Wiltshire · Est. 1931
Four generations, one stretch of chalk downland.
Malting barley, feed wheat and grass-fed beef on 1,200 acres of Wiltshire downland, and a contracting team for baling, drilling and hedge-cutting across the county.
What we sell
Grown, reared and baled on the farm.
Contracting
One team, every corner of the county.
Our own machines and the people who run them, booked by the hour, the acre or the bale. We work for thirty-eight farms between Devizes and Andover.
Contract baling
Jun – Sept
from £14 / bale
Hedge-cutting
Sept – Feb
from £52 / hr
Drilling
Sept – Oct · Mar – Apr
from £38 / acre
Crop spraying
Mar – Jun · Oct
from £12 / acre
Combining
Jul – Sept
from £95 / acre
This season
2,140 bales · 38 farms
We’ve farmed this chalk since 1931, and we mean to hand it on in better heart than we found it.
— The Hale family
26
km
Hedgerow we keep
1,200
Acres of chalk downland
4
Generations
38
Farms we contract for
Diary
News from the fields.
Visits
Come and walk the farm with us.
Guided farm walks on the first Saturday of each month, April to October: hedges, margins, cattle and whatever is in the ground.
School visits for Key Stages 1 and 2, with a trailer ride and a look at the calves in spring.
Questions
Things people ask us.
Beef boxes, bales, contracting and visits. If yours isn’t here, the farm office will know.