The Farmers Mart Feb-Mar 2019 - Issue 61 | Page 12

12 BROSTER’S FARM SHOP FEB/MAR 2019 • farmers-mart.co.uk SUNSIDE TYRES & BATTERIES Proud suppliers to the Brosters for more than 30 years. With over 34 years experience in the trade, Sunside's knowledge is second to none! Offering you a honest and reliable service Sunside come highly recommended. Saddleworth Road, Greetland, HX4 8LZ Opening Hours Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.30pm Saturday 8.30am - 1pm Call us on 01422 378 400 Dalziel - Serving the Food Industry We are pleased to be a long standing supplier of ingredients, meat and packaging to Broster’s Farm Shop and wish them continued success for the future. Promoting product concepts – created for craft butchers Dalziel Ltd, Unit F1 Summit Park, Whistler Drive, Castleford WF10 5HX 01977 605 590 Livestock Auctions • Fur & Feather Auctions Horse & Tack Auctions Proud to be associated with the Brosters and best wishes from all at Holmfirth Auction Mart Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected] Holmfirth Attested Auction Market Ltd, Riverside, Woodhead Road, Holmfirth HD9 2PR www.holmfirthmart.co.uk them, but we ended up trailing here, there and everywhere with them. Today we are mainly Texels and don’t breed. We fatten up to 800 during the winter and it is my grandson Liam who runs that side. We buy lambs that are about 30 kilos rather than small ones and go for a quicker turnover killing out at 45 kilos. We also graze around 30-40 cattle in summer, but I buy 15 mainly Limousin X cattle every week at Selby. I’m not a Belgian Blue fan and I know I’ll get shot down by the native rare breeds guys, but they are rare for one reason. They are no good for the modern meat trade no matter how much people say there’s no taste like a Highland or Longhorn or Dexter. Quality Limousin X 16-18-month-old heifers hung for a good fortnight to 20 days are good enough for anybody.’ ‘It is towns and chimneys that generates income. We have what I feel is the best view in the country from our farm shop café looking out over Halifax and into Lanca- shire, but the other way it is chimney pots where there are a lot of people in their 50s and 60s in terraced houses with their mort- gages paid, a nice job and have money to spend on food. They are my market. They come here to buy quality meat.’ What has surprised David is the café and in particular the amount of trade it does on a Sunday. ‘I start at 5.30am seven days a week, but I was against opening on Sundays. I watched everybody around me opening Sundays and starting cafés, so we did too when the café opened in 2005 which is now run by my granddaughter Lauren. I still cannot get my head around how many people will come and queue for breakfast on a Sunday but obviously I’m pleased they do.’ David is particularly impressed with Sel- by Livestock Auction Mart and auctioneer Richard Haigh. ‘When I needed a straight job buying from a good auction mart, I had Selby recommended by fellow farmer and buyer Tim Garside. I phoned Richard one evening telling him what I wanted, and he was here in this yard next morning at 7am. I’ve been at Selby every Wednesday ever since. Richard is a very good auctioneer as he’s good for the vendor and for the man who is buying. We buy almost all our cattle and pigs from Selby with occasional visits to Northallerton and Thirsk and I pay on the nail every week.’ David’s wife Kathleen worked alongside David for many years but has now retired. Their two sons Mark and Paul work in the shop and in Pennine Feeds respectively where Paul works alongside his son Liam. Their daughter Joanne works in the busi- ness and granddaughter Stacey runs the pub that was bought nine years ago. The Broster team now runs to just over 60 across all their businesses. SELBY LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART LTD “YORKSHIRE’S FRIENDLY LIVESTOCK MART” Weekly Sales of Fatstock - Wednesdays Pigs 9am - Sheep 9.45am - Cattle & Cows 10.30am Store Stock - Saturdays Pigs 9.15am - Sheep 9.45am - Cattle 10.45am On alternate Saturdays Fur, Feathers & Miscellaneous items at 9:30am Entries taken on the day and from 9am to 4pm on Friday prior to sale Pleased to be associated with Broster’s Farm Shop and Butchery and wish them continued success Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected] www.selbymart.co.uk Auctioneer Richard Haigh 0776 8594535