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The Suzuki KingQuad 400: this farmer’s company
‘car’ of choice
“An absolute godsend,” is how award-winning West Dorset farmer, Judi James, views the Suzuki KingQuad 400 ATV she
bought earlier this year.
udi rose to fame last year when she was
crowned UK Worker of the Year, a
competition sponsored by Suzuki GB
and Dickies to reward excellence in the
British workforce.
Few would have guessed when she
began farming just six years ago at the
age of 47 that Judi would see off 3,000 other
competitors, including seven male finalists, to
the prestigious award.
Previously, Judi’s career was in the motor
trade (she holds an HGV licence) and in horse
racing, but her passion had always been to
become a farmer. Finally, in 2008, Judi took the
plunge and set up her own RSPCA Freedom
Foods veal production unit on a 10-acre
smallholding, while working full-time on a beef
and arable unit at a nearby farm.
The fact that Judi suffered a serious back
injury at the age of 11 after being knocked
down by a car makes her story even more
remarkable.
Judi says, “People are surprised when I tell
them that farming saved my back. It was always
at its worst if I sat too long, so farming turned
out to be the ideal job for me and I b X