The Farmers Mart Oct-Nov 2017 - Issue 53 | Page 36

Studdah Farm livestock work between them while also supporting each other. We have our own New Holland combine harvester. Robert looks after roles such as the drilling and is responsible for the cattle, while Craig handles all the baling and takes care of the sheep. We don’t employ anyone else. ‘We fatten somewhere between 500-600 cattle a year with something like 100-150 on farm at any one time. We buy Limousin X and a few Belgian or British Blues in at three-quarter finished between 18-24 months from Leyburn Mart and through a buyer who sources stock from Wales. They make for shapely little butchers’ heifers and we keep them for around three months before selling them here at Thirsk usually to butcher Harry Lee in Thirsk or the Robertshaws of Keelham Farm Shop. We’ve topped the mart quite a few times. ‘Our sheep run to a flock of 190 ewes and are a mix of Beltex and Texel X with some Suffolk X that lamb in January and February. We buy replacements as hoggs with lambs at foot and for the last couple of years they have mostly been bought privately from Northumberland. We lamb inside and because of it being the early part of the year we run them inside until the weather picks up selling them all here in Thirsk.’ The show name Wilkinson & Marwood has become reasonably well known in the commercial cattle showing world in more recent years. It’s another family affair. ‘My brother, James has been showing cattle for the past 10-15 years,’ says Jackie. Our upstairs wine department has probably the finest selection of wines and spirits in the region together with a vast range of Champagnes, Sparkling Wines, Prosecco, Ports and Sherries! If it’s meat products you’re after, our in house butchers have a great selection of locally bred meats and game and of course a selection of free range and herb fed bronze turkeys. We also have a fabulous selection of olives and our fruit and veg area is packed with the freshest produce, delivered on a daily basis. Plus we have a range of over 150 cheeses to tickle your taste buds including the finest Stilton and just for a change of menu we have a selection of fresh fish! Campbell’s of Leyburn ‘Everyone knows him as Jimmy. He and his wife, Rachel and their two children, Beth and Luke are the ones that do most of the work with the show team, but Robert and I are involved too. We joined them to become Wilkinson & Marwood about six years ago after having gone with them to shows for quite a few years. James has his own show And of course we stock all of your day to day groceries including biscuits, fruit cakes, artisan bread, fruit juices, sweets and much, much more. Discover Christmas at Campbell’s, take a look inside, you may be surprised! 4 Commercial Square, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 5BP Tel: [phone] [email protected] Your family run Fine Food and Wine Emporium Email: www.campbellsofleyburn.co.uk Campbell’s of Leyburn - All you need for a great Christmas and New Year plus a lot more! 36 Oct/Nov 2017 www.farmers-mart.co.uk