CROPS 

 Irrigation on the farm is from an array of Rivers, Drains and the surrounding ditch networks. On many of the farms there are winter storage reservoirs which all compliment the application of water. The farm runs as many as 40 irrigation reels depending on the season, some with booms.

Potato harvest is quite unique at P J Lee & Sons as due to the crop being only late harvest varieties, it must be harvested in a, as close to 6 week window. This is subject to frost and rainfall. Storage of the 44,000t+ is predominantly at Lee's Packhouse. There is a range of bulk and state of the art box storage, 32,000t, with the remainder at 12 other facilities across our land bank. We are always looking for potato land to grow on within 12-15mles from a satellite storage facility. We are growing in the from the West of Sutton, Thorney to as far as Lode in the East. Please contact us to discuss any options.....

The farm currently runs 8 harvesters, 6 being self-propelled Grimme machines. The flag ship models are the 3 Tectron, 4 row, 16ton bunker machines. These machine load directly into bulker trailers being towed in the field by the farms 2 power dollies. This reduces compaction in the fields and mud onto the highway. HGV’s cart the full bulkers away to the nearest storage facility. The entire crop is either transported by the HGV’s with 11 bulker trailers or by 36 tractor and trailers. One of the 5, 8ft Grimme Grading lines would then clean and grade the sample into either bulk storage facilities or boxes. We aim to harvest 100ac+ a day to ensure all machinery is being operated efficiently and ensuring the crop is stored away before the risk of frost. This also allows our landlords to drill a Winter Wheat in behind our crop in a timely fashion