AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
Philip Trim Contractors offers a complete agricultural service – silage, maize and whole crop foraging being the mainstay of the business. We run two teams with Claas Jag 970 which includes all the carting, buck raking and sheeting down aiming for maximum capacity.
With reliable and up to date kit, the team starts silage mid-April and all aspects of contracting, foraging, cultivations, and slurry applications, and continues through to the autumn finishing with maize. Charging by the acre puts fewer hours on site and contributes to the speed and efficiency of the business.
Slurry Applications
Philip Trim Contractors deal with a vast amount of digestate, pig/cow slurry and milk waste throughout the year. We spread, haul and store regulated amounts to suit NZ rules, spread on customers land or off-lying land. With our agronomist we carry out Nitrogen testing to give the crops the correct amount.
Working with large and small scale customers within a 50-mile radius, we carry out spreading programmes to suit our customer requirements, from stubble spreading to growing crops.
Foraging Harvesting Wholecrop
Philip Trim Contractors run two high horsepower harvesters the 980 Krone and 970 Claas which are tailored to customer’s requirements, therefore covering all aspects from small family farms to the large commercial dairy enterprises.
- Grass whole crop maize
- Covering small and large farms
- Complete or part job
- Long distance haulage
- Short or long chop material
- Additive applied supplied by farmer
Xerion
Philip Trim Contractors are the first UK operators to have a Claas Xerion self-propelled slurry and liquid spreader, adapted with an Kaweco slurry system to be able to apply slurries to farmland.
This Class leading ultra-low ground pressure machine is purpose built to help farmers with their waste management. Capable of spreading 1200m3 of liquid a day, it is the ultimate in the application of slurry to land. Precision recording of application per field, the information is stored and presented to the farmer which satisfies all of the NVZ regulations.
We are able to record data from the machine to the office for the Environment Agency regulations.
The machine is capable of operating on any soil types and applying high volumes on a daily basis. It is able to incorporate the slurry with various implements for different applications.
We haul from farm to field either by a farm tanker where tracks and terrain is a must, or road haulage and long distances we would haul with our own fleet of arctic tankers adapted to be offloaded by the Xerion.
Twelve tankers complete the kit to transport slurry to the field – using your own valuable farm nutrients to grow crops economically and minimise costs, and waste into the environment.
The Xerion with all its implements is an excellent combination and currently in great demand. Philip Trim Contractors are moving rapidly into the future to provide the service required by farmers and managers to comply with the NVZ regulations being enforced by the Environment Agency.
Baling
Round bale and wrap McHale all in one baler which is ideal for hay and silage. It is a complete one man machine, which is very fast and accurate.
Square balers with sizes 80×70, 120×70 and 120×90 which are all good high capacity balers; bale the length to the customer’s specific requirements.
We offer hay, silage and straw to meet small and large customer requirements, in a variety of bale sizes.
Lagoons and Digestate Storing
Land with deployments with lagoon storage is available, all Environment Agency regulated and permitted.
Farm lagoons available for farm slurry.
Two lagoon stirring options are available – above ground slurry stirrer will easily reach over the height of a 20ft lagoon and break up a crust of up to 4ft thick. This machine will break the crust down to a slurry ready to pump with our Umbilical or Xerion slurry incorporators. The below ground stirrer is 21ft long, with a high power rotor to circulate the lagoon around in a very short time preparing it for pumping. These slurry stirrers are probably the best on the UK market at this present time.
Grassland Injections
Horsch Joker
This 6m machine in conjunction with the Xerion is ideal for stubbles that need to be ploughed in, as the soil or plants are not disturbed and the ploughman can make a good clean furrow. Also, it can be used on growing grass or cereals with very little leaf contamination, and because this machine will not move the soil, it is extremely beneficial for well-established fields which do not need disturbing.
Dribble Bar
Xerion with a 24 metre dribble bar for low applications in growing crops. We can operate on arable land with 24 metre tramlines, or grassland without tramlines.
Slurry and Lagoon Stirrers
Slurry Stirrer
Above ground slurry stirrer with 21ft high towers. Self-contained one man operated chopper at the bottom and 2 high pressure jets to break the crust and dead bury at the bottom of the pit.
Able to move sand, paper and wood shavings, and can also load tankers from an 8 inch outlet if outlets are blocked on your slurry store with this.
Lagoon Stirrer
Lagoon stirrer of 21 feet long with copper and a high powered jet achieving to break up a crust of 1 metre thick.
Cultivations
Ploughs
2 x KV vari width ploughs with 28” mould boards with a packer maxi mack.
Cultivators
We have a variety of cultivators in our fleet to cope with the different soil types and different weather conditions.
- Simber SL
- 6 metre Horsch
- 4 leg sub-soiler with rear press
- 4 and 6 metre power harrows
All machinery will suit a variable number of soils.
Drills
Drilling is completed with a Vaderstad Direct Drill or if required our Powerharrow Drill. All types of Crop/Seed Drilling undertaken – including maize
- Verdistate 4 metre drill, an accurate machine for direct drilling of grass or straight forward cereal drilling
- 4m Powerharrow combi drill to cover welter years and liked by a lot of farmers
- Vaderstad 8 row Tempo maize drill
Spraying
John Deere trailed sprayer 24m – with a variable wheel width which is ideal for maize spraying without running on growing plants.
Fertiliser spreading with Amazon Fertiliser Spinner spread and mounted crane. We are self-sufficient to load and spread by ourselves.
Fertilising and Spreading
Philip Trim Contractors are self-sufficient to spread by ourselves, loading and spreading.
- Amazon Fertiliser Spinner with self-loading crane
- Amazon Spreader
- Mounted Crane
Other Machinery
Rear Discharge Spreaders
We operate a fleet of three spreaders which are ideal for large dung heaps and heavy dung cattle, or chicken dung. Our machines can be self-drive, loaded with loading shovel or 360 slew.
Richard Western Spreaders
We have 1600 and 2000 gallon capacity side flinging spreaders that spread sandy slurries from out of lagoons, and more runny slurries.
Umbilical
We operate three umbilical systems with DODA engine pumps, with remote controls so operations can come from a tractor which can be up to 1.5km away from the lagoon. One operator at any one time, with over 12m dribble bar or a twin splash plate system.
Fodder
Philip Trim Contractors can supply a range of feed/fodder including:
- Hay
- Haylage
- Straw
- Silage
- Wholecrop Wheat
- Wheat
- Maize
- Grass
We have pits of grass silage and maize silage ready for delivery, and we also grow under contract for people, and offer a range of sizes, to the customer’s requirements, at highly competitive prices.
Our grass is cut, dried, baled and wrapped in plastic to ensure the highest quality, and stored inside to protect it from the elements and keep it at its optimum condition.
We keep large quantities of various fodder in stock to cater for both large and small orders, as well as pits of grass silage and maize silage ready for delivery.
Land and Livestock
We are currently farming over 2,000 acres of land, some of which is taken up with our own cattle. The majority of our land is used for growing fodder such as maize whole crop, rye, wheat, and grass silage, and some for the local bio-plants.
Booking our Services
Simply call us on 01929 472192 or email us at info@philiptrimcontractors.com or complete the form on our contact page.