The Farmers Mart Jun-Jul 2020 - Issue 69 | Page 10

10 TANCRED FARM SHOP JUN/JUL 2020 • farmers-mart.co.uk Wishing Dean and Angela Hullah continued success. One of the largest John Deere and agricultural machinery dealers in the North of England, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Darrington 01977 795241 Keighley 01535 632661 Ripon 01765 692255 Stockton 01740 630254 Louth 01507 617588 Malton 01653 695094 Leyburn 01969 621369 Ottringham 01964 622351 Tadcaster 01937 835454 Brigg 01652 650600 Market Weighton 01430 872421 Retford 01777 704823 QUALITY MEAT WHOLESALERS Proud to be associated with Tancred Farm Shop and wish them them continued success for the future. Tel: (01388) 814918 Fax: (01388) 811186 LOW HOUSE, MIDDLESTONE MOOR, SPENNYMOOR, COUNTY DURHAM DL16 7QD changed from running a sow herd and producing pigs to keeping pigs on a bed and breakfast basis for Ian Mosey. Dean tells of how that has simplified the farming operation and why. ‘My dad, Frank, has retired although that’s ‘retired’ in the farming sense. He’s still around to put us right. We’d had a pig man here for the past 10-12 years, but he wanted to go back to his home country of Poland. Our son Lewis is now responsible for the day-to-day work on the farm. The farm shop and attending farmers markets has become more what I do with Angela and our daughter Mary.’ ‘Keeping pigs on bed and breakfast helps as Lewis is also studying agriculture at Askham Bryan College on day release. We have 1600 pigs at any one time, which come here as stores at 35 kilos and we take them to bacon. We get our pigs for the shop through this system, which means we don’t have to be involved in the whole breeding programme. The breeds include Large White Landrace with a bit of Duroc, Pietrain or Hampshire.’ Lamb works well, as does all meat, in the shop and Dean tells of a particular following they’ve developed for Hebridean lamb. ‘We have Kerry Hill lamb from a couple of local men, Chris Hall and John Greenwood – and we buy lamb to fatten up ready for the shop from livestock markets such as Melton Mowbray. But we also like Hebrideans and customers buy half a Hebridean hogg for the freezer. The thing about the Hebrideans is they have a low appetite and as such don’t get as fat as some rare native breeds. That means they take a little longer to reach the carcase size of a normal lamb, usually between 18 months to 2 years. Their meat is a deep crimson colour.’ All manner of vegetables are grown and while Frank has the tag of being ‘retired’ he is the man in the greenhouse and the vegetable plots where he grows everything from courgettes, pumpkins, broccoli, tomatoes, cucumbers and the rest. W. T Webster & Sons AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS Proud to be working with Dean Hullah and wish him continued success. Call us on 07889 053702 or 07889 053704 West Farm, Grafton Lodge, York, North Yorkshire, YO51 9QS