Rigsby Farming

Rigsby House Farm is a 250 acre all arable unit, save for the thirty acres of Pasture. It is a family farm, run by the 2nd and 3rd generation of the Read family. Jack Read came here in 1927, renting from the Well Estate of the Rawnsley's and after a succession of Landlords from the 1950's, the current owners purchased the freehold in 1985. Conventionally farmed by Bill Read and his family. We grow crops mainly of wheat, barley, beans and oilseed rape. The grassland is traditional permanent pasture, it has never been ploughed or improved other than with modest amounts of fertiliser and minimal sprays. The cattle on the grassland are the property of a nearby farmer, and are young heifers, some of which will be used as replacements in his single-suckled beef herd.