New farmstock board directors

The H&H Group's farmstock board is further strengthened by the appointment of dairy farmer Harry Hodgson and auctioneer Robert Addison as directors.

Harry Hodgson

Harry Hodgson has been a firm supporter of Harrison & Hetherington for as long as he can remember, going back to before Borderway Mart opened in the early 1970s. He runs 110 pedigree Holstein cows on 300 acres at Wormanby, Burgh-by-Sands, with his wife Margaret and son David.

A past chairman and current president elect of the Border & Lakeland Holstein Club, the Hodgsons are regular supporters of the monthly club sales at Borderway and they consign between 30 and 40 newly-calved heifers throughout the year. A firm supporter of the auction system, sellig all the cattle through the ring, Mr Hodgson said:
"I think the auction system is the best way of selling cattle as it guarantees you the best possible price. People who sell privately may think they have made a good deal but how do they know? "I'm very pleased to have an even greater involvement with Harrison & Hetherington, having previously been a member of the club sales committee. "Our club sales have been going very well and making some excellent prices, particularly considering the current depressed milk prices. I think the future of pedigree dairy sales at Carlisle is bright."

The Wormanby herd is founded on Canadian bloodlines and currently includes 22 excellent and 50 VG cows. Between 90 and 100 cows are in milk.

Robert Addison

Senior auctioneer Robert Addison started with Harrison & Hetherington in 1985 following graduation from the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He had a brief spell with Bagshaws of Uttoxeter and a taste of the auction mart systems in Australia and New Zealand during a four month working holiday.

Robert comes from a long-established farming family in Kings Meaburn, near Penrith with two brothers maintaining the farming tradition and Robert running his own smallholding with 70 breeding sheep.

As well as being chairman of the Kings Meaburn parish council, Robert still finds time to support the hobbies of his two sons James, aged nine, and Richard, eight, who have followed their father as keen football and rugby players. Robert is vice-chairman and coach of the boys' Upper Eden rugby team.

Robert's wife Wendy works as product development manager for Enesco, in Carlisle, which makes Border Fine Arts figurines.

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