Father and son's bumper crop provides charity bonus
Published Date:
11 July 2008
A father and son partnership in North Yorkshire won £1,000 for a charity of their choice from the British Edible Pulses Association for the most profitable crop of pulses of 2007.
Geoff and Martin Trewhitt of Peach Tree Farm, Minskip, Boroughbridge, got £225 a tonne for 36 acres of spring field beans (Fuego variety) yielding 2.8 tonnes an acre on their mixed arable farm.
The beans, similar to broad beans, are mainly fed to animals but are used in some packaged snacks.
Asked for the secret of the bumper crop, the older Mr Trewhitt, 80 this month, paid tribute to his crop consultant, Simon Mortimer, of Active Agronomy at Ripon. And Mr Mortimer paid tribute to the farmers and their field craft.
He said: "People tend to regard beans as a poor relation but they will reward you if you look after them. They are relatively cheap to grow because you don't need to give them nitrogen, of course."
The Trewhitts gave £500 to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and £500 to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution.
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11 July 2008 3:21 PM
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