Middlefields Farm
point that we were carrying a lot of machinery that was producing a big cost and that it wasn’ t the most productive thing to have. I took the time to look at it closely and she was right. I decided to get rid of a lot of machinery worth around £ 200,000 that was probably quite controversial to some but it has worked.
‘ We now use Metcalfe Farms as contractors for much of the work the machinery undertook, but on the other hand we don’ t have the cost of that machinery on our books any longer.’
Having offloaded machinery, Andrew did, however, purchase one machine that he feels has
‘ I decided to get rid of a lot of machinery worth around £ 200,000’
proved the most fundamental in keeping costs down and has given him far better feed management.
‘ I know to some it may have seemed stupid to come out of machinery yet then go out and spend £ 40,000 on a brand new Keenan mixer wagon but the point was that this was something that is more efficient. It is the Pace Technology that has been added that now makes it so appealing to dairy farmers.
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