The Farmers Mart Feb-Mar 2020 - Issue 67 | Page 65

HOME FARM 65 • FEB/MAR 2020 I can personally vouch for all of Richard and Lucy’s meat from The Horny Cow as I’ve tried their beef, pork and lamb. The lamb comes from their flock of Welsh Badgerfaced. Sophie has the flock of 40-50 ewes and also a few Kerry Hills and Jacobs, fitting in again with the rare and native breed ethos. Her granddad Ken, Richard’s dad, helps her look after them, but at lambing time Sophie is very much hands-on. One batch of 25 was lambed in January as Sophie is also keen on showing. The others are due to lamb in March. The pigs are currently Tamworths and Gloucester Old Spots providing succu- lent pork. ‘Pork is proving really popular,’ says Lucy. ‘The pigs had set off as a bit of a hobby when Richard came back with them from a rare breeds sale. T. ELSEY TYRES LTD Exhausts Batteries Suppliers of livestock nutrition and farm animal feed products including minerals, proteins and vitamins to farms nationwide based at Keldholme, North Yorkshire. Car, truck & agricultural tyres 24hr breakdown & call out service Take advantage of the NFU affinity discount scheme for members with these manufacturers: Premium Livestock Nutritional Maintenance Proud suppliers to Richard & Lucy Lunn of Home Farm Showfield Lane Industrial Estate, Malton, Yorkshire, YO17 6BT Call: 01653 693830 www.northernnutrition.co.uk Richard: 07778 428716 Alastair: 07776 031713 Robin: 07770 845361 [email protected] www.terryelseytyres.co.uk HISTORY Richard is a third generation farmer at Wilton. His granddad Hilton – known as ‘Hilton from Wilton’ came to the village in the mid-1940s as a tenant farmer. Richard’s dad Ken and Ken’s brother Barry then took it on and bought the farm from Wilton Estate in 1981. Barry subsequently retired. It had been a 120-cow dairy farm up until the change to beef fattening as there wasn’t sufficient land around the farm to graze the herd on an evening. Ken has now retired from the farm but remains a partner in the business. Ken’s father had the Bay Horse pub in Green Hammerton in wartime and then moved to Tockwith, where Ken was born. ‘ Richard would rather be on a tractor somewhere or trying to get out of the door to get to a livestock market ’ Richard and Lucy’s son Jack (16) is currently undertaking an apprenticeship with Askham Bryan College. He’s back home on the farm at present as Richard has suffered with back problems affect- ing his spinal chord. Lucy was previously a dental nurse until around 21 months ago and gave up to be around at home more. That’s another reason why the shop has come about. ‘Richard would rather be on a tractor somewhere or trying to get out of the door to get to a livestock market, so I gave up the other job and it’s working out really well. The Horny Cow is doing well. We’re still in the early stages but we’ve been pleased with the reaction so far and we are noticing a lot of engage- ment on the website and Facebook page. Our relationship with Farmison Northern Nutrition are proud to supply the Lunn family. “TYRES MALTON” is very good. We also get on great with Martin at McIntyre Meats who kills oyt our beef animals.’ Wykeham Farmers Market has been another addition to their roster and the couple have plans to go again this spring. The Horny Cow has also been nominated in the Rural Oscars! So watch this space. AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS • • • • RE & A DOWSON & SON Spraying Combining Muck Spreading Forage Harvesting First for Quality & Provenance Proud to working with Richard & Lucy. Tel: [phone] Richard: 07774 843659 Matthew: 07798 862342 Bungalow Farm, Middleton, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 8PB “Proud to be associated with Richard and Lucy Lunn of Home Farm” www.mcintyremeats.co.uk | [email protected] | 01969 650999