Sheffield’s ‘Superfresh’ milk producer invests in processing – and a new McCormick tractor
Thu 7/05/2015
A Sheffield dairy farm known for the eye-catching ‘Our Cow Molly’ branding of its milk processing business is among the first in the country to take delivery of a new McCormick X6 Series tractor to handle field and yard work.The sparkling new red and silver machine was handed over to Graham Andrew at Cliffe House Farm, Dungworth by Mick Rimmer of McCormick dealership Barlow’s of Henbury. It will be the main power unit on the 216-acre farm, which has a 100-cow milking herd and about the same number of followers and beef heifers.
The X6.420 will handle all the routine jobs – spreading slurry and fertiliser, harrowing the grass pastures and conservation ground, and running a trailer from field to pit when the silage contractor is chopping grass for the herd’s winter feed.
“It’s not over-complicated but has enough features to do the job,” says Mr Andrew of his new tractor. “And it’s easy to understand and use the different controls and features.”
The tractor will operate at the heart of a family-run farming and processing business that has increased the proportion of its milk sold locally – either in liquid form or as ice cream – by promoting the benefits of ‘super fresh’ milk delivered within hours of the cows producing it.
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