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Oliver Fuller - South Central

Oliver Fuller | Church Farm Services | South Central

Meet Krone KingPin and Surrey-based hay and straw contractor, Oliver Fuller of Church Farm Services.

KRONE are a significant player in the agricultural industry and believe that the one thing that sets us apart from our competition (apart from our high performing, efficient machinery) is our people.

Being a world leader isn't just down to the work of individuals, our united team is at the root of our success and the reason for our continued growth. KRONE UK is built on people. The people that we work for (our dealers and customers) and the people who work for us. At KRONE, we constantly strive to be the best, as a company and as an employer.

We like to make people feel special and allow them to perform at the best of their ability, whether that be customers or our employees. We ensure our employees are happy and at the top of their game, through continual development, a fantastic working environment and culture and a multitude of perks.

We work hard together, we achieve goals together and we celebrate together. 

Church Farm Services, the father and son provide whole-farm contracting, covering a large area from Heathrow to Dover, using a fleet of Krone machinery.

The Fullers officially started the contracting side of the family-run mixed enterprise in 2010, after taking on ad-hoc straw cutting and baling, in addition to managing the farm and livery business since the 90s.

Dating back more than 100 years, the farm now comprises of a 250-head Longhorn suckler beef herd produced for Pasture for Life and 1,800 acres of low-input grassland for homegrown forage, with anything leftover sold as hay into the equine market.

Forage Contracting

Forage making takes up a substantial part of the contracting side of the business. 

Nick and Oliver recently expanded into chopping 4,000 acres of maize for a local AD plant, on top of cutting around 3,500-4,000 acres of grass, and bale between 15,000-30,000 bales per year of straw. 

For this, productivity is key, and they have found the speed and output quality of their Krone balers to be a fantastic asset to their business.