The Farmers Mart Dec/Jan 2014 - Issue 31 | Page 41

TOAD HOLE FARM Farm Livestock, Equine and Companion Animal Care 24 hour emergency service Consultations by appointment Full surgical & in-patient facilities for small animals Air-conditioned kennelling, in-house Laboratory Mobile digital X-ray including hip score X-rays Mobile Endoscope, Mobile ultrasound scanner Stephen Hudson BVSc MRCVS John Whitwell BVM&S MRCVS Wish Rob Myers continued success Tel: [phone] | Email: [email protected] www.gracelanevets.com Directors Andy & Melanie Bowers Tel: [phone], (Eve.) 01439 771021 Mob: [phone] Email: [email protected] • Supply & Erection of Steel Buildings • Gates, Barriers & Doors • Roofing & Cladding • Concrete Panels Supplied & Fitted • Repairs & General Fabrication and Mouth disease broke. We were at our wit’s end. Julie was running the farm as well as looking after the boys and I went off to work for an agricultural contractor pretty much 24/7. I didn’t see the boys for a number of weeks, but that’s what you have to do in difficult times. ‘Tremendously cold conditions meant that we couldn’t put stock out at all in March and April as nothing grew - apart from our feed bills’’ “In 2013 we suffered again - this time at the hands of the weather. The tremendously cold conditions meant that we couldn’t put stock out at all in March and April as nothing grew - apart from our feed bills. We eventually managed to turn out the cows on 18 June and we were feeding concentrates to sheep right up until the end of May. We were spending an additional £150 per day on them.” Despite the problems of last year’s poor start and the early scares when first venturing into their own farming operation, Rob and Julie have built a largely successful enterprise. “We’re making a living,” he said. “We’ll never make To read more, visit www.farmers-mart.co.uk Premium Livestock Nutritional Maintenance • Energy/Feed/Mineral Tubs • Mineral Supplements • Protein Concentrates • Mineral/Copper Block-Salts • Liquid Feeds • Northern Super Coarse Mix • Calf Milk Replace ENERGY- 4 -EWE Tubs LAMB ALIVE ‘n KICKING Tubs for 2014 LAMBING!!! Northern “S UPER ‘THR IVADE” Min/V for LAMBS, it DRENCH SHEEP & CAT TLE Diane 07769 211275 (Northern Nutrition West ) Richard 07778 428716 (Northern Nutrition East) NORTHERN Best Wishes + Good Luck to Rob Myers NUTRITION www.ernestleng.co.uk FarmersMart Dec/Jan 2014 41