The Farmers Mart Oct/Nov 2016 - Issue 48 | Page 32

Manor Farm loaded at the headlands. We believe in working with farmers to ensure we don’t damage the soil structure. There are cameras all the way around the machine giving the operator all he needs to keep the machine going.” Andrew’s winter wheat varieties harvested this year were Revelation, Avatar, Britannia, Clare, Evolution and Siskin. “We like Clare because although it is an old variety and seems to have gone out of favour, it works for us and suits our land type which is predominantly sandy clay loam. We have some carr land and three-quarters of a mile of clifftop with coastal erosion so we do have a variety of land type. We have to work out which variety will stand a bit of salt. On the cliff top we’re losing about about a yard a year from erosion. Last year’s harvest was exceptional and we were up to five tonnes an acre, with 3.5 tonnes per acre FRANK HILL & SON CHARTERED SURVEYORS, AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS Ralph Ward FRICS FAAV, Charles Hill FNAEA SCV, Philip Mortimer BSc 18 MARKET PLACE, PATRINGTON, HULL TELEPHONE [phone] WEB: www.frankhillandson.co.uk | EMAIL: [email protected] ALSO AT HULL CATTLE MARKET, DUNSWELL Ripon Farm Services are proud suppliers to J & A Smales of Manor Farm THANKS to Jack and Andrew Smales of Manor Farm FOR THEIR CONTINUING SUPPORT Finalist and proud sponsor of the Yorkshire Coast Business Awards HOLDERNESS TYRE SERVICES AGRICULTURAL, TRACTOR & CAR TYRES 01964 670006 [email protected] Ellifoot Lane, Burstwick, Hull, HU12 9EF 32 Oct/Nov 2016 www.farmers-mart.co.uk Proud suppliers to the Smales for more than 25 Years