Burgoynes Lyonshall Farm over 400 acres with a varied range of enterprises.
The arable enterprise has a planned rotation keeping a careful eye on the environment and soil structures. All inputs are balanced for the crops needs to produce quality feed wheat most of which is sold for chicken production and for the Industrial and Bio-industrial markets, oil seed rape for the domestic and industrial markets, beans for animal protein and barley to feed the farm livestock.
The cider apple orchards are on contract to Bulmers of Hereford and Aston Manor Stourport on Severn and are now in full production.
The flock of Welsh Mule ewes are sired by texel cross charolais rams and start lambing in early February. They are sold off grass through the local livestock market.
Cattle are purchased in the autumn and the spring are turned out to graze through the summer and are finished in sheds the following winter.
Domestic tap water is supplied from fresh water bore holes to many houses in the village and also the Burgoynes properties.
Land is annually let out to local farmers for potato production.
Andrew Burgoyne is the Managing Director with Andrew Johnson as Farm Manager, they are further helped at peak times by casual staff and local contractors.
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