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CHESHIRE SHOW 2010 Massey Feeds major presence at the Cheshire Show being situated at the entrance of the Sainsbury's Agri Centre gave Massey Feeds a fabulous location.  Lexi the cow (christened by one of the sales teams daughters) was a great attraction, with over 700 people young and old enjoying the experience of milking.  A large thank you to all the customers families who helped with this task.  We also held a practical demonstration & competition to show the daily need of the modern dairy cow.  The FiMLAC protein & mineral technology story caused a great deal of interest, for further information and knowledge of feeding cows the FiMLAC way please ring 01477 536300.


TRUCKFEST 2010 FURTHER SUCCESS - Massey Feeds Drivers Do Well At Truckfest.
Three of our drivers entered their wagons in Truckfest 2010 at Haydock Park.  Their wagons were Highly Commended on the Best Fleet category.  Congratulations must go to Matthew Jones, Jimmy McMahon and Andy Jones for all the effort they put in! Andy also won Highly Commended in the Best Rigid category too.


SAM'S SHOW SUCCESS It was a great 2 days at the Cheshire Show for one of Massey Feeds youngest customers. 15 year old Sam Bate has been interested in hens since the age of 2, when he was 4 his Dad & Mum bought him his first hens, he then started selling eggs at the farm gate. Sam's poultry business took a leap forward in 2007 when he purchased an incubator, this enabled him to hatch out different breeds of poultry, Sam started selling stock to local people many who were keeping hens for the first time, but purchasing from Sam not only gave them top quality stock but some very young and expert advice. This also enabled Sam to increase egg sales to neighbours, family and unsuspecting salesmen. In 2009 Sam tried his hand at showing and got 3rd with a Buff Orbington cockerel, this made him more determined to improve on this at the next show.
So this year Sam took Golden Gordon a Buff Orbington cockerel to the Cheshire Show where he won the best Junior Soft Feather, Best in Breed and qualified for the National Poultry Show at Stafford later in the year. All the poultry are started on Massey Feeds Poultry Starter Crumbs moving on to Growers Pellets, at 16 weeks just prior to laying they are fed Millhouse Layers Pellets, Sam told me he uses Massey Feeds because they are palatable, grow the poultry at a good rate and give fantastic egg quality.

Sam was not content with his success in the poultry section, he along with his sister Emma were also showing Jersey's in the cattle section. At the start of 2010 the Bate family purchased 9 Jersey Cows & Heifers from a local farmer who was emigrating, they were bought for milk quality & according to Emma because they look pretty. Sam said the Jersey Cows & Heifers did not cost much to keep because he managed to pinch the FiLMAC feed that his dad uses for the main herd.
On the first day of the show Emma got 1st with Annita in the heifer born after April 2009 class, with Sam coming 2nd in the same class with Twinkle, Annita then went into the Championship. On the second day Sam entered the under 16 handling class where he came 1st, he then went onto win Champion Handler. Sam then entered Twinkle in the under 12 month old heifer class in which he came 2nd, which entitled them to go forward to the Championship where they got Reserve Champion rounding off a couple of days that I don't think Sam will ever forget.



It was a sunny afternoon when John Norbury from Massey Feeds visited Nick Paterson's well respected pedigree Gloucester Old Spot herd.  Nick was telling John how he had started the herd six years ago, when right on cue Lucy one of his first pigs bought, came to see what they were talking about but found a puddle a lot more interesting, moving on........ Nick who has had a lifetime interest in all animals finally decided to concentrate on his outdoor Gloucester Old Spot herd, he liked the idea of in his words "doing my bit to help save a rare breed of pigs" it was also really important that the herd had to be a  welfare friendly herd, which was plain to see with all the pigs enjoying the green fields and wallowing in the puddles.  Since the start of this enterprise the Sows have been fed on Massey Sow Rolls which Nick said is a palatable product that keeps the sows in good condition whilst producing plenty of high quality milk helping piglet growth, the piglets are creep fed and finished on Massey Feeds Turbo 50 Pellets, this easy concept has helped Nick to build up a  successful pedigree herd, selling finished pigs to local butchers who have commented on the quality of the finish of these rare breed pigs.  Nick went on the explain that he was continuously looking to improve his herd with the investment of new blood lines.  Well done Nick Massey Feeds wish you continued success.

For more information on how Massey Feeds can improve your pig herd phone 01477 536300 or visit our Pig Page.


CALF & HEIFER REARING WORKSHOP Massey Feeds held two very successful workshops
where we had the services of two of the worlds leading calf & rearing specialists.
These meeting were held at White Carr Farm,  Lancashire and Valley Farm, Goostrey, Cheshire.
Where Jud Heinrichs and Dr Sam Leadley discussed the importance of dry cow nutrition, correct weaning, colostrum and dismissed a few myths whilst implementing some revolutionary ideas on calf rearing.  If you would like more information on how these could be implemented on your farm please call your local Massey Feeds representative or 01477 536300.



SHEEP FARMING WITH A DIFFERENCE Massey Feeds Sheep Roadshow was a great success, we were fortunate to have had Patrick Nuttall from Southern Ireland, speaking on his experiences of sheep farming in the County Wicklow hills.  This presentation was both humorous and informative.  He has also adopted specific housing and feeding strategies of the sheep in order to optimise performance, also speaking was David Wilde of Massey Feeds discussing what's new in feeding sheep?  He informed the audience of the importance of feeding a high energy feed with a balanced mineral package for optimum ewe and lamb performance.  If you are interested in any of the topics covered please contact your local Massey Feeds representative or ring 01477 536300.

MASSEY FEEDS PRESS CONFERENCE Massey Bros held a conference for the dairy press on Thursday 24th September at the Holmes Chapel Mill.  All the major titles were present to hear about the new FiMLAC range of feeds.  Speaking at the conference were:
David Wilde, ruminant product manager at Massey Bros, explaining the rationale behind the FiMLAC range.
Dr Liam Sinclair, Principal lecturer at Harper Adams University College, talking about his latest research in to feeding zinc to dairy cows, which forms the backbone of the new and unique FiMLAC Dairy premix.
Pat Charlton, European Regional Director for Alltech, discussing the importance of the form of selenium supplementation for optimal performance in cows, also a key factor in the new FiMLAC Dairy premix. Click here for more information on our FiMLAC range.   Click here for even more information on our Press Release.

Cheshire Ploughing Match 2009 Massey Feeds marquee was a very popular venue during the whole day, customers spectators and staff had very enjoyable day with thanks to Karol Bailey for the lovely hotpot and cake which everybody enjoyed and Dawn and Ceri for all their help.  The theme for the day was how to feed dry cows the FiMlac way. With thanks to Neil Jones who brought his gleaming Massey Wagon for people to admire.

TRUCKFEST 2009
Three of our drivers, Matthew Jones, Jimmy McMahon and Andrew Jones entered Truckfest 2009 in the Best Fleet category.
Despite facing very stiff opposition from a very large field of entrants they came a fantastic 2nd place.  The effort put in by them proved to be well worth it.   Congratulations to them all!!


Massey Feeds attended the Westmoorland County Show, we had a very busy stand all day with plenty for our visitors to see and do, where they could milk the now infamous Daisy the cow and guess the weight of the Tamworth 3 ( or should that be the Tamworth 2!). Farmers were well nourished and quenched, whilst being entertained by the Sales team and Directors of Massey Feeds.  Massey Feeds won 1st prize for there trade stand.  Well done for a good team effort.


MASSEY BROS STRENGTHENS RUMINANT TEAM WITH APPOINTMENT OF EXPERIENCED TECHNICAL SPECIALIST -
DAVID WILDE
Massey Bros. has appointed David Wilde as ruminant product manager, strengthening its customer support across one if its key market sectors.
David Wilde has over 18 years feed industry experience, having graduated in animal sciences from Leeds University in 1990 before developing his career as a ruminant nutrition specialist with Frank Wright Ltd.  He achieved the senior position of ruminant manager before joining Alltech (UK) Ltd as ruminant technical manager.  Here he was involved in customer support (in the UK and across Europe) and had an integral role in the European ruminant research team before joining Massey Bros.
He will  have technical responsibility for all ruminant sector products and for the ongoing development of the Massey Bros. range of ruminant feeds, drawing on his experiences in other industry sectors.

A SUCCESSFUL SHEEP SHOW FOR MASSEY FEEDS

NSA North Sheep 2009 attracted more than 9,000 visitors to Laund Farm, Chipping, Preston, Lancashire on Wednesday 3rd June. The event was the northern sheep industry's one day premier business to business exhibition. Many of the farmers visited the Massey Feeds stand where they learned of our wide range of sheep feed & services, whilst enjoying the light refreshments with our Directors & Sales team. We had many entries to our spot the difference competition, well done to the winner Mrs Capstick from Cumbria who won 3 tonne of Massey Feeds Sheep Feed, thank you to Paul’s wife Jane for her excellent cartoon drawings.

CHESHIRE SHOW 2009
Massey Feeds were at the Cheshire show in the Agri centre where the theme was from field to plate, with the aim of informing the public of where their food comes from. Massey Feeds helped to explain where milk comes from with a practical demonstration on how much food a cow would have to eat to produce 30 litres of milk, they were then given a chance of milking a wooden cow to win a milk shake, this proved to be very popular with more than 900 milk shakes served over the 2 days. Another popular event on the stand was spot the difference competition, one winner won a tonne of Calf Sweet Start Plts, & one a set of A4 white boards which children could win for their class.

The winner of the Tonne of Calf Sweet Start was Stephen Turnock of Macclesfield, whose delighted father said the timing could not have been better they had just discussed how they could improve the calf performance When Phil Stirk from Massey Feeds arrived to tell them they had won.

The School winners were St Hughes of Timperley, who had brother & sister Charlie & Millie Smith visit the Massey Feed stand to win their excited class mates the prize.  Thank you to Tony Garnett, Chairman of Cheshire Show for helping to present the prizes.

MASSEY FEEDS have proven why it is important to feed Spring born lambs for maximum profit

       TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EARLY SEASON LAMB PRICE
       REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FERTILISER USED
                   FREEING UP GRASS ACREAGE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON
                   THE POUND IS VERY WEAK MAKING IMPORTS MORE EXPENSIVE AND EXPORTS MORE LIKELY
Find out how to achieve extra profit from your Spring lambs contact your local MASSEY FEEDS representative.

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR MASSEY FEEDS TURKEY CUSTOMERS
After speaking to several turkey customers in the New Year we were extremely pleased to hear of the results they achieved with their Christmas birds, their customers wanted good quality local birds and were willing to pay the premium for this.



CHESHIRE PLOUGHING MATCH
Massey Feeds attended the Ploughing Match on a rare sunny day in September.  Thank you to the large number of visitors who visited us in the marquee.  Was it Karol Bailey's excellent hotpot or the charisma of the sales team which was the attraction?  The Turkey competition once again was great success and the combined weight of both turkeys was 117 llb or 53.07 kgs. Again a big thank you to Mr Willacy for the loan of the turkey's and everyone else who contributed to an excellent day.



LENDING A HAND TO BALANCING YOUR SILAGE
As you can see from our Silage Results page, this season's silage results are lower than average so farmers are finding it difficult rationing their cows.  Contact your local Massey Feeds Representative who will be able to do a full rationing programme, and balance up your home produce with one of our high quality Dairy Feeds, or we can manufacture a product specifically for your farm.  So don't put up with an average Winter for your Cow's, phone Massey Feeds NOW to get the best out of your herd.

WESTMORLAND SHOW 
An Excellent day was had by all, it was made even better when Massey Feeds won a 1st in the trade stand competition. Daisy the cow made an appearance where she was over milked but the education value was appreciated by the show organisers and farmers alike.  We held a guess the weight of the turkey competition where the two turkeys were very well behaved but made even more noise than Rudders, the combined weight of the turkey's totalled 115 lbs 3oz.  A big thank you to Peter Willacy for the loan of the Turkey's and thanks for all the hard work to everybody who made it a worthwhile day.



CHESHIRE SHOW
Massey Feeds were at the Cheshire show In the Agri Centre where the theme was from plough to plate, for our part we were promoting Cheshire Milk with the help of a wooden animal, as well as John Norbury we had Daisy the cow, that everyone young and old had ago at milking to earn themselves a refreshing milk shake, even David Bellamy joined in as pictured above. We also had a display to show all our visitors how much a cow would eat & drink in one day to produce 30 litres of milk.  All the visitors thought the stand was fun and educational.

HOLSTEIN SOCIETY SHOW AND SALE
Once again Massey Feeds were please to sponsor the Holstein Show and Sale, which this year due to blue tongue restrictions was held at two sites.
The first show and sale was held at Beeston Market where the champion was H & VE Jolly's heifer Fieldside Matt 5th. The second show and sale was held at Chelford Market where the champion was J & V Barlow's heifer Painley Delightful Roxetta 7.
A high calibre of animals was forwarded to the judge Mr G Sanderson from the Sandley Herd with the top price heifer selling for 4100 gns.

REASHEATH STUDENTS VISIT MILL
 Phillip Gibbon brought his 3rd year NDA students to our Holmes Chapel site. The students were asked to bring grass samples with them, and they were able to see them being analysed. They were then given a tour of the mill followed by a session where Nigel Chew explained how Massey Feeds GRASS CHECK worked. A ration was then formulated using the results from the grass samples. This caused plenty of lively debate from all the students.

GRASS - IS IT AFFORDABLE?
A small meeting was held at Lower Medhurst Green Farm on 25th March to discuss all aspects of grassland management. The meeting emphasised the importance of good grassland management and how this can help increase profits. The need to feed a good quality compound with a properly balanced mineral package to ensure all round performance was also discussed.

EWE FEEDING DOES PAY
Nigel Chew, with his 40 years experience in the industry, explains why it is just as important as ever to ensure that your ewes are fed properly. Click here.

  CHELFORD EASTER LAMB SHOW & SALE
MASSEY FEEDS were pleased to sponsor the pen of four lambs at the Easter lamb show & sale held at Chelford Market. The winner was a long standing customer of MASSEY FEEDS Mr Alan Read & his son Paul with their 4 Texel x Beltex Lambs. This isn't the first time they have won so well done again to Alan & Paul on their success!

MASSEY FEEDS DISCUSSION GROUP
Massey Feeds hosted a meeting to discuss various issues in today's dairy industry on Thursday 7th February at Holmes Chapel. Click here to find out what was discussed.

MASSEY CUSTOMER WINS X-FACTOR 
Winning the X Factor prime lamb competition at Gisburn Auction Marts last Thursday (31 Jan) was a pen of five Beltex hoggs from sheep farmer, Robert Lambert from Skipton.The first prize winning hoggs, sired by the Beltex ram, Borderesk Just the Job out of homebred Beltex ewes from Mr Lambert, weighed 41kgs and sold for £65, or 159p/kg to Knavesmire Butchers, York. The lamb steaks and chops from the winning animals will be on sale at Knavesmire Butchers, York from next week, ready for Valentines Day.

THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME
Nigel Chew, with his 40 years experience in the industry, writes about the best opportunity for years to increase profits on dairy farms and how it can be achieved. Click here.

EARLY BIRD COMPETITION WINNERS
Following our successful summer art competition, we have 4 winners of our Early Bird Drawing Competition.                    
            
Click each image to see it enlarged.
Congratulations to all the winners and we look forward to seeing your designs on farm!

ANOTHER WIN AT TRUCKFEST
4 of our wagons were entered for the second year at Truckfest held at Haydock Park. The team were apprehensive with more entries and an even higher standard of competition than last year so were delighted to achieve a Highly Commended Award in the fleet category. Congratulations must go again to Andy, Jimmy, Neil and Tim for all their hard work.

WESTMORELAND SHOW WINNER
The winner of our competition at the Westmoreland Show was Peter Willacy of Lancashire. The competition was to guess the length of the sheep rolls - which were 31.34m (or 34.28 yards in 'old money'.) Well done Peter.
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WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR THE WINTER
With milk prices rising and the prospect of meat prices following, it is most important to get the highest potential from your animals. You will have all read about the extremely high grain prices which means it may be more economical to buy a complete diet from MASSEY FEEDS, we can formulate a ration based on the available forage and feeds on the farm. For more information go to Tailor Made Feeds & Blends or contact your local MASSEY FEEDS salesman.

SUCCESS AT BAKEWELL SHOW
Massey Feeds' customers, the Cox family from Bakewell  entered their Charolais heifer Bleaklow Amber at the August Bakewell Show where she won the pedigree Charolais heifer and came reserve breed champion.
The Cox family use our high quality Steakmaker Pellets to feed their pedigree herd. Well done to Tom and Bleaklow Amber on their success.
 

GETTING THE MOST FROM GRASS AT 900 FEET

70 farmers joined the Staffordshire N F U milk committee on a farm walk at Deans Farms, near Wincle. MASSEY FEEDS sponsored the evening, where once again the emphasis was on grassland management and the importance of being able to measure how much grass is available for grazing.
Paul gave a practical demonstration on how to use a plate metre.
Although, like everyone else, he is experiencing a difficult summer it is still important to use Grass Check to know how much milk the cows are achieving from grass.
Deans Farms operate a simple (but very effective) system with the cows in two tight calving blocks. The spring and autumn calving groups give them the ability to make good use of the different types of grazing that comes with a farm situated at over 900 feet above sea level. This summer the cows are being fed Massey
Q-HS nuts in the Parlour, with the dry cows following MASSEY FEEDS dry cow programme.

NSA NORTH SHEEP 2007
   Massey Feeds had a stand at the NSA North Sheep 2007 that was held at North Hanging Wells Co Durham. One of the most prestigious sheep events held in our trading area, people were able to discover the latest technical developments and trends in the sheep industry. The Massey Feeds stand was busy all day encouraging visitors to discuss the latest updates in sheep feeding and they were persuaded to enter our competition to guess the weight of various fleece. The winner was Mr Lawton from Penrith, who won three tonnes of High Gain Lamb Finisher.  Well done to Mr Lawton.

CHESHIRE SHOW,  JUNE 2007
Last month Massey Feeds had a stand in the Agri-Centre at the Cheshire Show, with a practical demonstration of the importance of monitoring grazing throughout the season. 
We showed different methods of measuring grazing, from plate meters to beer cans,
(ask your local Massey Feeds Representative for more information).
 

Western Holstein Club June Show & Sale

Massey Feeds were pleased to sponsor the Western Holstein Club June Show & Sale that was held at Beeston Auction.  With such a high calibre of cattle forwarded, the judge Mr Harold Crapper, had the unenviable task of putting them in the correct order.  The overall champion was a heifer from Messrs M & J C Gould of Shrewsbury.
With renewed optimism in the dairy industry, all the cattle sold well, making an average of over 1350 guineas with the champion selling for 3000 guineas.

GRASS CHECK

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”

Once again Massey Feeds will be offering their customers the facility of Grass Check, this is a realistic attempt to match Grazing, Concentrates & performance in practice. These results will be available weekly on this web site through out the grazing season.

 MASSEY FEEDS SPONSOR CHESHIRE GRASSLAND SOCIETY SPRING WALK

Cheshire Grassland Society held their latest farm walk at Paul Dean's farm near Wincle in Cheshire. Approx 40 farmers went along to join them. The farm operates an extensive grazing system for its 80 spring calving cows. the winter calving block of 50 are fed on a simple self feed silage system. The ethos of the farm was to concentrate on 1 job at once. The spring calving cows were calved in a 6 week block. Bulling takes place in a short period so the rest of the year can be used to focus on converting grass to milk supplemented by a product from the Massey Feeds Q-HS range.
There will be a further chance for you to visit Paul's farm on Thursday 12th July, when Massey Feeds will be sponsoring another walk.
Details to follow.

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BEEF EXPO 2007
Massey Feeds once again hosted a stand at the Beef Expo at Skipton Mart. With 23 different breeds of beef and over 6,000 visitors the show was the most successful yet. The stand was busy most of the day with both familiar and new faces.  All aspects of the beef industry were discussed, whilst the demonstration of the beef forecasting system attracted plenty of interest, with many farmers asking us to give personal and group demonstrations. For more information on this unique system click here or phone Massey Feeds on 01477 536300.
Our competition this year asked entrants to identify 18 different cuts of meat. This evoked plenty of discussion between our visitors to the stand.  The eventual winner was Mr C Lumb from Halifax, who was delighted to win three tonnes of BEEF 70/30 NUTS.

If you're still looking for the answers to the competition,click on the picture:

DOES IT PAY TO FEED AT GRASS?
With volatile raw material prices and availability, farmers may be tempted not to feed concentrates correctly this summer. Development work in Northern Ireland has shown the benefit and profitability of feeding at grass. On the mainland, farmer's should be 29p /cow/day better off as our raw material market is more cost effective than Northern Ireland. Click here for more details. For the original article go to http://www.afbini.gov.uk/index/news/news-articles/news-articles-archive.htm?newsid=7634

ANDREW BAILEY JOINS MASSEY FEEDS
We are delighted to announce that Andrew Bailey has joined our Northern Sales Team to cover Cumbria.
A first generation farmer, married with four children and over 20 years sales experience.  Whilst farming Andrew bred his own red and white holstein herd, which were dispersed in September 2006 with a top price
of £16,000. We know he will be an important member of our team.

CRAVEN DAIRY AUCTION
Jeremy Taylor of Broughton won the February show held at Skipton market and sponsored by MASSEY FEEDS - a fresh-calved heifer from his herd giving 35 litres of milk sold for £1,200.
The reserve champion was another home bred heifer from Jennings Farmers Ltd Abbeyhouse herd. This heifer produced 32 litres & sold for £1,180.

CHELFORD EASTER LAMB SHOW & SALE
MASSEY FEEDS were pleased to sponsor the pen of four lambs at the Easter lamb show & sale held at Chelford Market. The winner was a long standing customer of MASSEY FEEDS Mr Alan Read & his son Paul with their 4 Texel x Beltex Lambs. Well done to Alan & Paul on their success
 

FAMILIES WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS
Yarwood family increase yield by 1,000 litres while maintaining feed rate with help from the Massey technical team. Click here for full story.

PAUL DRAKE JOINS YORKSHIRE SALES TEAM
We are delighted to announce that Paul Drake has recently joined our Yorkshire Sales Team as Sales specialist. Paul, who is already based in Yorkshire, has over 20 years experience in the industry and he will be a great asset to our team.

REASEHEATH STUDENTS VISIT HOLMES CHAPEL MILL
Richard Massey welcomed the 3rd year NDA students for a tour of our Holmes Chapel mill. It was good to see 20 students on the course which is a credit to Reaseheath college & shows us all there is confidence in the future of agriculture. The students were asked to bring silage samples with them and they were able to see them being analysed at the mill. They were then given a tour of the mill followed by a session where a ration was formulated using the results of their silage results. There was plenty of input from everyone. It was a most enjoyable and informative day for everyone.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR ANIMAL IS EATING?
Although many farmers are enjoying an extended grazing season, there is a large variation of animal performance. Massey Feeds have noticed a wide range of analysis in the many silage samples they have tested. Nigel Chew our ruminant specialist emphasised:
"It has never been more important to have your forage analysed so you know exactly what the animal is eating and ask your local Massey Feeds representative to formulate your winter ration."
 Our customers who take the opportunity to use these free services agree how important it is to monitor what the animal is eating properly so they can achieve the best performance possible. Contact your local Massey Feeds Representative or call 01477 536300 so you can monitor what is happening on your farm correctly.

WAGONS WIN AT TRUCKFEST
4 of our wagons entered the Fleet Competition at Truckfest North West 2006. It was the first time we have entered the competition and we were delighted to receive the Highly Commended Award. Thanks must go to Andy,  Jimmy, Neil and Tim for all their time and effort put in to achieving this. We are looking forward to the National Competition at Peterborough next year.

BAKEWELL MARKET ANNUAL LAMB SALE
Neil Morton and John Mellor of Massey Feeds went to the annual lamb sale with our van filled with Breeding Tup Rolls and Hi-Gain Lamb Pellets. Neil & John or as they are now known Rodney and Del Boy, went with both products, so people were able to try a few bags of these high performance products. For more information on Breeding Tup Rolls and Hi-Gain Lamb Pellets go to our Sheep page. Neil & John reported that the day was a great success with 20,000 lambs sold, good lamb prices, an empty van and orders in the book.

THE CHESHIRE PLOUGHING MATCH 2006
Massey Bros (Feeds) Ltd had a marquee at the Cheshire Ploughing Match, which was held at Love Lane Farm, Sandbach. This was a great success that was helped by the weather. We had a busy marquee all day where people could come and have a chat or sample Karol Bailey’s hot pot followed by home made cakes in the afternoon, thanks Karol and Anne (from the Holmes Chapel office) for all your hard work.
Thank you also to Mike Gorton who once again came with the First Milk milk bar to serve milk shakes and promote British milk.
It was nice too see Richard and Kynan there to see so many familiar and some new faces, they must have also enjoyed their day as they were still there talking to customers as we left the showground at 6.00pm.

THE DAIRY EVENT 2006
Massey Feeds once again had a stand at the Dairy event where we showed the growing success of a family owned feed manufacturer.
On the other side of the stand we promoted the importance of feeding a balanced diet including minerals. Massey Feeds have done a lot of work with Frank Wright (mineral specialist) to prove it is important to include the correct balance of minerals in the Dairy cow’s ration.

FARM WALK DEMONSTRATES INTENSIVE GRAZING SYSTEM ON UPLAND DAIRY FARM
Over 40 farmers attended the farm walk held near Winkle, Cheshire. The farm operates a New Zealand type grazing system for its 80 spring calving cows. the winter calving block of 50 are fed on a simple self feed silage system. The ethos of the farm was to concentrate on 1 job at once. The spring calving cows were calved in a 6 week block. Bulling takes place in a short period so the rest of the year can be used to focus on converting grass to milk supplemented by a product from the Massey Feeds Q-HS range.

BEEF EXPO 2006

STAMFORD HERD OF PEDIGREE PUREBRED AYRSHIRES

Stephen and Ann Oultram with the help of their son Andrew and daughter Catherine farm at Newbridge Farm, North Wales.  They have a dairy herd of Pedigree Ayrshire cows, and achieve both high yields and very high quality milk.  In the Winter the cows are fed both Maize Silage and 1st Cut Grass silage.  To compliment this, a tailor made parlour nut is fed, especially formulated to balance the mix of forages.

All cows are kept pure, and all heifer and bull calves are reared.  Calves are reared on cow's milk, and then fed on Calf Sweet Start Pellets.  All bull calves are reared and are selected either for breeding purposes or for beef.  The beef bulls are intensively reared and are ad-lib fed on Beef 7030 Nuts.

Stephen has had a long association with the Ayrshire breed and he is now a  Farmer Director of Cattle Services (Ayr) Ltd.  who are the main suppliers of Ayrshire semen in the UK.  One of Stephens main interests is breeding and judging Ayrshire cattle.
2005 has been an exceptional year for the Stamford Herd.  The whole family are involved in showing their cattle, and this year they have had a very  successful showing season.  The star performer was a 3rd calver called Stamford Flash Girl 22.
She won a total of Seven Breed and Four Inter Breed Championships, including prestigious wins at the Royal and Royal Welsh Shows.  Other successes were at Cheshire, Flint & Denbigh, Nantwich, Anglesey & Oswestry.

For any one who may be interested, there is usually a supply of summer calving heifers and young cows for sale, as well as Select pure bred, and stock bulls.

Please contact Stephen Oultram Tel: 01244 532108

Massey Bros have been supplying the Stamford Herd of Ayrshires for over 10 years and are proud to be associated with them, and wish them continuing success in 2006.


SALESMAN JULIAN HALL WORKS WITH CUSTOMER TO INCREASE MARGIN

Julian Hall gained a new customer in his North Yorkshire area from a National compounder and achieved in less than 12 months an increase in milk production of 8.6 litres per cow/perday with a margin increase of £35.72.  This was achieved by Julian working closely with the farmer rationing the cows using the Feed into Milk rationing programme.  For more information on how Feed into Milk can help your farm contact your local salesman.

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR MASSEY FEEDS TURKEY CUSTOMERS

After speaking to several turkey customers in the New Year we were extremely pleased to hear of the results they achieved with their Christmas birds. Despite all the scares concerning Avian Flu, their customers wanted good quality local birds and were willing to pay the premium for this.

Massey Bros (Feeds) Ltd have always listened to our customers comments on how we can work together to improve the out put of our products, this is certainly true in the turkey trade where we have worked closely with our customers, so that we can offer an extensive feed range and management package to suit the modern turkey.

This relationship has proved successful with a number of customers, nowhere more so than with J S Bailey & Sons with whom Massey Bros have worked in conjunction with for several years. This year J S Bailey & Sons have gone a step further to promote the Cheshire Bred Cheshire Fed turkey with a whole new range of packaging to promote this along with recipe ideas so the housewife can enjoy even more the taste of a locally bred locally fed turkey.

NATIONAL DAIRY EVENT
Once again Massey Feeds attended the Dairy Event held on the 21st & 22nd September 2005.  This successful show has proved there is confidence in the dairy sector.


We held a competition to win an IBM laptop computer. Out of over 500 entries, the winner was Mr Jeremy Atkin of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, with the correct answer of 17.5 litres.



Cheshire Show Web Site Competition

We had a busy two days on the stand in the Agri-Centre where we promoted our grass check service and showing farmers that Massey Bros will be one step ahead this winter. We also promoted the web site with the help of our first web site competition, farmers were able to enter on the stand or go home and enter on line via the Massey Bros web site we had over 100 farmers trying to find out how much Massey Bros were paying for wheat in 1878,( the answer is on the company history page ). The prizes were feed vouchers up to a total of £500.00. The winners were: 

Congratulations to all the above winners & commiserations to those who did not win but keep visiting the Massey Bros web site for further competitions & offers. 

Mr Stephen Oultram, who won the dairy interbreed champion with one of his Ayrshire cows, and Messrs Madders & Johnson, who won with their Charolais Sheep feeding High Gain Lamb pellets, were among the winners in the show rings who have been feeding Massey Feeds.
 

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SHEEP NORTH 2005

The North sheep event took place at Whinfell park, Penrith, Cumbria on Wednesday 1st June. In spite of the weather, the Massey stand was busy all day. Of the many people who visited the stand, 247 people took part in the Market Game where they had to try and identify 24 markets from pictures collected by the sales team.10 people identified all the markets correctly and more than half the players were new faces to the sales team.

The winners of the Ritchie Turnover crate, drawn from a hat by the Sales Director, were Graham and Alan Coates of Rainscar Farm, Stainforth. Thanks very much to all those that contributed to make the day such a success and we look forward to seeing you all again.

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BIG BALES WIN CHESHIRE SILAGE COMPETITION 

Cheshire farmer Phillip Brocklehurst caused a surprise at this year's Cheshire grassland society silage competition when he was crowned  overall winner with his Big Bale silage. 

Phillip milks 70 cows on a rented farm where his silage making routine is the same as the rest of his farming policy. The key phrase is Attention To Detail. This starts by choosing the right grass mixtures for his farm, Phillip takes full advantage of the grass watch and grass analysis services offered by Massey Bros (Feeds) Ltd to record the growth stage of both grazing and mowing grass.

Local contractors are used for making the big bales who apply Sil-All 4x4 silage additive.

 The competition takes into account the overall farm situation including cow health ,milk quality and the complete diet. This has been improved on Phillip's farm since his purchase this winter of a Collinson's out of parlour feeder, so that all the cows can be individually fed up to six times a day.

 Well done to Phillip from all at Massey Bros for this well deserved prize.

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NEW USE FOR MASSEYFEEDS SACKS

An auction of Bakewell YFC members, Derbyshire, raised £1,100 for charity. Two dozen members, described by auctioneer Norman Tweddle, of Bradshaws, as 'prime stock' went under the hammer in a 'slave for a day' auction held in the store ring in Bakewell market.

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QUALITY MILK FROM GRASS CONFERENCE

Wednesday 2^nd March 2005
Today Massey Bros (Feeds) Ltd held a very successful conference entitled” Quality Milk from Grass”.

Sixty North West dairy farmers attended the event which was held at the Cranage mill.

The first speaker was David Wilde the Technical Ruminants Manager for Alltech UK.

David emphasised the importance of maximising grazed grass to the dairy cow to improve milk quality, fertility and reduce cell counts. The audience agreed that these were a major factor on their farms which initiated further discussion.

Phil Stirk from Massey Bros spoke next.  He informed the audience on how Massey Bros would be implementing the benefits discussed by David into their new Q range of summer feeds.

Secondly Phil discussed the results and benefits of Massey Bros’ Grass Watch’; this is done on a weekly basis throughout our trading area measuring energy, protein and most importantly dry matter intake. The ‘Grass Watch' results can be viewed on this web site weekly.

The 2^nd part of the agenda was on the single farm payment. This section was comprehensively explained by Nigel Chew, Massey Bros Ruminant Manager, he outlined the effect the mid term review would have on the people in the audience including the Welsh farmers present (although he still spoke English).  Nigel did an excellent job explaining this in terms that everybody could understand and has obviously got a good knowledge of the single farm payment, especially the enhancements and stacking terminology.

An excellent lunch concluded the meeting with plenty of healthy discussions carrying on into the afternoon.

Further details on the 3 speaker’s presentations and Massey Bros (Feeds) Ltd Q range summer feeds contact your local salesman or e-mail admin@masseyfeeds.co.uk

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