Onions 

Growing

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In total we produce 9000t of set onions that have been grown from seed supplied by the Allium and Brassica Centre and The English Set Company. 


Set onions are harvested between July and August, one of the earliest productions in the uk. by pushing back the traditional time for the onion harvest, it once again eradicated the need for costly imported crops.

our seed onion crop (or drilled crop) harvest begins right at the end of August and continues throughout September. we are one of the largest producers in the country and harvest 20,000t in a season. Our specialism is growing Supermarket specification onions for Stourgarden, Moulton Bulb Company and Produce World Rustler.


Storing

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3500 tons of onions in one single bulk store!








         

Our Onions are stored in bulk stores utilising Tolsma technology, a pioneering and intelligent Dutch method of storage that we run using electricity produced by our maize fed anaerobic digester. This sustainable  energy both reduces our carbon footprint and keeps costs down. 


Onions are stored by us from October to February, for sales in March-June. WE have 9000t of 1 ton box stores which help to prevent compression damage and ensure the onion stores for a long period of time. Importantly, this once again narrows the increasingly short window in which imported crops are required.  

Grading

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Our state of the art grading facilities based on Bentwaters in Rendlesham.













Our grading facility allows for us to grade onions to our customer's exacting size specifications.


Recent producer Organisation grant funding has allowed for us to increase our quality focus by installing picking points post sizing. 

Learn a little more...

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Lovefood came to see us a while back and had the pleasure of interviewing our man Tim Pratt from Wantisden Hall Farms .  to read the full article click here, or watch Timmy trying out his presenter skills on the video clip!