum, who is
studying for a degree in computer
engineering at Liverpool University
all coming back to the farm to lend
a hand.
All triplets generally are taken off
their mothers and run as pet lambs to
prevent damage to the ewes and the
risk of mastitis. The pets are reared
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DAvID MURRAY
Audek Ti mber Pr oduct s Lt d
Locally Sourced Timber
Hollybush Sawmill, Hexham NE46 1UD
Tel : 01434 673288
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Tel 01388 528349
Fax 01388 526770
E-mail diana@fellsidevet.demon.co.uk
www.fellsidevets.co.uk
Fellside Veterinary Group
Cowgarth Hill
Stanhope
Bishop Auckland
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FEllsidE VETErinary Group
specialising in Farm animals and Equine
Herd Health Profles
Catle Pregnancy Scanning
24 Hour on call service
serving the durhamdales for 30 years
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on a Shepherdess bucket system and
weaned by five to six weeks old to
keep milk replacer costs down.
The firsts lambs are sold straight off
their mothers in mid August last year
selling at 70 a head through Carlisle
to peak at 108 in the prime ring to
be regularly in the leading prices for
Suffolk-sired lambs out of Mules.
They are usually 42-44kg.
Some are sold after early September
through to March and these averaged
around 60 a head last year. Mule
and Swaledale wether lambs are
usually sold on the hook and early
this year the tail enders averaged
95 a head, with 32 out of 69
making over 100 apiece.
The Mule-Suffolk cross hoggs have
a 100% lambing and their lambs are
sold finished by November-December
making 80-85 a head at just over
40kg, aiming for both the home and
export markets.
While currently all the Mule gimmer
lambs are kept as replacements,
some may be sold in the future.
Commercial Suffolk rams are
bought mostly at Carlisle and some
at Hexham with traditinal crossing
type Bluefaced Leicesters bought at
Lazonby and recent purchases from
Messrs Coulthard at Davygill have
produced particularly good gimmer
lambs.
The flock has been closed, apart from
the purchase of stock rams, for the last
three years to avoid price fluctuations
in the breeding sheep market.
Swaledale rams are sold at St Johns
Chapel as shearlings and stock rams
are bought at Kirkby Stephen or
Hawes marts with investments of
up to 4,000 being made. The flock
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is gradually being built back up the
quality it was prior to it being taken
out during 2001s foot and mouth
epidemic.
01484 684 320
ANDREW NICHOLSON
Breeding Herdwick sheep has been
in the family for generations for
Andrew and Karen Nicholson.
When they started farming at
Swinside End, High Lorton, near
Cockermouth, in 1996 they
established their own Bank Fell
flock from Herdwicks from Andrews
grandfather Gordon Stagg and
Karens grandfather Jack Bland, who
both farmed in Buttermere.
Such was the quality of Gordon
Staggs flock that he broke the
record in the 1970s when he sold a
ram for 100.
In 2001s foot and mouth epidemic
the Nicholsons were fortunate to
save some of the flocks bloodlines
from the contiguous cull, thanks to
Prof Dianna Bowles of the University
of York and The Heritage GeneBank,
set up during the crisis to protect
the UK genetic biodiversity of sheep
breeds.
The project attracted funding which
enabled semen to be taken from
one of the Nicholsons home-bred
Herdwick rams which was used for
the first time last autumn and six
lambs - one ram and five females -
were born in May along with another
six lambs from embryos.
During the crisis, a vet managed to
persuade Defra of the importance
of the breed and the Bank Fell
bloodlines and and Nicholsons were
able to keep 40 of their ewe.
Now numbers have reached those
pre-foot and mouth at 400 ewes,
bred from the sheep that were
saved, supplemented by bought in
sheep from leading breeder, Anthony
Hartley, of Turner Hall, Seathwaite,
Broughton-in-Furness.
Herdwicks bred by the Nicholsons
have sold for 3,000 at Cockermouth
for a home bred shearling ram in
2009. A firm believer in the live ring,
Andrew is a director of Mitchells
Auction Company in Cockermouth.
They also fly the flag for the breed
and hope to be able to show some
of the AI lambs at Borrowdale Show,
the Herdwick Royal in September.
The Nicholsons farm 1,000 acres
of owned and rented SDA ground
as well as 250 acres of enclosed
common on Bank Fell.
They have a flock of 1,000 Swaledale
ewes which run on Braithwaite
Common, which are bred pure and
also crossed with the Bluefaced
Leicester to produce replacements
for their 200-ewe North of England
Mule ewe flock.
At last years NEMSA show and sale
at Cockermouth mart, Mule gimmer
lambs averaged 101 a head and
collected second and fifth prize
tickets.
Replacement Bluefaced Leicester
rams have been bought in from
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ANDREW NICHOLSON
For Agricultural Buildings
Construction and Renovations
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John Lord, of Dowgill, Stainmore,
although with flock numbers for the
crossing type of Leicester now at 15
ewes, Andrew hopes to have some
rams of his own to sell.
Swaledale stock tups are bought
locally, mainly from Keith Ireland, of
Stockhow, Ennerdale.
The Mules are crossed with the
Texel, with some ewe lambs retained
for crossing with the Blue Texel.
Lambing begins on March 1 with
the Mule and Texel crosses, followed
by the Swaledales crossed with the
Leicester on March 20 and the fell
Swaledales in mid-April.
All the lambs are sold finished
through Cockermouth, with Mule-
Texel crosses last year averaging
70, Texel cross Blue Texel crosses
at 89 and Herdwick wethers
making 75.
The farm also carries a herd of 50
Limousin cross and British Blue cross
suckler cows, all put back to the
Limousin bull. Some replacements
are home-bred for the spring and
autumn-calving herd.
Calves are sold at nine to 10 months
old through Cockermouth from
January to May. Calves have sold
to a top of 4,000 for a heifer two
years ago.
Heifers this year won the
championship at the March show,
selling at 2,200 with anothr heifer
at 1,900. Both were by pedigree
stock bull Keskadale Vigo, bought
from Keith Harryman, of Newlands,
Keswick. A second stock bull, Edmo
Barbecue bred by Sarah Edmondson,
of Wigton, has also been breeding
well.
Ten years ago Karen began taking in
bed and breakfast guests at Swinside
End and such was the success of
the venture that they extended the
house to provide a fourth bedroom
and guest dining room.
The three double and one twin, en-
suite rooms and the high standard
of accommodation and service has
earned a five star silver award from
the English Tourist Board.
While crossed by the Coast to Coast
Cycle Route, the Lorton Valley is
quieter than other parts of the Lake
District and Swinside End makes an
ideal base to tour the western Lakes
or from which to go east to Keswick
and the heart of the popular tourist
region.
The bed and breakfast business is
mainly Karens domain - from the
tasteful decor in the house to the
immaculate gardens which overlook
the valley and the fells beyond -
Andrew dons his apron each morning
to fry the eggs and make the toast
for the guests breakfast!
also popular with farmers
visiting the area for sales,
the accommodation can be
seen on the website at
www.swinsideendfarm.co.uk
JOHN HILL
Dairy Engineers, Refrigeration and AnimaI HeaIth SuppIies
Kitchen Fold, Kiln Hill, Slaithwaite, Huddersfeld HD7 5JS
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continued success for the future
According to dairy and arable farmer
John Hill, You have to be adaptable
in this day and age or else youll sink,
and after meeting John, its safe to say
that hes a man of his word. In recent
years he has ensured that his 410 acre
tenanted estate farm, doesnt just get
by in todays industry, but continues
to improve.
Johns father Roy first came into the
tenancy when he moved to Kidfield
with his family. Together, he and his
father expanded a dairy enterprise
and set up a professional partnership
in 1978 when he was just 21 years
old and immediately took to his
surroundings as you would expect
second generation farm would.
Now, John has taken Kidsfield from
everyday dairy farm, to a diverse and
profitable business.
John tells us, We used to have over
a hundred sheep and grow potatoes
but as times gone on we have wanted
to concentrate more on milking. So
were mainly dairy now, although we
also fatten the bull beef from the dairy
herd. We dont buy in calves, we just
fatten what we rear and we rear our
own dairy replacements as well.
In many ways John appreciates that
he and his family (which consists of
himself, his wife Val, father Roy and
21-year-old Son James, currently a
student at Harper Adams) are in a
much stronger position now, but he
admits that dairy farming isnt without
its downsides.
To avoid becoming an increasingly
worrying statistic and leaving the
industry for good, John and his family
have taken the necessary action to
make sure their voices were heard.
A few months ago I decided to leave
a contract I had with Arla Foods and
I have since signed a new milking
contract with J&E Dickinson (Dairy
Produce Merchants) Longley
Farm at Holmfirth. I left Arla
because I found them to be
very dictorial and I often
felt as though I was being
treated like a number. As
part of that contract I was
a dedicated Asda supplier,
which meant that I got around
a penny extra for every litre
I sold. I never really understood
why one dedicated farmer should
get a penny more than the next but
anyway one day they told me they
were getting rid of some suppliers and
without any warning, they knocked
me straight out.
After only one month at Longley, John
is already experiencing a much better
working environment; its just like a
huge weight has been lifted off my
shoulder. The people there talk to you
as an individual and theyre willing to
help you if youve any problems with
anything. They want quality milk and
they work with you rather than against
you! Longley buy their milk on butter
fat, so we are looking to increase that
now. One way of doing that is putting
some cross breeds into our Holstein
dairy herd, so were buying semen and
feeding to achieve that.
Johns land is made up of two holdings;
the first Kidfield farm incorporates most
of the 410 acres of land on the estate
whilst neighboring holding Norcroft
Farm carries 130 acres. Much of the
milking at Norcroft Farm is carried out
by farm worker Anna Coultish, and
John also employs David Oliver too.
With so much land to occupy, John has
expanded its arable usage considerably
and also continues to increase his
amount of beef cattle.
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We rear our own bull beef, and just
recently we brought some cows in
but aside from that we tend to keep
a closed herd. At the minute we are
running a Limousin to be used a
crossing bull and in the past weve
AId it with a Belgium Blue too. On the
arable side of things we now grow 200
acres of cereals, 50 acres of maze and
40 acres of rape, we feed most of our
crop but we sell some too.
With so much to do every day on the
farm, its no surprise that John has
never become involved in the showing
side of the industry; I dont think
Ive ever really been into it in fact I
always preferred the arable side of
farming, but the dairy was the most
necessary enterprise, it provides the
regular income. When I first started
managing here as a lad, I thoroughly
enjoyed it, but weve gone through
a hard time, theres all sorts of
pressures these days, especially from
the supermarket.
In addition to his new milking
contracts, John and his Son James
have developed a new arable
contracting business that specialises
in maze drilling under plastic and
crimping of grain.
Because I am at that age now and
Im unsure of what James will do after
he finishes his degree, I decided not
to invest money into the farm building,
but instead into a business. We have
tried to specialise in one area because
it can be very competitive. This will be
our third year doing that, and weve
been covering quite a broad area.
Another feather in his cap is John
enjoys competing in the National
Ploughing Championships. John has
represented England in 13 world
championships. The ploughing
contests have taken me to Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and most of
Europe. John is a well known figure in
the ploughing world.
With so much on the horizon, John
Hill is proof that whatever state the
industry is in, with hard work and
original thinking; an awful lot can be
achieved,
John Hill
Kidfield Farm, Pennistone
Sheffield S36 7JX
Mob: 07976 918976
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DICK DALTON
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THE MOTHER OF THE CELEBRATED NORTH OF ENGLAND MULE
Weardale is a fabulous part of the
world, or at least it is when it is a
sunny day! And thats exactly what it
was like when I visited recently. This
is one of the few countryside areas
that is still relatively unheard of by
tourists.
Dick Dalton has farmed here all his life
and Wellhope Farm, Lanehead is one
of the highest upland farms around.
Its 30 miles from Barnard Castle, 15
miles from Middleton in Teesdale and
Alston and borders Northumberland
and Cumbria. The farmhouse is at
1500ft and the rest of the farm rises
from there to 2100ft. He farms with
son Greg and the land owned runs to
1000 acres with another 700 rented
annually.
It is a predominantly sheep farm and
they run 600 breeding ewes of which
most are pure Swaledales with around
50 Texdales their own Swaledale X.
Swaledales are the breed best suited
to this area and Ive had them ever
since I started my farming career
around 50 years ago, says Dick. Our
local auction mart is St Johns Chapel
up in the World At Wellhope
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Greg backs up Dicks words: It has
risen a bit like a phoenix from the
flames. They have held gimmer lamb
sales that they hadnt for the past few
years and a breeding sheep sale. We
go to Barnard Castle as well with a
few cattle, and Middleton in Teesdale,
but we also took three Swaledale tups
to Kirkby Stephen Mart last October
and sold one for our highest price
ever 13,500. That was a proud
moment.
The Daltons are regular competitors
at agricultural shows. They attend
Eastgate, Corbridge (Northumberland
County), Roman Wall, St Johns
Chapel, Langdon Beck, Wolsingham
and Stanhope.
Showing is a personal thing, says
Dick. I do it to promote and protect
the breed. There are some who dont
bother any more and Im lucky Ive a
son who likes it too. Its something
Ive always enjoyed and I see it as a
sign of what youve done with your
life. Of course judgement comes into
question. To breed Swaledales is quite
difficult, its not a thing you can ever
fully explain. Youll get some right but
never all of them. Its an education
you will never complete. Sometimes
you can buy a ram and think its
the finished article for you, but then
you dont have the perfect female. It
takes two to tango. But I enjoy the
breed. It has played and still plays a
massive part in lamb production in
this country.
The Daltons look to send 500 lambs
a year to market, keeping 220 as
replacements and retaining 30 for
breeding purposes. They lamb from
the third week in April.
The other enterprise on the farm is
cattle. They have 30 Limousin X and
keep a Limousin bull.
They are here more as an
environmental tool to safeguard the
and although it has suffered a little
in the recent past it has lately been
rescued by Barnard Castle Auctions.
Libby Bell who runs it has done a
great job in bringing it back to life.
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quality of the ground. Our biggest
problem with them is feeding. We
have to bring in supplementary feeds
during winter so they are quite costly.
Dick is very proud of the farms tendency
towards being home to birds.
Our upland bird population here is
vast. All the talk about hearing of
deterioration of populations around
the UK makes me think they are
not looking in the right places. Up
here we have probably one of the
best populations of wading birds in
the country. We have lapwing, snipe,
curlew, plover, redshank and oyster
catcher. In addition to them we also
have skylarks and for some reason
this year we are over-run with ducks.
This is a wetland area after all. The
thing is that the difference between
here and 3 miles down the valley is
enormous.
It is also that difference in height
above sea level that plays on Dicks
mind regarding what constitutes an
upland farmer and a hill farmer.
There is a massive difference
between a farm at 1000ft and
another at 1500ft. I think Natural
England should be informed of this.
The conditions are just not the same.
Our environmental payments are just
washed down the river to the lowland
men. We hear of other farmers getting
12-13 round bales per acre, we
sometimes set records for getting just
3! Thats how much of a difference
there is. We have just been accepted
into the HLS. My own feeling is that
if farms in these types of upland are
going to have a future theyre going to
have to be careful over who is entitled
to what.
Dick has 5 brothers and 6 sisters. A
family of 12 children in all!
I was the eighth. We all went to
school at Lanehead and we would
walk there in all types of weather.
(You should see the walk they had!) At
one time 10 of us were at the school
at the same time! I wont forget my
first appearance there I was on a
rope that had been tied to my waist
to lead me there! The funny thing is
although mum and dad had 12 of us I
never heard anything to suggest there
was anything taking place!
Dick is married to Carol and they
have three sons Greg, Darren and
Gary; and a daughter Gemma. Greg
is married to Natalie who is a deputy
head teacher at a local school. Dick
and Carol are also extremely proud
grandparents.
Wellhope Farm
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the business has a good level of
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David Clarke, CEO of Red Tractor
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HAMILTON
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Early-finishing Blonde cattle both
pedigrees and commercials more
than pay their way on a Scottish
Borders farm.
It was when passports were first
introduced revealing the breeding
of the cattle George Hamilton was
buying in that he realised that the
Blonde cross cattle finished earlier
than the other continentals, leaving
a better margin.
The first pedigree Blondes were
bought a decade ago by the Ramrig
Farm Partnership - George and his
wife Avril and father William and
now a herd of suckler cows is all
put to the Blonde bull. The family
has farmed the tenanted unit on the
Ladykirk Estate, near Duns, for the
last 48 years.
The partnership farms 510 acres, up
to 400 of which are arable, along
with 53 acres of seasonal grazing,
growing all winter sown crops for
the first time, oil seed rape, oats for
human consumption, barley, half of
which goes for malting and wheat,
some going to distillers.
The switch to a herd of suckler
cows which currently numbers 67
crossed with the Blonde bull has
paid off with the cattle currently
leaving a margin of 200 per acre
compared with 189 for the arable
enterprise - verified by Avril, who is
an accountant.
Both the home grown barley for feed
and straw is charged to the cattle
enterprise, although benefits to the
arable enterprise of nitrogen from
manure are more difficult to cost.
The reason we chose the Blonde
is because when we were buying
in cattle and finishing 150 a year
we were able to work out from
the passports that they were the
best performing animals, said
George, who is in his second year
as chairman of the Scottish Blonde
Club.
They may not have the weight of a
Charolais cross but we could finish
them six weeks sooner and we were
making 100 a head more than
the equivalent Limousin cross, he
added.
The pedigree Ramrig herd of Blondes
was founded with the purchase of
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three in-calf heifers - two from Clark
Farms Garngour herd at Carluke and
the third from Vic Hunter at Daviot,
Inverurie.
It now runs to 11 pure bred cows
with the majority of the replacements
now being home-bred and the aim
is to increase pedigree numbers to
between 15 and 20 cows.
One of the most prolific replacement
heifer breeders has been Whitefield
Uppity, bought in Carlisle in May
2005 from Eric Mutch of Banff, for
2,300gns. The May 2003 daughter
of Bilsington Nelson, which was
the reserve female champion, also
bred the herds first bull to be sold
- Ramrig Braveheart which made
2,500gns in Carlisle in 2006 at 15
months old.
Bulls have sold to a top price of
3,700 in a private sale for Ramrig
Tiberius, by Druk Lance and out of
Hallfield Petunia.
Two years later the suckler herd was
started and Limousin and British
Blue cross bulling heifers have been
bought from John McAllister of
Falkirk, all having been BVD tested
and vaccinated.
We had been buying in store cattle
at between 950 and 1,000 a
head, some of which would be with
us for six to nine months, and selling
them at up to 1,100 each, making
only about 50 a head profit, said
George.
The move now is to breed herd
replacements at Ramrig to reduce
the stress on cattle at purchasing
time. Replacements of up to three
quarter Blonde will be kept to retain
milkiness, although beyond that
another beef breed will be used to
maintain hybrid vigour.
The cattle have been in the SAC
health scheme for the last 10 years
and they are BVD-free. Any pedigree
cattle sold are also pre-sale tested
for BVD.
The optimum number of cows
without compromising the arable
enterprise is 150.
All the cows calve from January
to March, following a strict calving
pattern to fit in with the arable work.
There are few calving difficulties
with only four caesareans being
carried out in 10 years. Fertility is
also good with only three out of 80
cows barren last winter.
One of three current stock bulls used
across the cows, is the three year old
Hallfield Destiny, bought from Peter
and James Weightman, of Easington,
Co Durham, for 6,500gns at the
March 2010 sale in Carlisle. He was
breed champion at this years Royal
Highland Show.
Although with good figures for calving
ease, the bull was bought to put
thickness into the Ramrig cattle and
his crossbred progeny are probably
the best produced on the farm. Two
of his pure bred daughters will be
kept as replacements while four of
his sons are likely to be entered for
the Carlisle October 2012 or March
2013 sales.
Also running with the suckler cows
is Ramrig Eureka, a son of the 2006
Highland Show champion Ardmore
Upgrade and herd stock bull and out
of Strathisla Autumn. Five bulling
heifers by the third stock bull, 2006
Highland Show champion Ardmore
Upgrade, have come into the herd
this year.
The cows are fed silage and haylage
over winter. Crossbred calves are
introduced to a couple of pounds of
creep feed which is increased to 5lb
a day of mineralised barley plus semi
ad lib silage by the end of October.
This feed rate is maintained through
to slaughter.
Most of the cattle are finished off
clover-rich grass and, maintaining
the advice of his father, George sells
them when they are fit for market.
George is a firm believer in supporting
sales through the live ring and finished
cattle are all sold through John
Swans St Boswells mart at 15 to
18 months old with heifers weighing
between 500 and 600kg and steers
550 to 650kg and averaging 1,098
at 15 months old.
We have a lot to offer as a breed,
said George. Blonde calves are
quickly up on their feet and suckling,
they thrive straight away.
I have no problem with temperament
but I encourage docility by always
walking the cattle. This is important
when there are 195 head of cattle
on the farm and only myself and
part time help from Bill Bracken.
They are good converters of feed
into meat. They are are long, leaner
animals, without too large a rump
which butchers would have to slice
thinner, which in turn affects its
cooking and eating qualities.
Also because the breed is lighter-
boned and has a high killing out
percentage - ours are 65% or
more, there are less disposal costs
for abattoirs. I know this from the
occasional animal we slaughter for
our own freezer.
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GAMbLE
Newcomers to running their own
farm, Alan and Kate Gamble are
aiming to maximise the profitability
of all production from their tenanted
unit near Jedburgh, in the Scottish
Borders.
Simmental cattle, which were chosen
to run alongside the arable enterprise
on the 440 acre Palace Farm,
Crailing, part of the Lothian Estates,
are already proving a worthwhile
investment.
The land is principally arable cropping
with winter wheat, oats and barley
and spring oats with 65 acres of grass
used as a break in the rotation.
My friends father bred Simmentals
back home in Northern Ireland and I
liked them then, said Alan who met
Kate, from Northumberland while
they both studied for agriculture
degrees at Newcastle University.
Alans work took them to the
Kelso area when he worked as an
agronomist with Wallace of Kelso,
then while working as a farm manager
for a 4,000 acre arable estate near
Brechin the couple invested in their
first pedigree Simmentals.
They bought three heifers and three
cows with calves at foot from the
Perth February 2006 sale to start
their Farnell herd. Later additions
from sales at Perth and Carlisle as
well as the Darshams herd dispersal
along with home bred females have
increased numbers to 35 breeding
females.
Simmentals have proved the right
choice for Kate and I as we run the
farm on our own. They are docile
and easy care cattle which calve
themselves. They work well for us,
said Alan.
The store cattle we buy are
predominantly Simmental cross
and Charolais cross because of the
liveweight gain. The quicker they
are finished the more margin there
is for us.
They took on the tenancy of Crailing
Palace Farm just before Christmas
in December 2009 - moving with
their children Robert, 10, and Isla,
five, and the cattle they had been
running at Brechin, their 21 pedigree
Simmental cows plus followers as
well as store and finishing cattle.
The estate wanted the farm to be
taken on by new entrants and our
landlord has been very good, helping
us to convert grains stores back to
siMMentAls A JeWel in the
croWn At pAlAce fArM
what they produce at Crailing Palace
Farm. Herd numbers will be built up
to 150 to 200 pure cows by retaining
heifers as replacements and buying
in some females.
The top end of the herd will be
registered while the remainder of
the females will be used to breed
store cattle and commercial breeding
females and probably all will be put
to the Simmental bull.
Currently store bullocks and heifers
are bought in St Boswells mart at
nine to 12 months old weighing 350
to 450kg.
The cattle are fed through a Keenen
feeder achieving an average liveweight
gain of 1.6-1.65kg a day. They are
initially fed on a growing ration for
skeletal growth to a weight of 530-
550kg or 1.35m high.
They are then put onto a finishing
ration - the same ingredients of straw,
brewers grains which are bought in,
minerals with an increased amount of
bruised barley - selling at St Boswells
at 550-600kg classifying R4L and
killing out at over 60% after spending
three to four months on the farm.
Up to 250 cattle a year are sold
with animals going through the ring
every week at St Boswells. The cattle
leave a margin of between 200 and
400 a head.
The Gambles fine-tune their marketing
by regularly weighing the cattle once
a month as they are growing and once
a week for the finishing animals.
A race has been built connected to
a crush and weighbridge, making
good use of a large traditional stone
building on the farm which enables
80 cattle to be weighed in just half
an hour. Handling the cattle regularly
also helps with temperament.
the gambles
Palace Farm, crayling
cattle courts, said Alan.
Initially the Gambles used AI selecting
bulls to improve the traits of their
breeding females. They invested in
their first stock bull in May this year
with the purchase of the 18 month
old Drumsleed Alanzo from Gerald
and Morag Smiths herd based at
Laurencekirk.
The Drumsleed herd, like the Farnell
herd which is Johnes and BVD
accredited, has a high health status,
and the Smiths have provided
invaluable help and advice to the
Gambles while they were setting up
their herd. The Farnell herd is also
performance-recorded and the aim
is to breed a good sized all-round
cow which has plenty of milk.
Alan and Kate have already enjoyed
success in the show ring after only
three years. At the Northumberland
County Show their home bred four
year old cow Farnell Vodka with her
bull calf Farnell Classic at foot took
the breed championship while their
yearling heifer Farnell Betty, out of
one of the original cows Fole Victoria
6, was reserve breed champion.
They picked up several tickets in
the Simmental lines at the Royal
Highland Show and they plan to
compete at the Cumberland, Border
Union, Duns and Peebles events this
summer.
Bulls have been sold for breeding,
with a number going to commercial
producers in the Borders where the
Gambles are extolling the virtues of
the breed and are receiving positive
feedback from purchasers.
Now the aim is towards self-sufficiency
and to improve the consistency of
AlAn And KAte GAMble With their
pediGree coWs And cAlves And tWin
bulls ben And bill
YOUNG FARMERS
Cumbrian YFC members are
known for raising lots of money
for charity and are always looking
for new ideas. Their latest venture
was to raise calves and donate the
profit to the Air Ambulance.
In October, 10 Young Farmers
Clubs around the County bought
calves in H and H Auction Marts.
After a winter of feeding and halter
training, the calves were sold at
auction.
Kirklinton members, Danny
McGregor and Hannah Nicholson
realised the biggest profit of 530
with their British Blue Cross calf
bought at Kirkby Stephen Auction
for 730. Penrith YFC bought
a Belgium Blue calf at Kirkby
Stephen and reared it at Angela
Chappelhows High Grounds Farm.
They paid 625 and sold it for
1140. this was the 2nd highest
profit and they also received the
best turned out award.
Kirklinton won the award for
Champion Calf in the show
with Brampton YFC Reserve
Champion.
In total 3000, was made for the
Air Ambulance which included a
donation of 90 from Harrison
and Hetherington and no sales
commission.
http://www.cumbriayfc.co.uk
cAlves for chArity
Over 50 Cumbrian Young Farmers
competed for the Stockman and
Young Stockjudge of the Year at
Penrith Auction Mart.
The Young Farmers placed and
gave reasons on 4 dairy cows, 4
butchers cattle and 4 butchers
lambs and completed an animal
health questionnaire compiled by
Martin Squires of the Green Vets,
Skelton.
Aspatria YFC had a triumphant night
winning all 3 cups. Edwin Holliday
was named Stockman of the Year
with Paul Storr also of Aspatria 2nd,
Paul Lowthian of Penrith 3rd and
James Hayllar, Pennine YFC 4th.
James Harrington of Aspatria won
the Bronwyn Chester Trophy for
Young Stockjudge of the Year with
Rebecca Gardner, Longtown 2nd,
David Miller, Aspatria 3rd and
Matthew Kidd, Penrith 4th.
The team trophy was won by
Aspatria on 1057 points, 2nd
Longtown 1005 points and 3rd
Penrith on 979 points.
www.cumbriayfc.co.uk
stocKMAn And
younG
stocKJudGe
of the yeAr 2011
Back row
Philip Mattinson
Sally Ritson
Paul Storr
Edwin Holliday
David Miller
Stuart Watson
James Mattinson
Front row
Mark Hurst
Viv Hewetson
AspAtriA yfc At the stocKJudGinG
The ninth annual Yorkshire County Show got off to a record breaking start on
Sunday 5th June, with more visitors than ever before flocking to Nidderdale
Showground in Pateley Bridge to enjoying a great Yorkshire day out.
shoW of support At yfc event
The Show, organised entirely by
the Yorkshire Federation of Young
Farmers continues to go from
strength to strength and this year
was no exception.
As well as encompassing the Young
Farmers County Rally with its 74
competitions ranging from stock
judging to the Tug of War, it also
played host to a variety of trade, craft
and food stalls as well as attractions
such as rare breed animals and this
years newest and most popular
exhibit lawnmower racing!
The Shows Director, Sarah Leach
said: This year has been our best
yet and with the weather on our side
we have welcomed more visitors
than ever before. This years show
has set the standard for our tenth
anniversary event in 2012 which we
have already started planning and
which promises to be a fantastic
showcase for our organisation. It
is a credit to the hard work and
dedication of our Yorkshire Young
Farmers members that we as an
organisation can hold an event of
this size and to such a high standard.
We look forward to welcoming
everyone back next year.
For further information on the
Yorkshire Federation of Young
Farmers visit our website www.
yfyfc.org.uk our facebook page
www.facebook.com/yfyfc
PROPERTY
in great Britain 94,600 acres of farmland were publicly marketed in the national press during the first 6
months of 2011. this is a 12% increase on the previous year. regional variations show an 18% increase in
the volume offered for sale in england contrasted by a 3% decrease in Scotland. our Farmland Values Survey
shows that during the first half of the year the average value of grade 3 arable land across great Britain rose
by 5.2% which means that farmland values have risen by almost 33% since the beginning of 2008.
in Yorkshire, values have followed the national trend and despite there being a late Spring there has been a
very active land market during the last 6 weeks, during which values of 8,000 per acre have been achieved
across the region for bare land and across a range of lot sizes. Whether this can continue into the autumn
remains to be seen. i suspect a lot will depend on the quality of the harvest and where the wheat price settles
following volatility.
For further information or a
free no obligation appraisal of
your property, please contact

Savills (L&P) Ltd
13 -15 Micklegate,
York, Yo1 6JH

www.savills.com
andrew Black
MRICS FAAV
Tel: 01904 617831
07967 555697
E: ablack@savills.com
Sarah Hinchliffe
BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV
Tel: 01904 617819
07870 999441
E: shinchliffe@savills.com
Land at Poppleton ings, York
Approx 46.6 acres
Guide 140,000
chapel garths Farm, ripon
Approx 140 acres
Guide 1,500,000
clifford Moor Farm, Wetherby
Approx 26 acres
Guide Price 1,450,000
rolston Hall, Hornsea
Approx Approx 107 acres
Guide 1,250,000
Park Farm, Preesall, Lancashire
Approx 236 acres
Guide 2,800,000
Potter Hill, Howardian Hills
Approx 152 acres
Guide Price 2,850,000
island Farm, Scarborough
Approx 47 acres
Guide 800,000
Manor Farm, Whenby, York
Approx 113 acres
Guide 1,750,000 UnDer oFFer UnDer oFFer
PROPERTY PROPERTY
139.11 ACRES, GRISTHORPE, FILEY
PRODUCTIVE LAND & BUILDING
139.11 Acres currently in Two Main Blocks
114.29 Acres Highly Productive Arable Land
20.32 Acres Temporary Grass
100 X 50 Building and Large Yard
SPS payments included
Excellent Road Frontage
FOR SALE AS A WHOLE OR IN FOUR LOTS
GUIDE PRICE: 710,000
youlton, eAsinGWold, yorK
313 Acre, Mixed ArAble And livestocK fArM
A productive mixed arable and livestock farm situated in the Vale of York.
Modern, Well Appointed 3 Bedroom Bungalow
Over 20,000sq.ft of Modern Farm Buildings in Large Concrete Yard
144 Acres of Productive Arable Land
164 Acres of Grassland/previously Arable Land
Woodland with Private Fishing Pond
SPS Payments included
Irrigation System
in aLL aPProXiMateLY 313.5 acreS
For SaLe BY inForMaL tenDer
aS a WHoLe or in LotS
burythorpe neAr MAlton, north yorKshire
A beAutifully locAted equestriAn property
Situated in a private and attractive rural position, a superb residential and
equestrian farm, located close to Malton and the Langton Wold Gallops, with
planning permission for further equestrian/race horse use. In all comprising:
Period 4 bedroom farmhouse
Range of modern general purpose buildings
Equestrian facilities, with stabling and railed paddocks
Planning consent for two courtyard stable developments
Approximately 45 acres of grassland/arable land
Beautiful rural location
gUiDe Price: 800,000
flixton, scArborouGh 22 ACRES
Three attractive parcels of
permanent pasture
In all approximately 22 Acres
Roadside Frontage
Edge of Village Location
For SaLe aS a WHoLe or in
tHree LotS - BY inForMaL tenDer
Closing Date:
Friday 19th August 2011, 2pm
preliMinAry
AnnounceMent
Gristhorpe, filey 139.11 ACRES
productive lAnd & buildinG
139.11 Acres currently in Two Main Blocks
114.29 Acres Highly Productive Arable Land
20.32 Acres Temporary Grass
100 X 50 Building and Large Yard
SPS payments included
Excellent Road Frontage
For SaLe aS a WHoLe or in FoUr LotS
rillinGton, MAlton 18.13 ACRES
A parcel of productive Land with
high Amenity Value situated
close to the Village.
For SaLe BY inForMaL tenDer
Closing Date:
Monday 25th July 2011, 12 Noon
charles mills
THOMPSONS
OF YORK
EST. 1926
ANIMAL FEED COMPOUNDERS
We are pleased to be associated with Mr Mills
and wish him continued success for the future
Jubilee Mill, Murton, York YO19 5UT
Tel 01904 488388
Fax 01904 488517
Email info@thompsons-feeds.co.uk
Web www.thompsons-feeds.co.uk
When Charles Mills was invited to be
a part of the Great Yorkshire Show
Council a decade ago a neighbour
suggested that his involvement might
bring some youth to the place.
I soon found that the people who
were involved already were far wiser
than I will ever be. They are some
of the kindest and most sincere
people and the wonderful thing is
that everyone is always pulling in the
COMBINING THE FARM AND
THE GREAT YORKSHIRE
CHRIS BERRY VISITS CHARLES AND JILL MILLS AT AppLETON ROEBUCK
same direction. I have always found it
a massive honour to be involved with
the show and it plays an immense
part in both mine and Jills lives.
Charles and his wife Jill now spend
something in the region of 30 days
a year at Harrogate. They spend
the show days assisting Margaret
Chapman, the Chief Cattle Steward;
there are the regular meetings to
attend; they are involved greatly with
the Grants & Education Committee
through the Childrens Days which
have become so successful in
recent years attracting thousands of
schoolchildren to the showground to
find out more about agriculture; and
since the untimely and sad passing
of Richard Howard-Vyse, Charles has
also taken on his mantle in judging
the Tye Trophy which rewards
farming and conservation working
hand in hand.
Somehow they manage all of this
extra curricula activity in addition to
running the farm between the pair of
them. They farm at Woolas Grange in
Appleton Roebuck, neatly parcelled
5 miles away from the bustling A64
where they operate a predominantly
arable enterprise along with a flock of
100 ewes and primestock cattle.
This is a second generation farm,
following on from my father. My
brother Roger and his wife Virginia
farmed in partnership with Jill and
myself up until recently, but 4 years
ago we split the farm amicably. Jill
and I now farm around 480 acres
and we have a man who helps us
out a couple of days a week.
We grow 200 acres of wheat; 100
acres of oilseed rape or beans; and
80 acres of spring barley. We keep it
as simple a system as we can so that
we can manage.
However, that doesnt mean Charles
is in any way opting for an easy life.
CHARLES AND JILL MILLS wALK AMONGST THEIR SHEEp
When Charles Mills was invited to
be a part of the Great Yorkshire
Show Council a decade ago a
neighbour suggested that his
involvement might bring some
youth to the place.
I soon found that the people who
were involved already were far
wiser than I will ever be. They
are some of the kindest and most
sincere people and the wonderful
thing is that everyone is always
pulling in the same direction. I have
always found it a massive honour
to be involved with the show and it
plays an immense part in both mine
and Jills lives.
Charles and his wife Jill now spend
a considerable amount of time at
Harrogate. They spend the show
days assisting Margaret Chapman,
the Chief Cattle Steward; there
are the regular meetings to attend;
they are involved greatly with the
Grants & Education Committee, of
which Charles is a member and are
involved with the Childrens Days
which have become so successful
in recent years attracting thousands
of schoolchildren to the showground
to fnd out more about agriculture;
and since the untimely and sad
passing of Richard Howard-Vyse,
Charles has also taken on his mantle
in judging the Tye Trophy which
rewards farming and conservation
working hand in hand.
Somehow they manage all of this
extra curricula activity in addition
to running the farm between the
pair of them. They farm at Woolas
Grange in Appleton Roebuck, neatly
parcelled 5 miles away from the
bustling A64 where they operate
a predominantly arable enterprise
along with a fock of 100 ewes and
primestock cattle.
This is a second generation farm,
following on from my father. My
brother Roger and his wife Virginia
farmed in partnership with Jill and
myself up until recently, but 4 years
ago we split the farm between us.
Jill and I now farm around 480
acres and we have a man who helps
us out a couple of days a week.
We grow 200 acres of wheat; 100
acres of oilseed rape or beans; and
80 acres of spring barley. We keep
it as simple a system as we can so
charles mills
He believes in turning a profit come
what may.
Ive always found that profit is my
driver. You have to make a profit
because thats the only way you can
make a living. You have to strive to
be in the top 10% of whatever you
try to do. What that means is that
when times are good you make a
good profit, but when times are
difficult you still make some profit. I
have always found that if youre doing
your job well there is a good living to
be made out of farming here.
Most of our land is heavy clay land
and you need to get things right
from the start. That means getting
your establishment right. If you keep
your costs down through proper
application, getting ph levels right
and your indices right; then you also
apply your fertiliser tailored to the
yield you will achieve better control
of costs and better yields. We try to
be as cost effective as possible in
every area.
We have our own grain dryer,
continuous flow dryer and in-bin
drying, as well as storage capacity
for up to 2000 tonnes of grain but of
course the ideal thing is to cut your
crop so that you dont have to dry it.
We have a large combine and where
possible we will cut it by working
the long hours when there is least
moisture content.
I dont use all of the latest technologies
such as satellite mapping but I do
have every field mapped. We use
a lot of Masstock systems through
our agronomist John Moore and that
combined with my own knowledge
of the land enables us to achieve a
better result. I am disappointed if we
cannot average 4 tonnes per acre for
wheat.
When Charles and Jill realised that
their three children Anna (26);
James (24) and Sarah (18) were not
interested in farming they let go of
their suckler herd replacing it with
prime store cattle which they now
buy out of Barnard Castle Mart and
York Livestock Centre. They now
buy-in at around 350-400 kilos
stop-gap between toys and boys. Im
not sure whether thats correct, but
we dont have them anymore.
Charles and Jill derive another income
from letting of cottage properties
they own in the surrounding area. Its
another crop.
The couple are also passionate
about conservation and Charles has
incorporated some of the ideas he
has seen working on Tye Trophy
competitors farms to Woolas
Grange.
It has been a great education for
Jill and myself. We have put in new
wetland corners, ponds and game
strips. Conservation is dear to our
hearts, as well as educating the
public. When I visited Rodney Smiths
Beal Farm near Holy Island I was in
awe of what he has achieved with
his commercial farm incorporating
conservation.
Charles and Jill are very much a
team. Jill leads virtually all of the
corn off during harvest and Charles
is keen to stress that if he was not
married to Jill he would not manage
without her.
Jills background is that she comes
from a farming family near Ouseburn
where her mother and father still
farm together today.
I get so much pleasure out of going
to Harrogate and being so involved
with the Great Yorkshire Show, says
Charles. Jill says it keeps me sane
going there. I cannot praise the
show and the Yorkshire Agricultural
Society too highly. We are both very
proud to be farmers and the society
typifies what we believe in. There is
a very real warmth and good feeling
throughout the organisation. Jill
and I would both also like to also
congratulate Bill Cowling and Nigel
Pulling on their excellent leadership.
Charles Mills
Tel: 01904 744247
and sell-on at around 600-700. The
sheep are Texel X Mules put to the
Texel tup.
There used to be horses at Woolas
Grange when their daughters were
younger. Charles has a useful
philosophy for why they no longer
have them.
I was once told that horses were a
CHARLES INSpECTS THE CROp
prime store cattle which they now
buy out of Barnard Castle Mart and
York Livestock Centre. They now
buy-in at around 350-400 kilos
and sell-on at around 600-700.
The sheep are Texel X Mules put to
the Texel tup.
There used to be horses at Woolas
Grange when their daughters were
younger. Charles has a useful
philosophy for why they no longer
have them.
I was once told that horses were
a stop-gap between toys and boys.
Im not sure whether thats correct,
but we dont have them anymore.
Charles and Jill derive another
income from letting of cottage
properties they own in the
surrounding area. Its another crop.
The couple are also passionate
about conservation and Charles has
incorporated some of the ideas he
has seen working on Tye Trophy
competitors farms to Woolas
Grange.
It has been a great education for
Jill and myself. We have put in
new wetland corners, ponds and
game strips. Conservation is dear
to our hearts, as well as educating
the public. When I visited Rodney
Smiths Beal Farm near Holy
Island I was in awe of what he has
achieved with his commercial farm
incorporating conservation.
Charles and Jill are very much a
team and Charles is keen to stress
that if he was not married to Jill he
would not manage without her.
Jills background is that she
comes from a farming family near
Ouseburn where her mother and
father still farm together today.
I get so much pleasure out of going
to Harrogate and being so involved
with the Great Yorkshire Show, says
Charles. Jill says it keeps me sane
going there. I cannot praise the
show and the Yorkshire Agricultural
Society too highly. We are both very
proud to be farmers and the society
typifes what we believe in. There
is a very real warmth and good
feeling throughout the organisation.
Jill and I would both also like to
also congratulate Bill Cowling and
Nigel Pulling on their excellent
leadership.
Charles Mills
Telephone : 01904 744247
that we can manage.
However, that doesnt mean Charles
is in any way opting for an easy life.
He believes in turning a proft come
what may.
Ive always found that proft is my
driver. You have to make a proft
because thats the only way you can
make a living. You have to strive to
be in the top 10% of whatever you
try to do. What that means is that
when times are good you make a
good proft, but when times are
diffcult you still make some proft.
I have always found that if youre
doing your job well there is a good
living to be made out of farming
here.
Most of our land is heavy clay
land and you need to get things
right from the start. That means
getting your establishment right. If
you keep your costs down through
proper application, getting ph
levels right and your indices right;
then you also apply your fertiliser
tailored to the yield you will achieve
better control of costs and better
yields. We try to be as cost effective
as possible in every area.
We have our own grain dryer,
continuous fow dryer and in-bin
drying, as well as storage capacity
for up to 2000 tonnes of grain but
of course the ideal thing is to cut
your crop so that you dont have
to dry it. We have a large combine
and where possible we will cut it by
working the long hours when there
is least moisture content.
I dont use all of the latest
technologies such as satellite
mapping but I do have every feld
mapped. We use a lot of Masstock
systems through our agronomist
John Moore and that combined
with my own knowledge of the
land enables us to achieve a better
result. I am disappointed if we
cannot average 4 tonnes per acre
for wheat.
When Charles and Jill realised that
their three children Anna (26);
James (24) and Sarah (18) were not
interested in farming they let go of
their suckler herd replacing it with
MACHINERY
Apart from the new X60 identification
on the bonnet, round headlamps and a
new bright finish for the cab-mounted
work lights, the latest addition to the
McCormick range gives few clues to
the extensive changes made beneath
the bodywork.
Yet with more engine power,
increased linkage lift capacity and
a new transmission, the X60 Series
brings new levels of performance
and features to the McCormick mid-
range.
The popular CX Series tractors have
been our best-sellers for some time
and have benefited in recent years
from a number of improvements
to the transmission, brakes and
cab but the time has come for a
wholesale upgrade, says Paul Wade,
McCormick product specialist. With
the X60 Series, our mainstream four-
cylinder tractor gets an even better
specification and moves up the power
scale in line with current trends.
Four Perkins-powered models are
being introduced by McCormick
dealers in the FarmersMart area
including Barlows of Henbury,
Macclesfield; Alkmonton Tractors,
Ashbourne, Derbyshire; Jefferson
Tractors, Long Park near Carlisle, and
Moore Farm Services, Harworth near
Doncaster in Yorkshire. They replace
the three-model CX line with engine
outputs spanning a wider power
range.
The 92hp X60.20 comes first
followed by the 101hp X60.30,
which matches the most powerful
model in the CX range, then the
line-up moves on to the X60.40
with 110hp output. At the top of the
range, the McCormick X60.50 has
a modest step-up in power for draft
work at 112hp but it has a more
significant 11hp advantage for pto-
driven implements and road transport
with 121hp output.
This is the first McCormick four-
MccorMicK x60 delivers
More poWer, perforMAnce
And feAtures
MccorMicK x60 series
four Models froM 92hp
to 121hp With boost
neW trAnsMission
More speeds, sMooth
AdJustAble poWer
shuttle
increAsed 3pt linKAGe lift
cApAcity, More reMote
spool vAlves AvAilAble
four-post cAb With fresh
interior desiGn provides
spAce And coMfort
cylinder tractor to feature a 16-valve
cylinder head and common rail fuel
injection with electronic management
and two power outputs, notes Paul
Wade. These features make efficient
use of diesel first, through precision
metering; second, by increasing
productivity; and third, by reducing
engine revs to just 1830rpm once a
40kph cruise has been reached.
On all four versions of the X60,
greater fuel capacity from the 180-
litre tank allows longer working hours
between refills.
Power and torque is channelled through
a new power shuttle transmission. It
has the three powershift steps as on
the superseded design but 12 more
forward speeds for added versatility.
With more ratios available, the
operator has a better chance
achieving the best combination of
engine and ground speeds for the
work being done, notes Paul Wade.
Outputs can be improved and the job
completed more efficiently whether
its ploughing a field or hauling a diet
feeder.
Prices for the new McCormick series
start at 40,282 for the 92hp
X60.20 rising to 46,555 for the
112/121hp X60.50 version.
For further information please
visit www.argotractors.com
Thirty-one newly trained apprentices
are about to return to their New
Holland dealerships as qualified land-
based technicians after completing a
bespoke technician training scheme
at Reaseheath College in Cheshire.
The apprentices were presented with
certificates at a ceremony at the
college by New Hollands After Sales
Commercial Manager Rob Alker.
This specialist course is partly
funded and run by New Holland and
involves five courses specific to New
Holland machines and equipment. At
the end of the course, every graduate
is sufficiently qualified to apply
for LTA accreditation (Land based
Technician Accreditation) at grade
two - a professionally recognised
Scheme run by the Institute of
Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) in
conjunction with major Agricultural
equipment manufacturers.
Chris Coppenhall, One of New
Hollands product technical trainer,
is involved in the specialist training
courses throughout the three year
programme:
During the course, each apprentice
does three separate months a year
at Reaseheath College. Within this
time, in addition to the theory and
practical training delivered by the
colleges lecturers, theyll receive
five specialist training courses based
on New Holland machines and
technology. So theyll go through
electronics, hydraulics, transmission,
engines and diagnostics. All this
training is done on our latest
machines using specialist test
equipment and it is run by New
Holland training specialists.
Steve Ridley is the agriculture
Director for sales and after sales
for the Russells group. One of his
apprentices has just graduated:
Since weve been involved
in this apprenticeship training
scheme, theres been a significant
improvement in the quality and
standard of our trainees. Its down
to the resources they have access
to theyll work on New Holland
systems and get to work with the
New Holland service trainers: So
neW hollAnd Apprentices
GrAduAte And Get out in the field
while theyre gaining very good
technical skills, theyre also forging
direct contacts with New Holland
too.
Tim Ball, from Reaseheath College,
has the job of liaising with New
Holland, the dealerships and the
college itself, where the course has
been run since 2002:
When this course started, it was
one of the very first of its kind to
involve a manufacturer. It has been
key in effectively standardising and
improving the level of training that
dealership apprenticeships are
getting. This years graduates, like
their predecessors, will be leaving
Reaseheath with a respected
industry recognised qualification: the
Extended National Diploma in Land
Based Technology.
www.newholland.com
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NEWS
allow us to remind you..
On the 4th January 2011 Forlorn
Hope farm had its second clear herd
interval skin test.
This would normally mean that the
herd restrictions should have been
lifted, however confusion over this
matter occurred within the animal
health department causing a delay
of 5 months. The farm is now free
to move trade and show their cattle
excluding Boxster, his journey to
freedom continues.
On the 8th June 2011 a blood
sample was taken from Boxster and
transported to a VLA laboratory for
analysis and a skin test was carried
out immediately afterwards. Boxster
remained in his isolation unit for the
following three days before animal
health representatives returned to
read the results. The reading was to
be taken on a severe interpretation
meaning that no more than 2mm
increase in his skin thickness was
allowed.
hAllMArK boxter
the lAtest
FarmersMart are delighted to report
that Boxter passed with flying colours!
The Jackson family were delighted
with this news, as it had been 15
months since he passed his first skin
test.
However, the blood sample result
was a different story; Animal Health
reported to the family that the sample
could not be screened as it had clotted
and yet again this second sample had
to be discarded. Boxster is due his
next skin test on the 10th August
2011 which will be read on a normal
interpretation of 5mm, as to whether
he now requires a third blood sample
to be taken remains in question.
Hopefully Hallmark Boxster will be
back on the show field towards the end
of the summer and more importantly
can join his herd once again.
Kate on 07958 917924
As you MAy reMeMber froM our lAte sprinG edition, south
yorKshire fArMer Ken JAcKson hAs spent Much of 2011
chAllenGinG A rulinG MAde by defrA Which suGGested thAt
the life of his chAMpion blonde bull hAllMArK boxter WAs
under threAt.
ERNIE SHERWIN
If youve been a regular at either
Wharfedale Farmers Auction Mart in
Otley; or Thirsk or Northallerton Marts
over the past decade its highly likely
you will know Ernie Sherwin. He has
auctioneered at each of these three
marts during that time having started
at Otley in 1990 and having stayed
until 2003; he moved to Thirsk,
working there from 2004-2006;
before the move to Northallerton
where he stayed from 2006-the early
part of this year.
But now Ernie has branched out on
his own and opened up his business
as Ernie Sherwin Limited with a logo
of ELS (nothing to do with Entry Level
Stewardship, more down to his name
Ernest Leonard Sherwin). So far he
has worked on single farm payments,
grass lets, stewardship schemes,
compensations and all manner of
professional valuations.
Ive moved everything up a gear and
Im now a professional, fully regulated
business with the RICS (Royal
Institute of Chartered Surveyors). I
was surprised at how many of the
people I have dealt with for years
have put their jobs my way. I had
hoped for a reasonable number of
customers, and some have kept with
me ever since I left Otley, but I didnt
expect the number I have already. I
think thats because they know I will
go that extra mile for them. I will visit
them at all hours of the day, well into
the evening if thats what they want
or during weekends.
Ernie didnt move from one auction
mart to another because he wanted
to. His reasoning was very simple.
Ben (Atkinson) was fantastic for me
at Otley. He gave me my opportunity
and I had such a good time with
everyone at the mart, but we were so
dedicated to livestock marketing that
I couldnt get my APC (Assessment
of Professional Competence)
qualification followed through. I
moved to Thirsk because Rodney
Cordingley was going to become my
mentor to help me through, but he
left for York when Nigel Stephenson
died and he was offered a place in
the family business. I dont mind
professionAl service
froM ernie
chris berry tAlKs With ernie sherWin At nosterfield
admitting I shed a tear or two the day
I was told because Id been happy at
Thirsk and was close to qualifying.
Getting this professional qualification
was one of my biggest ambitions.
Then I spotted a job on the internet
for Northallerton Auction Mart.
Their specification was for qualified
people. I told them I was very close
to attaining it and within 8 months I
had finally qualified of which I was
very grateful to gain considerable
knowledge and experience within
those 4 years.
I now have good connections with
the professional world for all of the
jobs I undertake. Ive been busy right
from the start and aim for a quick turn
around time for customers. Things
take time and on the auctioneering
side there arent the dispersal sales
at the moment, where I might be
asked to auctioneer. Im keeping my
hand in by auctioneering for charity
events and I am also available for
relief auctioneering.
Ernies parents farmed at Rand
Grange, Bedale; before moving to
Firby and then settling at The Grange
in Nosterfield. He had an early
ambition to be a vet from being 7-10
years old, but then changed his mind
and wanted to become an auctioneer
or a surveyor. He presently owns 12
acres at Nosterfield and rents another
10. He has 40 ewes which lamb in
spring. He has Suffolk and Texel X
rams and the ewes lamb mainly to
Texel X Mule or Texel X Beltex giving
a good quality, tight-skinned lamb.
They scanned at 213% and I finished
at 197%, says Ernie.
Ernie has two ladies helping him with
the secretarial side of his business
and he believes their skills show that
he is offering a service that is just as
professional as those who have been
around a while.
I am very excited about the future.
Im not looking to own the world
I just want to live in it, but I know
that I can provide the type of service
farmers need. Ive chosen an oak
tree for my logo as we all know that
little acorns grow into large trees.
Im a little acorn at the moment, but
hopefully in the years to come my
business will grow as well as an oak
tree giving maturity and distinction.
if you would like to know more
about how ernie can help you
and your farm then contact:
ernie Sherwin 01677 470320
or 07521 824724 or email:
erniesherwin@btinternet.com
40A Market Place, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 1BZ
Telephone: 01765 604215 Fax: 01765 607323
e-mail: mail@femetcalfe.co.uk
www.femetcalfe.co.uk
Specialise in Accountancy and Tax advice to the Farming Industry
We wish Ernie Sherwin success in his new venture
ernie sherWin
NEW PRODUCT
This years major agricultural shows
have seen Stoke on Trent based
manufacturer IAE exhibit their
new x180 Yard Scraper. Extensive
development and testing aimed
at producing the highest strength
to cost ratio have culminated in
the finished model being available
to view, continued with the Great
Yorkshire Show, where you can get
your hands on the new Scraper to
see the design for yourself up close.
Director of IAE Frank Klucznik said
We have had the idea for a while to
manufacture a Yard Scraper as we
strive to offer a complete package
of high quality manufactured steel
products, to our dealer network
nationwide, with the ability to control
everything ourselves and keep the
high calibre that people now expect
from IAE
The unit has a wealth of features
and will fit pretty much any running
unit that you need to attach it to
and the scraping blade can be
configured into 4 different positions
to suit most scrape passages. Many
of the features are geared around
being safe with the equipment, a
iAe releAse neW
x180 yArd scrAper
concern for any farm work, and an
ideal that IAE push for with all of
their equipment; Therefore the unit
comes fully CE Marked and with a
comprehensive operation manual.
The unit works by a one piece rubber
blade which is attached to a heavy
duty fully galvanised frame. The
x180 has been repeatedly tested
beyond normal usage circumstances,
allowing the muck to be scraped
along the passage with no fear of
give or warping; and it can easily be
set to push or pull, depending on the
desired application.
The unit will be available from stock
in September 2011 and IAE will be
preparing for strong interest from
their award winning trade stands by
having plenty of units available.
For further details, visit
us at Show stand 034 or
look at www.iae.co.uk
Merial Animal Health, which does
not usually sell an orf vaccine in
the UK, has been working with
vets and the VMD to find a solution
to the current crisis surrounding
the shortage of vaccine in the
UK. Working in co-operation with
the VMD, Merial has been able
to import orf vaccine in order to
satisfy Special Import certificates
issued by the VMD to veterinary
practices.
Merials Product Manager Kathryn
England said: We have had a lot
of comments from vets and farmers
with regard to potential animal
welfare issues surrounding orf, and
the current shortage of vaccine.
As a result of these requests we
have moved quickly and, working
in cooperation with vets and the
VMD, have arranged a Special
Import Licence, and secured a
substantial number of doses of
an alternative vaccine originally
allocated for the French market.
We have already supplied an initial
batch in to the UK and expect to
take delivery of additional supplies
in the coming weeks. Nevertheless
we cannot guarantee that we will
be able to meet all the needs in the
market resulting from the shortage
of the original vaccine.
Vets who wish to use this
alternative vaccine can check
on the availability of supplies
with Merial through its customer
Support centre on 0800
592699.

However, before ordering they
will need to obtain a Special
import certificate from the VMD
and be able to provide a copy
of this at the point of ordering.
MeriAl Acts to
help orf
vAccine crisis
FARMING PEOPLE
Congratulations to Alex and
Catherine Forsyth from Weighing
Solutions Ltd who completed The
Great Glens Walk, a 76 miles
charity hike from Fort William to
Inverness, last month.
Raising funds in memory of their
son, Colin, and to provide financial
support for a number of worthy
causes and individuals, the couple
completed their hike in just five
days, and in the following stages:
Fort William to Spean Bridge
Spean Bridge Gairlochy
Gairlochy to Laggan Locks
Laggan Locks to Invermoriston
Invermoriston Inverness
if you wish to donate, call
01324 878569 or for more
information, visit www.
weighingsolutions.co.uk
Alex And cAtherines
GreAt Glens WAlK
Betafence, one of the countrys
largest makers of wire and fencing
products, has promoted Paul Barkas
to the role of UK Manufacturing
Manager at its factory in Sheffield.
In his new position Paul is in charge
of a workforce of 270 and responsible
for the whole manufacturing process
including both Base and Finished
Products where wire is used to make
welded mesh and specialist fencing.
Paul Barkas said: I am over the
moon, its the best job Ive ever
had and Im fortunate to have
tremendous support from colleagues
and the management team. This
business has massive potential. Our
aspiration is to be the benchmark
site within the Group.
Kevin Steers, Betafence UK General
Manager, said: Since joining
Betafence in 2009, Paul has shown
himself to be an extremely capable
manager who is making a big
neW uK MAnufActurinG
MAnAGer At betAfence
contribution towards achieving our
business objectives and helping us
to retain our position as one of the
UKs market leaders.
www.betafence.com
Yorkshire members of Farm Stay, the
UKs largest network of farm-based
accommodation providers, went back
to school last month to hone their
cooking skills. A group of the countys
lady members attended a specially
arranged cookery school at Dean
Clough Mills in Halifax to make their
own bread, granola, kedgeree, fruit
smoothies and hollandaise sauce,
as well as quick supper dishes and
desserts.
The Cooking School at Dean Clough
offers professional development
courses for those working in the
catering and hospitality industry and
chef Mathew Benson-Smith created
a tailored course dubbed Brilliant
Breakfasts and Easy Outstanding
Suppers - for the Yorkshire Farm
Stay ladies.
Rosemary Hyslop said: It was a
fabulous day in the state-of-the-art
kitchen in a very historic setting.
We learned a great deal and some
wonderful new ideas, which many
of us plan introduce in our own
farm kitchens to enhance the overall
experience on behalf of our guests.
www.farmstay.co.uk
fArM stAy lAdies Go
bAcK to school
Food for thought. Farm Stay Yorkshire ladies are pictured with
their hosts in the Dean Clough Cooking School kitchen.
Ten hardy trekkers from Keelham
Farm Shop in Thornton, Bradford,
recently completed a 29-mile charity
slog from Leeds to Skipton on the
Leeds-Liverpool Canal in late May.
Staff from the Brighouse & Denholme
Road outlet were raising money
for the British Heart Foundation
in memory of Keelham Farm Shop
founder Andrew Robertshaw, who
died prematurely of a heart attack in
2000, aged 58.
The business, one of the first farm
shops in England when established in
the early 1970s by Mr Robertshaw,
is now run by his son and daughter
James and Victoria Robertshaw.
A foot-weary James said afterwards:
Dad would have celebrated his
70th birthday the week of the walk
and he would have been really
proud of the fact that all ten of us
completed the marathon trek. We
purposely adopted the British Heart
Foundation as one of our chosen
charities in his memory and had
already raised 1,600 since March
last year ahead of the walk.
Further donations are welcome at
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/
team/keelhamfarmwalkers
KeelhAM chArity WAlKers
hoMe And not so dry!
Keelham trekkers are pictured in Skipton after completing
their canal charity walk. From left are Trisha Greenwood,
Elisha Merifield, Laura Reid, Dawn Denton, Michael Pilcher,
Steve Powell, James Robertshaw and Carol Swain.
MeriAl Acts to
help orf
vAccine crisis
FARMING PEOPLE
The rapid development of the UKs
pioneering care farming movement
will get a boost this month, when
a new organisation is launched to
increase support for care farmers
and raise their profile with the
public and commissioners for
health and social care.
The principle behind care farming
is simple: using structured,
supervised farming activities
to provide health, social or
educational care services for
vulnerable people. The movement
has grown quickly in the last five
years and there are now more than
170 care farms in the UK with
more being set up all the time.
Care Farming UKs co-ordinator
Gaynor Orton said: What is
unique about care farming is that
no two farms are alike - each
one works with clients in slightly
different ways. This means they
can benefit a very wide range of
people, for example a young person
with autism, young offenders,
those recovering from addictions,
and people with mental health
problems - the list goes on.
More information is available
from www.carefarminguk.org
neW deAler AppointMent
for lAndini
exhibitinG At GreAt eccleston shoW July 16/17
exhibitinG At GArstAnG shoW AuGust 6
A young engineer is returning to his
farming roots by taking on the role of
sales and service dealer for Landini
tractors in Lancashire.
Stewart Morley has operated from
premises on the family farm at Pilling
on the Fylde near Blackpool for the
past 10 years supplying mainly
professional groundscare equipment.
But he jumped at the chance to
expand into the agricultural market
with the Landini tractor range:
Its ideal for us because in addition
to a good choice of smaller models
for professional groundscare
applications, the full-size tractors
cater for all the different types of
farming we see in the area, he
points out.
Stewart Morley Agricultural &
Groundscare Machinery represents
Landini tractor distributor AgriArgo
UK in a territory that extends from
Skelmersdale and Bolton northwards
to Lancaster, and from the coast to
Rochdale and Barnoldswick.
The Landini products have a lot to
offer, says Stewart. Well be doing
our best to give people who use
them the best back-up service and
parts support.
For more information, call Stewart
on 01253 799124 or email
stewart@stewartmorley.co.uk
Veteran salesman Maurice Chester
remains a best-seller for steelwork
company Robinson Agriculture
at the grand old age of 86 and
to mark his 86th birthday, Project
Development Manager Edward
Gregory presented a special birthday
cake. He says: Maurice has helped
hundreds of our clients create new
buildings and extend existing ones;
many of them returning to him again
and again over the years because
he provides such excellent advice
and support. His expertise is second
to none and he is regarded with
immense respect by the farming
community. Were absolutely
delighted that hes still working with
us, and wanted take the opportunity
to thank him for the tremendous
service he gives both ourselves and
our clients.
Maurice added: The best thing
about the job is going out and
meeting people. You talk to them,
and over time, Ive made a lot of
friends. Robinson themselves have
been more like a family to me than
an employer.
Maurice lives in the Fishtoft area of
Boston with wife June and has eight
children, 17 grandchildren and 14
great grandchildren.
www.robinsons.com
MAurice celebrAtes
86th birthdAy
British Wool prices are at a twenty
five year high as the British Wool
Marketing Board announces their
newly elected Chairman, Malcolm
Corbett.
Mr Corbett farms a hill farm in the
Rede Valley in Northumberland close
to the Scottish borders, running 620
ewes comprising Texel cross Lleyn
and pure Lleyn breeds. Having
been a sheep farmer throughout his
working life, he has also involved
himself in the farming world at a
strategic level. Mr Corbett brings
his experience as Vice Chairman
of the NFU National Livestock
Board as well as his other roles as
a board member for EBLEX and in
representing the NSA and NBA.
He says: The future for wool has
never looked better I hope that the
sheep farmers of the UK understand
that this is their organisation and we
are there to represent their interests.
It is vital that we all work together in
supporting our Wool Board and that
way we will ensure that the price
advantage is ours.
For further information
call 01274 688666
price And proMotion
At top of AGendA
MAlcolM corbett,
neWly elected chAirMAn
of the british Wool
MArKetinG boArd
neW orGAnisAtion
to Aid rise of uK
cAre fArMinG
MAurice chester pictured At neWArK livestocK MArKet
COMPETITION
Kids corner
Wheres dAisy the coW?
Honda is searching for a Honda owner
to be the star of its next Channel 4
documentary film.
The nationwide search is on for people
who use their Honda car, motorbike,
lawn mower, marine engine, ATV or
generator, in an extraordinary way to
tell their story. It could be transforming
a Civic into an ice cream van or using
a Honda hedge trimmer to create
outlandish creatures. Whatever the
story, if its unexpected and just a little
bit daft, Honda wants to hear it.
The person judged as using their
Honda in the most extraordinary way
will have their story turned into a
film online and broadcast on Channel
4 and More 4 as part of Hondas
documentary sponsorship.
Budding stars can tell their story and
enter the competition on the new
website www.honda.co.uk/stories
where a regular gallery of entries will
be posted to inspire other entrants.
The competition is open now and
closes at the end of September 2011.
Martin Moll, Marketing Director at
Honda (UK) commented; We are
always fascinated when we find out
what our customers get up to with
their Hondas and Im really looking
forward to hearing more extraordinary
stories. No matter how off the wall or
unexpected we want to hear it.
This competition is supporting
Hondas new Channel 4 documentary
sponsorship campaign which
celebrates the interesting and
innovative ways that people use their
Hondas.
The first film starring Philippa Wills,
an Alpaca breeder and Honda ATV
owner from Oxfordshire is now live
onwww.honda.co.uk/stories and in
the Channel 4 documentary bumpers
which sit between the Channel 4
programme and the advert breaks.
Visitors to www.honda.co.uk/stories
will also discover more quirky Alpaca
facts and Get to Know personality
profiles alongside the competition to
find the next film star. There will also
be the opportunity to engage with
Philippa and ask her questions, plus
the chance to name the next baby
Alpaca.
Throughout the year viewers will meet
a variety of Honda customers who
use their Honda in a different and
extraordinary way
www.honda.co.uk/stories
hondA hunts for
neW chAnnel 4
docuMentAry stAr
for your chAnce to
Win 50 Worth of M&s
vouchers Just AnsWer
the folloWinG questions
1 Who was the winner of the
2010 Fencing news Fencing
competition held at the Driffield
Show?
2 When did the Fairburns make
their great Yorkshire Show
debut?
3 For how many years has Head
oth Marsh Farm Shop been
trading?
Send your answers to
by Friday 9th September
congratulations to emily Davidson
of thorney gale in Stainmore,
Kikby Stephen, who won last
issues M&S competition
50 M&s voucher coMpetition
The Teeswater scanning
scheme commenced in 2009.
The purpose of the scheme is
to analyse the loin muscle and
back fat depths of lambs at
approximately 25 weeks of age
with an eventual aim of gaining
sufficient data to use in any
future breeding programmes
or promotions that the breed
council decide upon.
The scheme was embarked
upon without any preconceived
notions as to any outcome,
however it has always been
known by breeders that
Teeswater lamb and mutton is
that little bit special. Results
so far show lamb back fat
averages to be just below 6mm
with their loin depths averaging
above 30mm and with a
sizeable proportion of lambs
showing loin depths above
35mm.
Why scanning and not touch
assessment of carcass? Well,
the Teeswater is a large
longwool breed with a natural
tendency to little fat and more
prominent spinal processes
that make field assessment
more difficult. Ultrasound
analysis gives true readings of
live animals whereas accurate
assessment has only previously
been possible when they are
strung-up!
The ultrasound kit used for
obtaining this data was grant
aided by the county Durham
Foundation and its recognition
of the importance of the
Teeswater sheep.
teesWAter
scAnninG
scheMe
If you thought finding Percy the Pig
was tough, prepare yourself for this
next challenge!
Somewhere inside this 96-page
issue hides Daisy the Cow, for your
chance to win a Case IH Puma 210
and a New Holland T7060 model
tractor, simply tell us which page
you have spotted him on!
get all your entries in to
by Friday 9th September
a final congratulation goes to
Zak Fell (age 5) who won our
last Kids corner! Zak managed to
track down Percy the Pig which
certainly wasnt easy! Well Done!
contractorS gUiDe SUMMER 2011
Chris Smith Agri Services
Specialising in:
- Min-Till, Combi-Drilling
- Ploughing using a 300 Horsepower Track Machine
- Combining using a Claas Lexion 570 with vario header
Tel (Mobile): 07734 443301
Sutton Farm, Sutton-on-Derwent, York
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CALL
0777 4775031
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