Archive Article: 2002/06/14
David Felce – Cambridgeshire
DAVID Felces 97ha (240-acre) Middle Grange LEAF Demon-stration farm at Southoe, near St Neots, has a Gem 2000-litre (440gal) demountable sprayer with 18m (59ft) boom on an MB-Trac.
This is being upgraded to a 20m Landquip so David can cope with an extra 186ha (460 acres) of spraying on a neighbours farm.
Davids skills have been honed by taking BASIS and FACTS qualifications and getting CPD points for the BASIS Professional Register. Environmental protection comes from a well thought out chemical store set close by a water supply bowser on a concrete pad, with an underground tank for collecting contaminated water. Another environmental aid comes from a secure insecticide carrier on the front of the tractor. That lets David add a barrier tank-mix in-field to speed up work and conserve predators in the rest of the field.
A stainless steel sink unit is used when opening and measuring products. Spills are retained and a wheeled half drum captures any drips, spillage or washings from sink or induction hopper. They are then returned to the spray mix.