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Since starting out as a small farm shop selling fruit and veg in the late ‘80s, the Green family’s Penshaw Farm Shop has grown to include tearooms, a bakery, and an award-winning butchery for the Farm’s own beef, grass fed lamb and pork products. Having decided to further expand into dairy – to sell fresh, local milk through vending machines at the Penshaw Farm Shop – they looked to Wolfenden in their quest to install a complete dairy management solution, with herd welfare and cow comfort as the top priority.

With ambitious plans for continued development and growth, Wolfenden have made major investments this year – keeping the company at the forefront of innovation in agriculture.

A sell-out over four days, this year’s Great Yorkshire Show was a much-anticipated highlight of the farming year and Wolfenden chose the event to launch new products and to catch up with agricultural specialists from across the country.

Preparations are well underway at Wolfenden, getting ready for July’s Great Yorkshire Show, a highlight of the agricultural calendar and one of only a few agricultural events being held this year.

After last year’s Show’s cancellation, this July sees the GYS coming back with their biggest show yet, with an extra day added – now running over four days from Tuesday 13th to Friday 16th July. The Show organisers are making this a huge celebratory event for British agriculture, with equine show rings and livestock rings including cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, while the main ring will feature the Grand Cattle Parade. With a host of attractions including a countryside pursuits arena, cookery demonstrations, forestry and woodworking and Gardeners’ Question Time running every day, the Show is set to attract a record number of visitors and exhibitors.

We’ve all heard the word ‘unprecedented’ more times in 2020 than in any other year, and for very good reason. With a global pandemic and an unclear outcome from Brexit, this year has brought more uncertainty and economic fluctuation than any year this century.

No-one feels this more than farmers – the people who have maintained the country’s food supply throughout lockdowns, and who are the custodians of the countryside that we have all enjoyed more than ever before. And Wolfenden take this opportunity, as we leave 2020 behind us, to thank all our customers and farmers throughout the country for their hard work and dedication.

Next year will be an exciting one for Wolfenden as 2021 will see the launch of innovative products – a new range that is currently in development and testing – borne out of the need to meet and exceed environmental targets, as well as the desire to continually innovate to meet the ever-increasing demands on farmers to maintain profitability and focus on herd welfare.

Wolfenden’s highly-skilled specialist staff are using the latest software to respond quickly and accurately to dairy farmers’ building and slurry requirements, and there is clear communication at all stages with everyone involved in the project – meaning no nasty surprises or costly oversights along the way.

With decades of experience working with dairy farmers, Wolfenden have always understood the constraints of time – herd housing and slurry management can’t be delayed by build issues – and cost, no more so than in the current economic and political climate. Wolfenden’s proactive approach and the company’s significant investment in growth and innovation – including developing new products specifically for the dairy sector, such as the SUPA range – make them the supplier of choice for dairy projects across the UK.