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65921 - FHillandSon - 8TH.pdf 1 01/09/2017 14:44:43 Mount Pleasant Farm C M Y CM MY CY CMY K C M Y FRANK HILL & SON CHARTERED SURVEYORS, AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS Ralph Ward FRICS FAAV, Charles Hill FNAEA SCV, Philip Mortimer BSc 18 MARKET PLACE, PATRINGTON, HULL TELEPHONE (01964) 630531 WEB: www.frankhillandson.co.uk | EMAIL: [email protected] ALSO AT HULL CATTLE MARKET, DUNSWELL Thanks to W E Foreman & Son of Brigham for their continued support of Hull Cattle Market 65701 - B&CMWalker - 8TH.pdf 1 27/09/2017 12:31:03 B&CM Walker Ltd Electrical Engineer & Contractor New Installations - Repairs & Maintenance Inspection & Testing - Agricultural Plumbing CM MY CY CMY K Proud to be working with the Foreman's of Mount Pleasant Farm and wish them continued success T. 01262 488269 | E. [email protected] 91 Main Street, North Frodingham, Driffield, YO25 8LJ be well placed when it went up. It’s now around 29ppl, which is good news, but I think the cows have probably adapted better than us. They look so relaxed in their straw yards and only took around 10 days to get used to them.’ It’s all a much happier story than it has been from time to time over the past two decades. Holiday accommodation and contracting work using JCBs have produced alternative incomes but the dairy operation remains the largest proportion of their enterprises and they have pushed on much more in recent times. ‘If Mitch hadn’t been interested in the dairy herd we would never have taken the next step into robots. A dozen years ago I was worn out from it all. We started up with the holiday cottages and Fantastic has it all; high ranking PLI sire, huge fat and protein and incredible udder health. His different pedigree makes him stand out from the crowd and makes him an outcross bull easy to use across the herd. COGENT SEXED SEMEN AVAILABLE Farmers Mart Adverts.indd 1 72 Autumn 2017 www.farmers-mart.co.uk 21/09/2017 16:28