HJR Agri celebrates ‘century’ with organic dairy farmer
Thu 26/09/2013
Organic dairy farmers Merfyn and Beryl Edwards will raise a glass to their local tractor dealer following a presentation to celebrate a sales landmark.Terry Hughes of HJR Agri handed Mr Edwards a bottle of fine whisky after he took delivery of the 100th new McCormick tractor supplied by the Oswestry-based business since it started representing the marque just four years ago.
“It’s a bit of a landmark that we wanted to celebrate and I’m delighted that it was Mr and Mrs Edwards who ordered our 100th new McCormick tractor,” says Mr Hughes. “Merfyn and Beryl, and their daughter Sarah, who is a partner in the business, are hard-working farmers who have a genuine feel for what they’re doing in producing milk to organic standards.”
The 101hp McCormick X60.30 performs all handling and loading work on the 500-acre farm at Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant in Powys, 12 miles west of Oswestry. It joined a three-year old McCormick MC110 of the same horsepower that handles trailer and field work on the farm.
“After buying the McCormick MC, I wanted something smaller and lighter for our loader tractor,” says Mr Edwards. “But I made a mistake – the machine I bought was too light for the job; I didn’t like it, and Sarah, who mostly drives the loader tractor, didn’t like it either.
“So we changed it for the McCormick X60, which is a far more suitable machine,” adds Mr Edwards. “It handles the loader well with better stability and I like having the similar control layout across the two tractors.”
Two McCormick machines now provide the muscle for work on the farm: the new 101hp X60.30 and a three-year old MC110.
“Tractors are getting bigger and our two McCormick machines have to fit into our cubicle shed passages and older buildings – which they do, just,” notes Merfyn Edwards. “They’re solid tractors and I like the familiarity across the two different models; that means a lot.”
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