46 LOW HOUSE FARM DEC / JAN 2018 • farmers-mart . co . uk
46 LOW HOUSE FARM DEC / JAN 2018 • farmers-mart . co . uk
MEETING CUSTOMER DEMAND FOR BEEF AND LAMB AT STANGHOW
Chris Berry talks with John Aynsley farm manager at Skelton Farming
STABILISER cows are fast earning a tremendous reputation and turning heads of those who believe in beef production rather than showing cattle . They were the breed that John Aynsley has looked to since taking over as farm manager of 3250 acres at Skelton Farming Ltd ., part of the Skelton & Gilling Estates from his base at Low House Farm , Stanghow in Lingdale .
John moved close to industrial Teesside in North Yorkshire from the peaceful
Coquet Valley in Northumberland where he and his wife Anne had a mixed farm of 500 acres .
‘ We have 500 Stabiliser cows calving down this spring . I looked at all choices of breeds with the estate owner when I came here six and a half years ago , and we settled on the Stabiliser as it suits our farming system , but it is also much more than that . The enthusiasm every Stabiliser farmer has is something I ’ ve never come across before . We ’ re all working towards
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