Three Main Enterprises
Dairy
We have 650 cows providing 7 million litres plus of milk per year to the British public via Arla with three milkings a day.
The cows are Holstein/Fresian (although we did briefly welcome a few Jersey cows to the herd) and are fully housed with comfortable and clean sand beds. Every cow has a bed to lie in and constant easy access to food and water as well as enrichment.
We are extremely proud of the standards of living we provide for the herd and carefully follow all welfare standards supplied by organisations such as Red Tractor or Arla.
Happy cows = lots of delicious milk.
Fun fact: A cow will chew for up to eight hours a day, and can move their jaws about 40,000 times a day.
Poultry
We have three poultry sites of broiler chickens at Steanbow (twelve sheds in total) with a throughput of 3.5 million chickens a year. Our broiler chickens end up on the shelves of supermarkets ready for your Sunday roast or on the grill at well known chain restaurants.
Broiler chickens are fully housed with 24/7 easy access to food, water and enrichment.
There are very high and strict welfare standards that we take seriously and we frequently have audits from external organisations to ensure that these are being met.
Fun fact: There are more chickens on earth than people - that’s 25 billion!
Operations
Self-sufficiency is important at Steanbow, as it is on many farms. We farm crops including grass, maize, lucerne and wheat which in turn is used to feed the cows and chickens. We farm 1500 acres and a fair amount of machinery is needed to keep ontop of the land. The ops team are responsible for servicing and maintaining the machinery and buildings and also offer contracting. services.
Fun fact: Wheat is the most harvested crop in the world.