The Farmers Mart Oct-Nov 2018 - Issue 59 | Page 43

INGERTHORPE MOOR FARM 43 • OCT/NOV 2018 by RMS technicians from Genus, those with more than three services go to the Belgian Blue.’ ‘What we try to avoid is black and white bull calves. There is more value in Belgian Blue or British Blues. We sell all beef calves privately and our buyers all like them at dif- ferent ages from three weeks to ten weeks old. We used to keep heifer beef calves and sell as stores but we now don’t have the room.’ ‘We cull out at 25 per cent and went higher when the milk price suffered a few years ago. We had a right clean out and consequently we now have a younger herd so that side of the operation didn’t do us any harm.’ William’s not one for whining about when things go wrong. He’d rather do what he can. ‘I prefer to be upbeat. Yes when the wheels fell off over the low milk price it was difficult for everyone but we’re still here. We’ve a far better dairy farm than we have ever had and the future could be bright if the British public supports British farm- ers post Brexit. I’m hoping politicians and supermarkets don’t use Brexit to get prices down any further but I’ve an awful feeling that’s going to be the case.’ ‘We have pushed on and grown the farm. Grass for silage and 235 acres of wheat We employ two herdsmen, milk twice a and barley also for feed make up the other day and sell to Charlie Payne in Borough- cropping. bridge. Our belief is the secret to a lot of ‘We’ve whole cropped this year as we dairying is to feed the cows from what you were down on grass stocks but we’ve grow on the farm and if you can grow a managed four cuts of grass across our silage substantial amount at the right quality it grasses and pasture land. The first cut was helps considerably. We’ve grown maize for good but the second and third were disap- 26 years and the farm suits the crop with pointing.’ easy working medium clay loam. We have Pigs fattened on contract for Warwick quite a few south facing fields that always Bailey add to the farm’s income. benefit the crop. This year we’ve grown 160 ‘They arrive in batches of 600 as 40 kilo acres of the predominantly Glory maize weaners and we take them through to 110+ variety which has grown to 11ft high. It’s not kilos. They’re destined for Malton Bacon Fac- all about height and growing big round cobs tory. We use the pig muck and cow slurry on but you don’t want 3ft high and spindly the land with everything pumped on. We’ve affairs.’ 76590 - John M Walker (Farm Buildings) - THRD.pdf 1 12/10/2018 fattened pigs for a number of years.’ 15:16:18 76678 - JacksonsMotorEngineers - 8TH.pdf 1 11/10/2018 15:23:53 Established in 1972, Jacksons Motor Engineers are a trusted and well respected local family business in Ripon. C Wishing William Houseman of Ingerthorpe Moor Farm continued success. M We have a small team of highly trained engineers, specialising in agricultural machinery. Whether you need a new tractor, or need your existing one repairing, we can help. Y CM MY A personal and friendly service, with flexible working hours available 7 days a week. CY CMY K Tel: [phone] | E: [email protected] Billsdale, Dallamires Lane, Ripon, HG4 1TT Simple agricultural extensions • Whole farms Large agricultural buildings • Industrial units C M Y CM MY CY CMY K John has been building Agricultural buildings since 1994 following many years in agriculture on the family farm. John’s wealth of experience means he can design, plan and build from the ground up any size or type of agricultural building you require. T: 01609 883447 E: [email protected] Holly Farm, Kirby Sigston, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL6 3TB “Pleased to be a supplier to William Houseman of Ingerthorpe Moor Farm and wish him all the best for the future”