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Local YFCs are going for gold in an eventful jubilee celebration
THIS year is a landmark for Clitheroe and District Young Farmers’ Club as it celebrates its golden
jubilee. Fifty years on from its foundation, the club is holding a
number of events to mark the occasion.
On \nril •»,>nd a dinner dance, almost aO-years since the inaugural me^inTSs to he held and club members, past and present, are being asked
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“ ’ourinK the evening it is hoped to display club memorabilia from its lusulo and any former members with material are being invited to f<’A s l S
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SU» rUo«d“at the popular h ic am ’Cs and how they are operating successfully from their IIQ in Clitheroe — page I I.
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THE Ormerods — Philip and Trishia and their three children (pictured from the left) Joseph, James and Rebecca — out side their home at Home Farm, Gisburn, where they are still e n j o y i n g
the fame they achieved in national farming circles
when they were chosen as the family to help launch Milk Marque
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Three-Page S P E C IA L ON
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RIBBIiESDAIiEJ FARMING scene
THE Gisburn family, whose laces are now familiar to farmers nationwide, fulfilled a long-standing ambition when they sold their home seven years ago and moved into farming. Philip and Trishia Ormerod and their three
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cations throughout the country came when they were chosen as a suitable family for Milk Marque s launch
advertising in October.
future of farming and is an enthusiastic advocate of the creation of Milk Marque, which is to open ate as a
Mr Ormerod (3(>) is a firm believer in die liable . . . .
milk collecting and marketing co-operative "‘YJtVni montli, when the proposed existing Milk Maikcting
Hoard monopoly is scrapped. 70 and rearing all replacements.
using a revolutionary product iiianufactuicd b\ a Clitheroe firm - for grass silage, whichJoes not restrict ruminant intake, produces no effluent an allows a three-week harvesting window were all fac tors which influenced the couple to make 10 acic= of whole crop cereals on their 00-acre county council
Providing a high dry matter alkaluie buffci
'“’'Hie ample moved to Home Farm, near Gisbun. in l‘)S7, selling their house m Wdtshne. uheic M)
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been resolved, the Ormerods decided to conceiitiatc purely on dairy farming — increasing cow numbei > t
hast winter, once the matter of sheep quota had . , , Their surge to fame via the pages of farming publi ...
Ormerod bad been a farm manager, and using then- savings to stock the holding, originally 40 • rie- sian/Holstein cows, costing £4o0 per head, and -00
C"“Now that we have achieved our goal of mak ing it an all dairy farm, our aim is to lilt overall forage intake and gain more milk from iorage, says
MrOrmerod.
children, Joseph, James and Rebecca, live at Home Farm. Gisburn.
“The attraction of whole crop is its high dry mallei content and, because we are close >to a river, the
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fact that it does not produce effluent Since introducing whole crop, the farm yields have
was'fed alone, lie says.
Protein is currently 3..15<7, and butterfat is
l.io.r. Average yields at Home Farm are
h.OOO litres pel cuw _ 2,:?00 litres from forage — and an avei age-
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milk price of 21p per litre is achieved. "During the last year, we have increased mi k
Mr Ormerod.
mixed with the silage before feeding and fed on an ad-lib basis. The forage ration consists of-ld.c whole
The whole crop is stored ill a sepaiate clamp, . crop and (>0V
line condition, the Ormerods wanted a treatment that did not restrict ruminant intakes and provided llcxi-
In wishing to conserve the whole crop m an alka- < silage. bilitv at harvesting time. .
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improved, along with milk quality, Straw >>enig used for bedding has been significantly reduced, the young stock are not as loose as when grass silage
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d'ciK’msing7lonie ’ll Dry lias proved to be a critical factor in the success of the whole crop. Mr Ormerod explains: "Because Home ’n Dry works m dry mat
ters up to 70%, it provides us with a three-week har vesting window, compared with just one week foi
i,U“This has proved to be vital because it enables us to harvest the crop at its most favourable growth stage rather than when weather permits. "Also, because it has a low urea content, it can be
fed to the stock on an ad-lib basis,” he adds. Cows also receive super grains — a by-product of
from forage by 200 litres per cow and we hope to make at least the same progress next year, says
white spirit — at a rate of 10kg during the wintet and 5kg during the summer to provide foi m,mide- nance plus 10 litres. Those producing over 20 lit es per dav are given 3kg of molassed sugar beet feed mid 0.5kg of high pro-soya. Concentrates are fed •it -i rate of O.-lkg per head for each additional hti e. ' On a Hmite<lt acreage, Mr Ormerod sees feeding as the most important element in utilising the land
*" He'has no regrets about taking on the holding at a
time when many would consider the milk mdustiy to be going through its most difficult period. •\t the age of 30, with three children, lie believes
that there is a viable future in farming and has been one of the first to endorse the creation of
M“Haldng'managed to get my own farm business off the ground, I have no intention of leaving it. I am very enthusiastic about the establishment of Milk Marque and am confident that it is a positive step forward for producers,” he* coniincnts.
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