Firs Farm
We offer collection and Disposal services
for all categories of fallen stock and
animal by-products, servicing butchers,
abattoirs, farmers and catering
establishments
ANIMAL BY-PRODUCT RENDERERS, MANUFACTURERS OF TALLOW & PROTEIN MEALS
JG Pears wishes Firs Farm continued
success for the future
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sides of
the farm
business. He
also works
alongside
another mainly
silage agricultural
contractor and he
looks after grass harvest
related tasks and others
including silaging, mowing,
ploughing, raking, drilling and
re-seeding.
‘The majority of our land
here at Firs Farm is between
800-1000ft and we grow wheat,
barley, oats and fodder beet.
We get early winters and late
springs. That usually means if
we are not drilled up by the first
week in October we might as
well leave it in the bag.’
The farm is in the entry level
stewardship scheme that has a
couple more years to run.
Jim grew up at Snowden Hill
in Oxspring near Penistone
and Angela (nee Rowe) also
comes from farming stock in
Stannington
where she
was brought
up. She
helped out
on her uncle’s
milk round and
her grandma’s farm.
Jim and Angela were both
heavily involved in the Young
Farmers’ Club movement and
their three offspring followed
suit, although not in Yorkshire.
‘I was with Bradfield YFC and
Jim was with Penistone YFC,’
says Angela. ‘I was secretary
at both clubs and Jim is a
past chairman of Penistone.
When we moved here our
children became involved with
Derbyshire Federation and
were all members of Hope
Valley YFC.’
Jim and Angela have three
children: Ruth (32), Helen
(30) and John (28). Their next
generation is imminent with
Helen expecting at time of
going to press!