Farmer Jake's Blog

April 2012 - Posts

• Molson Coors Growers Group Spring Meeting

  On Tuesday we were excellently hosted for our first Molson Coors Growers Group spring agronomy meeting by Richard Tongue at Priory Farm Hazelton up in the Cotswolds. We met up in the yard and had a brief summary of the evening by James Cox and then it... Posted Apr 27 2012, 09:32 AM by Farmer Jake Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Carling, Malting Barley, Molston Coors Growing Group, Farmers [Edit Tags]

• Sainsbury's Distribution Visit (Hams Hill)

  At the last Sainsbury's lamb Development Group meeting we were treated to a trip around the Hams Hill distribution centre just off north of Birmingham. I have to say that it took our collective breath away! The site covers about 3/4 of a Hectare,... Posted Apr 16 2012, 05:23 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: Sainsbury's, Hams Hill [Edit Tags]

• Feasting on Forage

  Following on from last years grassland meeting, organised with Salisbury's and AB Sustain we planted 8 small areas of the farm that are coming out of arable cropping under the Higher Level Stewardship Scheme. In total 18 Ha's have been planted... Posted Apr 10 2012, 05:22 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: sheep, Sainsbury's, AB Sustain, High Sugar Grass, grazing [Edit Tags]