Mike Reed – Straight Talking
Michael Reed of P Reed & Son runs three farms, ten miles apart, across South Warwickshire. Five generations of the family have farmed in the area, the business is predominantly arable…
Sam Kay – Straight Talking
Sam Kay works at Wharram & Kay, an arable farm based in Yorkshire. The business has run Bateman Sprayers for over a decade, and Sam talks us through the latest RB35 on the farm…
David Jones – Straight Talking
David Jones is a partner in JH & M M Jones, based just outside Stratford upon Avon. The business grows 1100 hectares of combinable crops – wheat, oilseed rape, winter barley and spring beans…
Customer interview with Bob Shelswell
Customer interview with Bob Shelswell. Bob Shelswell runs an RB25 for spraying duties on his farm and other farms which he supports as a contractor. In our latest customer interview Bob shares his Bateman ownership experience. Can you tell us about the work you do? We predominantly farm broad acre crops – wheat, barley and…
Customer interview with Stuart Burman
Customer interview with Stuart Burman. Stuart Burman is a Warwickshire based arable farmer and contractor. Currently running two Bateman Sprayers, Stuart talks here about the benefits of the service and support he receives, and why he won’t entertain driving any other make of sprayer. Can you tell us about the work you do? We’re a…
Client interview – Ian & Lucie Aldworth
Client interview – Ian & Lucie Aldworth. 1. Can you tell us about the work you do? We operate a agricultural contracting business based in Devon and Somerset offering a crop spraying service, a liquid fertiliser application service, granular fertiliser spreading and slug pellet application alongside soil sampling which covers the whole of the Southwest…
Ode To A Bateman
Ode To A Bateman. The rugged beauty of the Scottish landscape has inspired many an ode. Scottish farmer and Bateman customer Alan Grant was so full of the joys of Spring he felt the need to wax lyrical… about his Bateman! Here’s what Alan shared with us… ‘My Spring Delight’ Those that know me will…
Alan Grant ‘View From The Cab’ – RB35 testimonial
Alan Grant ‘View From The Cab’ – RB35 testimonial. We visited Alan Grant at Skillymarno, near Fraserburgh at the end of July. Alan, along with brother David and nephew Scott, are arable farmers. Whilst we joined Alan in the cab of his treasured combine, he gave give us his thoughts on farming, his recent competition…
Keith Norrie – Bateman RB26 Crop Sprayer Testimonial
Keith Norrie – Bateman RB26 Crop Sprayer Testimonial. Keith Norrie has just completed his second season with a Bateman RB26 Crop Sprayer – here’s what he has to say about the performance of the machine in the field… “We have now completed two seasons with our RB26, and continue to be impressed by the reliability…
David White – View from the cab
David White ‘View From The Cab’ – RB26 Crop Sprayer testimonial. Kent is often referred to as “The Garden of England” and it is here that you will find Team Bateman Operator David White. Huntstreet Farm is nestled among the hills around Canterbury where David and his family farm around 1,500 acres of arable crops…