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When fire destroyed one of his units, free range egg producer Mike Wilkinson turned for a replacement to a company virtually unknown in this country.
German manufacturer Farmer Automatic may have celebrated its 50th anniversary recently, and its egg production systems may well be used extensively in Holland, Spain, France, Eastern Europe, the United States and Canada, but here in the United Kingdom the company was a mystery to most farmers when Mike took a chance and had one of its multi-tier systems installed on his farm in Yorkshire. His is still one of only two farms in this country with a Farmer Automatic system in operation - the other is in Scotland - but Mike has been so impressed with the unit that he has become the company's agent in the UK. He is now singing its praises to other British egg producers who are looking to replace or expand production.
