As Nick Tyler’s mixed dairy, beef and arable operation has grown, so has his appreciation of Orion Farming Group. Nick has been a member of the group for more than 15 years and says he won’t be leaving anytime soon. “I buy all my major inputs through Orion,” he says. [...]
Organic dairy farmer Jonathon Gantlett is a second-generation member of Orion Farming Group. His father before him recognised the benefits Orion brings to its members, and passed that wisdom on. That’s why more than 20 years after the family first joined, [...]
Buying power and the ability to negotiate great prices is something individual farmers often lack. Better deals only come from bulk buying, a fact appreciated by James Price, a long-time member of Orion Farming Group. “If you walk into any trade place and pay ‘on account’, [...]
If Edward Green could buy all his business inputs through Orion Farming Group, he would. Edward, who grows barley, rape and wheat on his 760-acre farm at Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire, is welcoming plans to bring [...]
Bringing clarity to his chemical costs was the impetus for Charles Spencer to first get in touch with Orion Farming Group. Charles, who runs a mixed arable, dairy and poultry operation near Warminster, Wiltshire, wanted to separate [...]
Robert Raimes knows all about the benefits that farming co-operatives can bring. As a farm manager in Lincolnshire he had been a member of one, so when he moved to Hampshire to help run his wife’s family farm, he soon made the [...]
