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Cheshire Grassland Society Summer Tour

June 27 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Summer Tour – Thursday 27th June.

Itinerary
08.45 Meet at Nantwich Farm Vets, Chester Road, Nantwich, CW4 6BU.
09.00 Depart
10.30 Morgan Tudor, Llysun, Llanerfyl, Welshpool, SY21 0EL
New dairy entrant Morgan started milking in Spring 2020 with a new rotary parlour and milks 400 Jersey Friesians on a spring block system. Previously, Morgan’s late father Richard was FW Beef Farmer of the Year 2016
12.00 Depart Tudors
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Martin Evans Farming, Priddbwll, Mawr, Llandedwyn, Oswestry, SY10 9JZ
Milking 1500 cows on two sites as well as running a significant contracting business. The cows are milked on high input system and are achieving elite levels of performance
15.45 Depart Evans
16.00 Brongain Farms, Llanfechain, Powys, SY22 6UF
This is the beef rearing unit owned by Greg Pickstock where they rear 1500 Beef x Dairy calves. This unit has set itself an ambition to be zero emissions and are working on several research projects to achieve this.
18.00 BBQ at Brongain
19.00 Depart Brongain
20.00 Arrive back at Nantwich Farm Vets

Cost per person will be £30 which includes coach travel and refreshments.

If you’d like to join us, please let James Hague know on either 07792 289386 or cheshiregrasslandsociety@gmail.com by Thursday 20th June. We hope that you will be able to join us on what should be a very enjoyable day.

Details

Date:
June 27
Time:
8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Organizer

Cheshire Grassland Society

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