The Farmers Mart Oct/Nov 2016 - Issue 48 | Page 30

Manor Farm D & SL Fuels & Lubricants www.dandslfuels.co.uk Whatever your fuel requirements are we can help you. Our prices are competitive and coupled with our FREE LOCAL delivery service, you win every time you buy our fuels. • Diesel • Red Diesel • Gas Oil • Kerosene • Lubricants “Proud suppliers to the Smales and Manor Farm” Tel: [phone] » Email: [email protected] 30 Oct/Nov 2016 www.farmers-mart.co.uk and we plan to have 500 tonnes to put to the market this year in 25 kilo bags. We have a good relationship with local merchant Albert Williamson of Ellerker who will take much of what we supply.” (I have to own up and tell all Farmers Mart readers that having visited The Frying Farmer twice since their August opening, the quality of the chips and also their fish is absolutely outstanding. The fish is particularly excellent and fryer/chef Brett told me why it is such high quality. They are using Norwegian-caught fish that has such depth to it that it feels like you’re almost having a fish version of a steak. You simply must visit! Anyway, back to the potatoes! – Chris). “We formed a very good relationship with McCain’s around 30 years ago and we have gradually expanded and built specialist stores. We now put anywhere between 10,000-12,000 tonnes in to them a year growing Pentland Dell and Innovator varieties for chips. We’ve won three of their Top 10 grower awards. “Our use of modern farm machinery technology such as the Tectrons means that we are able to keep everybody’s land that we use in good nick. If you respect other people’s land it can go a long way to keeping a good relationship. Our Tectrons are 4-row harvesters on tracks with wheels running in between the tracks to save on compaction. They both run with 15-tonne bunkers on them, which enables the trailers to be