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Seal of approval for Wolfenden from the UK’s leading agricultural buildings association

The Rural and Industrial Design and Buildings Association (RIDBA) is the leading voice in the modern rural design and agricultural buildings industry, representing and connecting surveyors, planners, designers, suppliers, fabricators and universities and colleges right across the sector.

With stringent criteria for quality, technical expertise and professional standards, RIDBA membership conveys confidence to clients who can be assured they are working with specialists who have a deep understanding of the needs of UK farmers and are embedded in the UK rural economy.

Richard Moody, managing director at Wolfenden Concrete, explains why the company decided to apply to join the Association,
“We have made significant investment in the last few years in new product development – leading to the launch of our SUPA range for dairy farming last year and to plaudits for innovation. We want to make it as easy as possible for customers to find our products – especially in the current climate, where there’s the potential for disruption in the supply chain. Being awarded RIDBA membership makes it simpler for the clients we want to work with to find our products and it reassures them that we offer quality and excellence.”

One of RIDBA’s featured case studies – the headline project for the Centre for Dairy Science Innovation, University of Nottingham, in the RIDBA Livestock category – was undertaken by Haston Reynolds, Chartered Surveyors who specified Wolfenden’s agricultural concrete products throughout the build. For more details on this project see the RIDBA case studies and for information on Wolfenden’s contribution to the Centre, read more here.

Product Innovation Award win for Wolfenden’s SUPA range

Wolfenden Concrete’s innovation and expertise were recognised at the Edge Hill University Productivity and Innovation Centre SME Innovation Awards, where Wolfenden was the overall winner of the New Product or Service Innovation Award, 2019.


Left to right: Professor George Talbot, Richard Moody, Professor Simon Bolton

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Wolfenden’s expansion plans supported by unique productivity and innovation programme

Since acquiring Wolfenden Concrete 18 months ago, Richard Moody, managing director, has embarked on an ambitious growth plan for the company, developing new products such as the SUPA range for the agricultural sector and exploring new manufacturing techniques.

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Investing in the future of Yorkshire dairy farming

Having decided to make a major investment in the future of their herd, Yorkshire dairy farming partnership, James and Julie Gooch and Caroline and Daniel Yarrow began a 12-month project with Wolfenden Concrete and Lely to expand Tow Top Farm, Cononley, West Yorkshire. The aim was to create a high-tech, high-welfare environment for more than 200 cows.


Panoramic view of new dairy new unit at Tow Top Farm

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Herd health, waste and the bottom line: how Wolfenden’s approach to slurry management is helping at state-of-the-art dairy project

Shortlisted in the 2019 RICS Awards ‘Design Through Innovation’ category, and winner of the Cream Awards High Tech Farm 2019, the Centre for Dairy Science Innovation (CDSI) at the University of Nottingham’s Sutton Bonnington campus is a £6m facility offering the latest research technologies for a range of dairy-related topics, focused on health, nutrition and welfare.

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New SUPA range launched – the precast concrete solution for today’s dairy industry

Wolfenden Concrete announce the launch of the new SUPA range of precast solutions, designed to deliver huge productivity and efficiency benefits, whilst prioritising animal welfare to give happier, healthier cows.

The SUPA range, designed specifically to enhance wellbeing and productivity for dairy herds, was launched last month and is attracting attention across the industry, featuring in the agricultural and dairy-related press. The products themselves are already making a difference for farmers across the UK. Dalesbrad Holsteins’ new milking parlour includes a Wolfenden concrete footbath, with SupaStrong diagonal slats that help the footbath drain more quickly and also make it easier for the cows to walk through, over the diagonal slats.

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