Farm of the Week: Couple who have two farms 30 miles apart - including thriving holiday cottage business
“I honestly never imagined I’d be anywhere but Catwick where I was born and raised,” said Graham. “I can understand some people thinking I’m mad doing what I do, having two homes forty-five minutes apart and moving between the two there and back most of the time, but Catwick is where most of my work is. I love both places dearly.
“That got me thinking and at the same time it coincided with the moment when well-known sprayer contractor Roger Jagger was considering retiring. Roger rang me and said he thought I should buy his business off him and I said okay. That’s how it all set off for me.Farmers Claire and Graham Foster, of Grange Farm, Intake Lane, Wressle, Selby.
plus contracting agreements of various types for another handful of farms. The acreage we now cover each year is between 2200 and 2500 acres overall.“We predominantly grow wheat, barley and oilseed rape. I’m a big fan of organic manure and have teamed up with a farming neighbour and good friend Neil Buckton who is a big slurry contractor. I farm his farm and I then bring him in to spread the poultry litter.
The contract spraying of liquid fertiliser has proved a mainstay of Graham’s business for many years, but he said that he and his team are also adept at most forms of agricultural contracting.
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