NORTH FARM

The farm encompasses 881 hectares of combinable crops, including wheat, barley, oats, oilseed rape, and beans, arranged in various rotations tailored to specific soil types, alongside some forage crops of grass, maize and whole crop cereals. Crop variety selection is driven by market demand, with produce sold through the Openfield Marketing Group. Four grain stores are operated across different farms, featuring a combination of on-floor drying a continuous flow dryer with a capacity of 40 tons / hour.

The arable team comprises a manager, two members, and up to four students during harvest, with a strong emphasis on training and safety management within both the arable and teams. Since 1977, Farm Management Agreements have played a significant role in the farm's development.

Mechanisation is comprehensive but still achieves less than 1Hp/ha. One tracked 12.5-meter cut New Holland CR1090 combine harvests all the crops. Whilst the prime mover is a John Deere 8RX mainly used for minimum tillage, paired with a 7m Horsch FM cultivator. Planting is done using a 6m Horsch Sprinter and Amazon Power Harrow Combination. The 8RX is backed by a Fendt 939. A Fendt 720 is used for solid fertilizer spreading, drilling, and haulage. A self-propelled 36m Horsch PT280 sprayer is used for applying agrichemicals and liquid fertilizers, whilst solid fertilizer is applied with a mounted Amazon ZATS spreader with section control and variable rate software. Three JCB material handlers are also employed for moving various materials, including grain, straw, and fertilizer.