Contracting
Tractors
The tractors available for contract Goodfellow Farming are predominantly Fendt. along with with a Case 620 quad-track for heavy cultivation.
As a farming principle we believe in reducing soil compaction wherever possible. All tractors use large tires and we’re moving towards tractors that have automatic tire inflation such as our most recent purchase the Fendt 828 and 936.
Combines
Goodfellow Farming has a Claas Combine 780TT with 12.3m header. Tracks give the Claas combines fantastic ability to traverse across all conditions leaving a light foot print. The combine is also fitted with field mapping so you know exactly what you’re getting from your land.
Seed Drills
Vaderstad Rapid 6-Meter
This drill is proven to give results and is used for the majority of Goodfellow Farming sowing. Can be used both on ploughing and minimum tillage.
Claydon 6-Meter
Purchased with a view to carry out direct drilling to cut down our establishment costs. Purchased as a six litre to work alongside our controlled traffic approach using 12m rollers 36 litres sprayers.
Lemken Combination 3-Meter Drill
Purchased with a view to carry out direct drilling to cut down our establishment costs. Purchased as a six litre to work alongside our controlled traffic approach using 12m rollers 36 litres sprayers.
Samco Maize Drill
Since 2009 Goodfellow has been sowing maize under plastic for both commercial forage crops and game crops. This unique machine is able to spray weed killer both under and around the plastic allowing good weed control. The plastic increases soil temperature so that is equivalent to a field 200 miles south. Establishing maize in Northumberland without plastic is difficult. A new Samco Drill was purchased in 2021 giving better results and higher outputs.
Oil Seed Rape Drill - 3-Meter or 6-Meter
Just for oil seed rape sowing. We have designed and built our own oil seed rape sowing system based on the Gregoire Besson Discordon cultivator (this machine has the ability to sub-soil at depth and to create a good tilth.
The seed is distributed at 50cm spacing. Liquid Urea fertiliser is sprayed in the same line as the seed giving rapid and vigorous establishment. The machine also spreads slug pellets the width of the drill.
The success of the 3m drill stimulated us to build a 6m as well which is pulled by the Quadtrac (as pictured). We’re drilling over 1000 acres of OSR a year.
Sprayers
Horsch 36-meter (8000 litre tank)
New to us in 2018, this sprayer significantly increases our output. It’s boom levelling system gives us a perfect spray pattern all the time, ensuring better utilisation of the chemicals we are applying.
Self Propelled Multi Drive Chafer 36-meter (5000 litre tank)
High output sprayer with flotation and row crop wheels. This machine is fitted with GPS auto-section shut off. The 5000 Litre tank allows us to get a lot of fertilising done before we need to refill – saving time.
Liquid Fertiliser
Goodfellow farming has been using liquid fertilisers since the early 1980s as firm believers in the system and the benefits of liquid fertiliser. We can apply fertiliser very accurately right to the edge of the field without any wastage. We mix our own Ammonia Sulphate and Urea in our 3 mixing tanks based at Longwitton. This gives our customers a price advantage over competitors.
Specialised Machinery
Stonepicker
Our stone picker picks up stones of all shapes and sizes allowing easy maintenance of good pastures.
Chicken Poo Pusher
The Chicken Poo Pusher was developed for pushing chicken muck from under hen egg laying systems. When the hens’ sheds are mucked out between flocks a deep clean is required. John visited Simon Bainbridge’s hen shed and witnessed lads on their backs under the system shovelling the hen muck out. A machine was required!
The Chicken Poo Pusher has been hired by several Egg producers all of which love it and have seen the huge benefits in the labour saving on a very unpleasant job.
The Chicken Poo Pusher is for hire at £300/day or £300/shed
The Chicken Poo Pusher had a ram made especially for the job, 12m hydraulic hoses connect to a tractor outside the shed providing the oil service required. A lever on the machine allows very accurate operation. The whole machine is galvanised allowing it to be properly sterilised between jobs.
