The Farmers Mart Oct/Nov 2016 - Issue 48 | Page 62

Bowes Green Farm  Quality and efficiency in milk cooling and heat recovery technology For more information: Allied Refrigeration Ltd | T: 01765 609790 E: [email protected] W: www.alliedrefrigeration.co.uk Serving North Yorkshire Dairy Farmers for over 30 year's www.uk.paulmueller.com The team at Harrogate are delighted to support the Sowray family and their business. For independent agricultural business advice call us today. 01423 522 431 get about four tonnes per acre. We struggle to grow maize but we have some land at Ripon that Houseman contractors look after for us. We use them for maize and spring wheat and we also use Hardcastle contractors. We’re very lucky in this area to have some great agricultural contractors.” Following the demise of the Milk Marketing Board in 1995 the Sowrays went with Payne’s Dairies no more than a handful of miles from the farm. They have never wavered in their support and Shaun believes Charlie (Payne) deserves great praise. “We were one of Charlie’s original suppliers. I think we are number five on his list and that is testament to what a good man he has been for the dairy farming sector. We were courted by various dairies at the time but we believed going with our local processor was the right way and I still think that has proved the right thing to do. “Just take a look at how many dairy farmers there are still milking in this area today; if it hadn’t been for Charlie there wouldn’t have been anywhere near that number. The price has been low, but that’s down to factors way beyond his control. My own feeling is that being dragged into the world market has been detrimental to those who supply local milk. Hopefully, the price is now starting to move back in the right direction.” While dairy cows and beef calves make up today’s farming operation at Bowes Green Farm, the Sowrays have also gone into renewable energy. They have an 80kw Endurance wind turbine that powers the whole farm in conjunction with a 100kw solar Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected] www.bio-genesys.com Kevin Hare and the team at Bio-Genesys Ltd are pleased to be associated with Shaun, Pete & Paul and wish them all the very best for the future Bio-Genesys Ltd based in Ripon, North Yorkshire, provides solutions and products across the agricultural range including: Dairy Chemicals AI Consumable Health and Hygiene Dairy spares Genomic testing including BVD testing Open 8am - 5pm Monday to Friday Bedding VMD unit Nutrition Bio-Security Bio-Genesys Ltd has in-house expertise in animal health, reproduction and genetics. In association with our partner Enfer Labs, we provide a range of genomic, veterinary and reproductive diagnostic tests. Genomic testing allows farmers to establish what genetics they have in their herd and make selection decisions for production traits such as high milk fat yield and high milk protein yield, thus optimising their production to niche markets in order to command higher prices. Our tests can yield genomic information about health, fertility, production, type traits, parentage and breed and we work with the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) to provide you with performance indices such as TPI and PLI. We offer BVD testing at competitive prices, with BVD virus antigen test kits available for skin tissue from ear notches and BVD virus antibody tests for milk and blood samples. We also have PCR tests available for less than 40 day old calves. We have Multiplex ELISA tests available which can test for up to 16 different diseases from just one sample, as well as tests for TB for Cattle, Goats, Pigs and Wild Boar, Deer, Badger, and Camelids (Llamas and Alpacas) 62 Oct/Nov 2016 www.farmers-mart.co.uk