Management of the business
Belchamp Farm Services was founded as a partnership between Julian Swift and Charles Raymond in 1989 with Julian Swift as managing director. Since then the company has grown significantly with Julian taking overall responsibility for all aspects of the business and modernising management practices.
Digital mapping and a conservative approach to precision farming are presently in use.
The intention is to make greater use of these new technologies as the hardware and software become more reliable and cost efficient.
The future for farming
It is so difficult to make any accurate forecasts for farming except to say that supply of any commodity and its price will remain uncertain with great price volatility. The past two years have seen the price of wheat double then halve. It is our assessment that we will see more of this in the years ahead. Judicious marketing and a stranglehold on costs will remain essential regardless of the crop price in any given year.