ERIC LEWIS
350 acres, arable, loamy soils, near Dymock, Gloucestershire
At an age when most farmers would have long given up an active role on their farm, Eric Lewis remains as keen as ever to do the job himself. He carries out all the work at Hill Farm, Knights Green, near Dymock practically by himself. Now over 80, Eric has no plans to call it a day and continues to invest in the future. Just before harvest in 2019, Eric took delivery of a new Claydon T6c Opti-Till® trailed drill. This, he emphasises, is the key to keeping farming. “This is my life and I simply wouldn’t want to do anything else,” Eric states. “But if it wasn’t for the Claydon System I would have been forced to give up . . . ”
ITS HIGH OUTPUT ALLOWS ME TO WAIT FOR JUST THE RIGHT CONDITIONS, RATHER THAN FEELING THAT I MUST PRESS ON REGARDLESS