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  1. Honiton Show

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    Duffields attended the Honiton Show this year and welcomed local  producers and customers

     

  2. Mike Thrower – Long Service Award

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    Mike Thrower started work for Duffields in the mill on 24th August 1959.

    He is about to clock up 60 years service with the company, a remarkable achievement !

    During that time he has worked at both Saxlingham and the former Buxton mills.

    He has worked for 5 different ‘Mr Duffields’, Pat Duffield ,William C Duffield ,Harry Duffield,Tony Duffield and the current MD Alistair Duffield.

    Mike picked up a long service award for 59 years service in agriculture for Duffields at the Royal Norfolk Show which was presented to him by the show’s vice president Lord Cholmondeley.

     

    Mike with Mrs Maureen Thrower, Alistair Duffield and Mrs Stacey Duffield

  3. Open Farm Sunday 2019

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    Duffields were very pleased to support Open Farm Sunday this Year

    Participating farms across the country open up their farms to the general public, for a day,to learn more about how their food is produced.

    This year Duffields attended the event at  Lewis Partners of Shotford Harleston Norfolk

    This is a dairy and arable farm located in the beautiful Waveney Valley on the Norfolk Suffolk boarder.

    Over 4000 members of the public attended

    We displayed a range of animal feeds and the raw materials that go into feeds used on farms .It was also an opportunity to explain to the public the processes and  extensive quality control procedures involved in producing top quality safe animal feeds for use on UK farms

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  4. Duffield South West Mill Expansion

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    Increased demand at our  Yeovil feed mill means Duffields are  embarking on a large scale project to significantly expand production capacity.

    This is a 3 phase 12 month project

    Phase 1 is currently underway with installation of 6 new finished product bins which will increase our finished product storage capacity by over 50%

     

  5. Visit to Kingshay South West AgriEPI Centre

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    The ruminant sales specialist teams from all four Duffield feed mills visited the new Kingshay Agri EPI Centre near Shepton Mallet

    This a new state of the art dairy unit with the latest hi tech equipment for milking , feeding and comprehensive cow management.

    The team was given a talk and guided tour by centre manager David Petit