The Farmers Mart Oct/Nov 2016 - Issue 48 | Page 26

Osgodby Grange are pleased to do business with Osgodby Grange and wish them continued success Marr, Doncaster Tel: [phone] Market Weighton Tel: [phone] Newark, Notts. Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected] HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS (SELBY) LTD Site Work Design & Install RAMS New & Repairs Pumps & Motors Valves Cattle Crushers Fully Hydraulic Operation TEL: [phone] Oct/Nov 2016 www.farmers-mart.co.uk which we work at getting to 620 kilos. Most of our Stabilisers presently come from the Lleyn Peninsula. They have the grass and breeding expertise with suckler cows and that means bulls to them are a pain. They come to us at around 350 kilos. “We don’t mix customers’ cattle so we have a range of pen size varying from 20 to 120 cattle capacity. We charge the farmers a fixed cost day rate for keeping the beast and then a feed cost that is set and runs as that price through the season. “We offer a fabulous service to our breeder customers recording and having available to them all of the information they need requiring feed and weight gain. We use a Keenan wagon that is fitted with all of the on board Pace IC technology. The breed men want to see how well each beast does so that they can relate growth performance to a certain bull or calf. The information we provide could then take their breeding off in a new direction. We weigh the cattle every 30 days and calculate the feed conversion.” Doug is now working with the likes of Woodheads and Dovecote Park for the major supermarkets and believes that the benefits of him being able to mix and match cattle they want with what he has on farm on behalf of his farmer customers is showing benefits in transport efficiency as well as holding a little more sway in the ability to provide the supply when demand is there. “Our Pace IC system on the Keenan is why we took the Innovator award last year and it is still a winner for us with our customers. Everything we put into the wagon and everything we then put out mixed is recorded. We run monthly invoicing to our farmer customers and all of the information is absolutely transparent. We’re looking to move that even further forward so that the figure for how much profit there is in each animal per day is also calculated.” Doug’s great grandfather started at Osgodby Grange in 1919. His grandfather Raymond Simpson then took up the reins. Doug’s mother married Alan Dear from Suffolk after they had met at Wye College. Doug and Pam have two young daughters Charley and Molly. Doug and Alan have one full-time employee Taylor MacVean (19) who completed his apprenticeship at Askham Bryan College. INFORMATION If you would like to know more about Doug’s contract grain drying and storage, arable contracting or beef cattle finishing on contract call: 07968 231718.