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galleriesAXION Boosts efficiency for top Cornish grower
Posted: 27 November 2019
An opportunity to take on more land prompted a Cornish farm and vegetable processor to make a step change in its approach to autumn establishment. Now one operator is responsible for cultivating 900ha for Agricola Growers with a new 295hp CLAAS AXION 870 and a 5.0m wide cultivator. Today it farms a total of about 1,500ha at Antony, near Torpoint,with cropping including cereals, daffodil owers and bulbs as well as potatoes and onions. All the vegetables go to its own HF Produce business, which supplies washed and peeled produce to local rm, Ginsters, to make Cornish Pasties.
“One of the main reasons for the change was because we wanted to increase ef ciency by doing more, but without increasing running costs. The FPT engine provides plenty of power to work the Karat at high work rates and we feel it’s quite economical – it’s not using any more fuel than the previous set-up.
Jeremy Oatey
Managing Director
Agricola Growers
