Beechdean Farm

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The Beechdean Farm
Sophie Harrison
By
Ben West
Joyce Hon
Yuko Kanna
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The Beechdean Farm Background
The Beechdean Dairy Farm is located in the heart
of Buckinghamshires Chiltern Hills. It is an
independent company which operates from its own
600 acre farm.
The farm has two types of cows. 120 Jersey cows
and 270 Friesian cows. They are milked twice a
day to provide fresh, top quality milk. The milk
from Jersey cows are used to make Beechdean Dairy
ice cream and milk from Friesian cows are sent to
the market as fresh milk.
Andrew and Susie Howard started the Beechdean
Dairies in 1090. It has been producing top
quality milk for two generations.
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What type of farming does Beechdean do?
Beechdean is a commercial farm.
Beechdean is an extensive farm.
Beechdean is a dairy farm.
Dairy Farming is the breeding of cattle to
produce milk.
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Input
Process
Output
Capital Money to grow crops and the management of
pasture Money to raise animals the food, shelter

The Ice Cream The Other Dairy Made Products
Taking care of the cows the food, milking,
breeding Manage the high quality Pasture
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Profile 4 Beechdean farmThe Affect of
Government Policies

• Government policies affecting Beechdean Farm are
• Milk quotas, this is a means of stabilising
  production across the EU. Restricting the amount
  of dairy products which the farm is allowed to
  export, Leading to less money. This happened to
  Beechdean farm and they meditated on leaving the
  dairy business, then, the owners wife came up
  with a brilliant idea. Half of their stock would
  be used for milk and the other half was to be
  used for making ice creams. In the first year
  they sold 5000litres of ice cream(this was in
  1989),now, they are selling nearly 2.5million
  litres of ice cream.
• Fall in Prices There have been a fall in price
  where the farmers have to sell their dairy
  product for very low prices. This can cut their
  salaries a lot and lower their income. Their ice
  cream helps them with this issue. -)

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Scientific Advances
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• Howard Family used to only produce milk.
• In 1989 developed an ice cream sector.
• Used raw materials from the farm
• Has Two different types of cow Jersey and
  Friesian.
• Jersey milk is rich and creamy used for ice
  cream.
• Friesian milk is sold on the liquid market.
• Only had a small ice-cream machine and a little
  van.
• Only delivered to local customers
• Beginning of company
• Business has grown over time.

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The End
The whole system of the farm including the
inputs, the process and the feed back made the
farm better and helped them to make a greater
profit. With the help of technology, better
machinery and better knowledge in the management
of the farm and the proper raising of the
animals.
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bye bye