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Weighton Wold Farm
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unit. Newquip and the Big
Dutchman system has proved
invaluable. Edward looks after
the beef cow herd and duck
fattening. We have around 200
cows and fattening stock, plus
some we contract fatten within
the Stabiliser ‘family’.
‘We now have
around 300
acres of
grassland but
in my first
few years
of coming
back to the
family farm,
after studying
at Bishop Burton
College and working
away for two years on dairy/
arable farm, we had 70-100
acres of permanent pasture.
Father and grandfather had
originally bought cattle from
the west side of the country
and Ireland, as many in the
east side of the country had
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done for many years. It was a
typical commercial operation
fattening store cattle.’
While the arable concern
is a major part of the farm
business, the rise of the
Stabiliser breed has taken
the headlines in more recent
times. Robert tells how it
came about and why
the breed is so
successful.
‘We’d had
Aberdeen
Angus X
Friesians that
were coming
out of dairy
herds. They
were a good cheap
source of beef calves top
crossed with the Charolais,
but when the Holstein began
replacing the Friesian in UK
dairy herds in the late 70s and
through the 80s the quality of
the Aberdeen Angus X dairy
cow as a suckler was reduced
substantially. By the 90s it
wasn’t just me but many other
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