Matthew is the fifth generation at Manor Farm since his great-great-grandfather Howard Nichols purchased the farm in 1908
“At some point I had asked my granddad about what would happen to the farm in the future and he’d said he would like me to take it on. I’ve built up my own businesses in agronomy, working as an independent consultant, and in contract spraying across 18,000 acres each year.
“I’d studied at Askham Bryan College once a week from 16 to 19, worked for Bainbridge’s, the local agricultural contractor that worked the farm before me, and had then joined ProCam as an agronomist. I set up independently when I was 23. I qualified for my BASIS and FACTS spraying qualifications in my early twenties.
Matthew said he has opted for zero tillage to improve his soil and to make the growing of crops more affordable. “My rotation varies but is largely cereal crop, break crop, cereal crop, break crop. Some of these break crops are winter breaks and some are spring. When you go this way you’ve got to be willing and receptive to changes in rotation and not just look at the short term.
“We have 1,400 weaners arriving at four weeks old and around 7kg and going on from us nine weeks later,” Matthew said.“For me it is about how I can cover my acreage quicky and cheaply as much as it is also about reducing emissions, looking after the soil and improving food production.
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