JSR Arable

JSR Arable Farms operate and manage land extensively throughout Yorkshire totalling over 3700 ha.

Historically, crop production in this area has been dominated by high-yielding wheat, cereals grown for human consumption, seed and animal feed.

Today, JSR focus on a substantial acreage of potatoes for seed, pre-pack and processing, sugar beet and onions, and are the UK's biggest grower of vining peas.

All produce grown by JSR is of the highest quality and supplied to some of the UK's leading food processing and retail groups, backed by the assurance of the JSR Quality Management System.

The JSR reputation for quality farming has been the cornerstone of our business development.

We can demonstrate a highly successful track record and even through the difficult time the farming industry is facing, JSR has managed to maintain its competitive edge. This has been achieved in part through cost savings derived from the economies of scale of working with a large agricultural business. But the real key to JSR's performance is meticulous attention to detail in planning and, above all, the caring management and farming philosophy that lies at the heart of every partnership we enter into.

That philosophy delivers not only the Group's technical, marketing and management expertise, our resources in machinery and livestock, but also assures a commitment to the environment and conservation.

The JSR Conservation Policy is all-embracing and includes hedgerow improvement, woodland planting, pond creation and stringent measures to protect air, water and land quality.

BEEF IMPROVEMENT GROUP (BIG)

The Beef Improvement Group is leading the development of a national composite breeding programme that offers a range of cost saving advantages whilst maintaining the economic production of high eating quality beef.

The breeding programme is based on the Leachman Stabiliser. This is a four-breed composite made up of half British breeds and half Continental breeds and it offers some of the most cost effective suckler cow economics available.

Important features of the breed are low maintenance costs, high fertility, low birth weight, docile temperament, robust structure, consistent uniformity and it performs very efficiently on grazed forage.

All these characteristics will play a major role in controlling costs as the beef industry faces the challenge of maintaining profitability without coupled subsidies.

The Stabiliser herd of 150 cows at JSR Farms Givendale is being developed as the leading demonstration unit. The farm also has a central bull testing facility for 40 bulls and it is BIG's semen and licensed embryo collection centre.

For more information go to: www.bigbeef.co.uk

AST - The Arable Support Team

A small but professional group of in-house specialists providing support to both JSR Farms and external clients.

Services include:

• Agronomic & technical support
• Sales & marketing
• Commodity sourcing (JSR Buying Group)
• Finance & administration
• Crop & livestock recording
• Produce assurance & traceability