Our Crop

It’s that time of year when our oil seed rape crop is ripening ready to soon be harvested. We have enjoyed the gorgeous Spring months where our bright yellow fields were in full bloom, but now the seed is developing ahead of us collecting it in to make our delicious rapeseed oil.

Our oil seed rape crop is grown as a break crop each year allowing the fields to rest in-between the beef and arable farming undertaken by our family farm. As well as performing this vital role we also get to enjoy the amazing produce from this crop.

The highest quality seed is planted in the autumn, early enough to germinate before the very cold winters which we experience here in the Peak District. During the following May/June the rape comes into flower with the bright yellow fields which can be seen for miles around. After the flower has died off and the seed pod has hardened it is then time for combining. The combine separates the tiny black seeds which we then dry and store ready for the pressing. After the pressing process the by-product or husk is fed back to our cattle so there is absolutely no wastage. All of this is done on site at our purpose build site in the peak district. We also bottle and flavour our rapeseed oil here too and then send out to our lovely customers. Food milage doesn’t get much lower!

We are proud of our family's farming heritage and are happy to continue with this important British industry.