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Chris Berry talks with Chris Rooke at Newton on Ouse

» YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A ‘ It was 8ft deep where the the doors have been shut news story on television and all bus went through ,’ says Chris . previously they have been over social media earlier this ‘ Keith , who works for me , had closed for 2-3 days , but this year about a school bus getting to go on a 22 mile round trip time they were shut for 14 days stuck in the floods in January to get to work . Normally his while heavy rain came down after it tried to get pupils journey is just a couple of miles continuously from Husthwaite destined for Easingwold School and takes him a few minutes . It and up on Kilburn . The water through waist high water . It was the worst flooding we ’ ve went above our flood banks took place on the road where ever suffered and occurred and we had some land under Chris Rooke ’ s Beeches Farm is because where the Ouse and water for 7 weeks .’ situated near Newton-on-Ouse Kyle meet is at one of our fields ‘ 50 acres of our land was after the River Kyle had broken in Newton on Ouse . When the under water and we lost 20 its banks .

River Ouse rises there are big acres of winter wheat as well Much of Chris ’ farm was still doors that stop the as having our beautiful under water seven weeks later River Kyle from wildflower meadows but thankfully the students were flowing into decimated . We ’ re shaken but not stirred by their the Ouse . currently getting driver ’ s Bond-like exploits . some help

restoring it from the government .’ Beeches Farm runs to 320 acres . This year their arable operation , having been somewhat reduced since winter ’ s flooding includes 70 acres of JB Diego winter wheat ; 40 acres of Cassia winter barley ; 25 acres of Propino spring barley and 11 acres of oilseed rape , with 30 acres of potatoes being rented and grown by another farmer . Oats are grown on rotation but

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A Great Three Days at the Great Yorkshire Show !

Innovation coupled with tradition was the hallmark of the 158th Great Yorkshire Show , which closed its gates after three actionpacked days showcasing the best of British farming and rural life .

» SUNNY SKIES , TOP CLASS Director , live robotic milking As Prime Minister Theresa Covering an area of three competitive entries and demonstrations in a new May was busy announcing her and a half Olympic-sized thousands of the country ’ s purpose-built dairy unit , and new Cabinet on Wednesday , swimming pools , it was a premier livestock competing seminars focusing on the future England ’ s premier agricultural shop window of British food , across a vast array of classes of agriculture post-Brexit . show welcomed Environment and played host to the Great helped attract a total of 135,026 Said Charles : “ It was a Minister Liz Truss , just 24 hours Yorkshire Cheese and Dairy visitors to the three day wonderful three days and before she was promoted to Show , one of the UK ’ s most agricultural extravaganza , one a superb showcase for the the Justice Department . prestigious events with close of the highest figures of the last farming industry in what was During a hectic morning to 800 entries across a wide decade and just shy of the alltime record of 135,111 which was of the new government . It ’ s Show , Ms Truss visited the In another first , the Great

a significant week in terms touring the Great Yorkshire range of classes .

set in 2006 . Last year ’ s figure very clear that both farmers showground ’ s recently Yorkshire limited edition was 132,131 . and the public love the Great opened £ 11.5m exhibition hall , tweed jacket , created in

This year ’ s event notched up Yorkshire Show and plans which was turned into a virtual a number of firsts , with Charles are already underway for the food emporium for the three Mills making his debut as Show show in 2017 .”

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Bob Wild

Finding success the traditional way

» FATHER AND SON TEAM , Bob and Richard Wild of Bob Wild Machinery ( BWM ) have been situated for the past 15 years in Mytholmroyd in the Calder Valley . With big changes in recent times , Ian Wilkinson went along to hear

The business was started by Bob in 1998 in an old garage in Pellon Lane Halifax , and initially just concentrated on the sales and repair of new and second hand machinery .

But in common with many other people living in this rural area , he had strong links and a fondness for the farming community . He used to have his own milk round and keep chickens but in those days there wasn ’ t a great deal of money to be made from those . Bob ’ s other passion was for machinery , partly stemming from his five year service as a Marine Engineer

Before taking the plunge on his own , Bob was involved in a Agricultural Supplies Business , providing animal health products , fencing & a whole range of agricultural sundries , this business progressed into supplying chainsaws , mowers and later on professional groundcare equipment , machinery is where Bob ’ s interests were . In time this led on to become sales director of Richard Long Engineering in Derbyshire a firm specialising largely in golf course machinery . After a successful career at Long ’ s , he started making steps towards his long term goal , which was to have a machinery business of his own which he achieved with the business in Halifax .

To start with it was about mainly horticultural and golf course machinery , but living in the middle of an agricultural heartland , Bob also found farmers coming to him looking for some good , old-fashioned personal service even for small jobs – something that very often the larger dealers were not offering . Very quickly his list of customers began to

A QUANTUM LEAP

1998 was the first quantum leap when he took on the John Deere franchise . BWM had a very successful association with John Deere and in the later years was one of their top performing single unit dealers and therein laid probably Bob ’ s biggest challenge . In 2015 Deere had started their rationalisation programme focussing on and developing multiple site dealers . One Friday evening Bob received the call for a dealer meeting on the Monday and that was it , in

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