Farm of the Week: Meet the Yorkshire farmer who was thrust into running the business aged just 20

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Adam Palmer must have wondered just what more could be thrown in his path when he took over as tenant of North Breckenholme Farm from his grandfather Brian Megginson who passed away in 2000.

Adam had grown a love of farming, spending weekends and holidays there, but at 19, going on 20 he was suddenly in charge, and at a formidable time. Wheat was at an all-time low of £65 per tonne and within a year Foot & Mouth disease sent the countryside into lockdown. Farming was staring into the abyss.

We have a great marketing and sales team in the office, with Jennie leading the way and now sitting on the board of Deliciously Yorkshire; and I have a really keen young man Harry Payne who works alongside me looking after the farm. “We need around 400-500 tonnes of rape per year for the business, which equates to around 300 acres and grow around 25-30 acres of rape here, that makes us the smallest grower we have.

 

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