George Fell

George farms the family farm just south of York with his father, Stephen. They run 550 pedigree Meatlinc ewes lambing in April, producing around 120 Meatlinc rams for sale each year, operating a grass-based system with all progeny performance recorded through Signet. They also buy 100 dairy cross reared calves a year, grazing them on a mixed grazing platform with the sheep, rotationally grazing them around semi-permanent grass pastures. Their aim is to produce 500 kg stores by the autumn, to be finished by a local contract finisher. The aim of their ruminant enterprise is to maximise the performance of grassland through improved management and the selection of genetics that are suited to this system.

They also have a 32,000-bird free-range egg unit, producing high-quality eggs direct to a major supermarket. All the muck from the unit is used on grassland behind the rotation, reducing their fertiliser costs to virtually nil.

Their other main enterprise is Lindum Turf, growing around 800 acres of high-quality turf for landscaping, leisure and sports. They also have a soil-less turf product for use on corporate events or film studios, as well as growing wildflower and sedum turf for various projects around the UK and Europe. Their aim is to be innovative and produce high-quality products, working with customers to help their businesses whether that be ram customers or garden designers.