During the half-term break the Farmers’ Livery Company and Redhill branch of the NFU funded and organised two visits to three working commercial farms in Surrey and Bedfordshire.
Sincere thanks must go to our very accommodating hosts, Nellie Maiklem, Paul Knight and Tim Burton for opening up their farming businesses to more than 75 young people from Surrey Docks, Wellgate and Stepney City Farms.
The main enterprises on the farms we visited focused on the rearing of dairy cow replacements, with two farms also operating large dairy herds. We were also taken on a walking and tractor and trailer tour of the farms to see the arable and other diversification enterprises.
Animals are always a point of interest for the farm visitors,with some watching the cows being milked and others bottle-feeding the calves. Fortunately, it didn’t rain on our visits so a sunny and cheery day was had by all.
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