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ALLPRESS FARMS

– FUTURE CHALLENGES

t is with a touch of nostalgia
that I type what will be our
Ifinal submission on behalf
of Allpress Farms Ltd for this
informative community magazine.
Our sponsorship and first article
started in 2017 with Issue No
54. Although we still intend to be
involved in community events, and
will continue to follow the progress
of Manea Matters, we will now be
handing over sponsorship of the availability has recently improved but long
magazine to another worthy company. term there needs to be a political solution to
encourage domestic labour and, failing that,
Over the past six years we have allowing overseas labour to fulfil these roles. We
covered all aspects of our farming continue to innovate our farming operations,
and packhouse operations use AgriTech and Agrobotics where possible but
real automation in farming is many years away
Over the past six years we have covered from being fully developed.
all aspects of our farming and packhouse Our Anaerobic Digester Plant was commissioned
operations, including an insight into the lives in 2014 and continues to deliver electricity to
of some of our valued personnel and touching the National Grid and our Holly House farm
on the effects of operations. We feed up to 40% leek waste to
the rapidly changing
political and economic
environment.
Our biggest challenge
in recent years has
been the availability
of labour and now
we have rampant
cost inflation at 34%.
Challenging times
indeed. Our labour

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