Farmcare

Farmcare, based in the United Kingdom was founded In the year 1900 and has evolved to be one of the leading rural growing business in the country. Farmcare was known as the co-operative farms when it was under the ownership of the Co-operative farms until Wellcome trust acquired it. With a presence of 15 locations in the United Kingdom, Farmcare is also in the packing operations.

The production firm has its operations segmented into:

Arable Farming
Fruit and Veg Farming
Potato production

Arbale farming includes operations in the production of crops as well as biodiesel on more than 30,000 acres land. The crops produced are:

OSR
Wheat
Beans
Barley
Sugar Beet
Oats
Cultivations

Oil seeds on the other side are mass produced.

The fruit and veg farming as the name indicates, involves growing fruits and vegetables. The assortment includes a wide selection of fruits like William pears, cox apples, flava cot apricots etc. Farmcare has two fruit estates: Tillington Estate in Herefordshire and Highland Court Estate in Kent.

Potato Production – high quality of potatoes on 100 hectares of cropped land. The potatoes are regularly checked using yield digs techniques which helps to find out about the shape and size for crop forecasting and storage purposes.

The company has a dedicated team trained in soil management and having cultivation techniques. To ensure the quality of the crops, the following aspects are respected:

Land drainage - making regular maintenances
Organic material – using only organic matter
Precision farming techniques – the farm uses zoning techniques to be able to identify the soil types for crop inputs purposes.

Procurement stage of Farmcare implicates contracts management with the national grower group and crop planning on Farmcare sites. This particular stage also take into account the demands and peaks of the market. In fact, the potatoes are procured across UK and supplied to Farmcare’s pack houses.

Moreoever the agricultural company has different clients including wholesalers, food services or even retailers but is always on the lookout for new growers to work with.

Furthemore, it was announced by the Farmcare board that operational farming will cease before september 2018. Following a lengthy review of its business, Farmcare issued a statement on 21 November announcing ‘a restructuring plan that will increase the economic resilience of its farms and ensure their long-term prosperity.