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Cobrey Farms is a family partnership of John Chinn, his wife Gay and their son Henry.

The partnership owns 395ha (975 acres) near Ross-on-Wye and, in addition, rents/manages in excess of 600ha (1500 acres) around Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire and Suffolk.

The main enterprises are asparagus, blueberries, potatoes and broiler chickens and the rotation also supports crops of cereals, oilseed rape and herbage seed.

The majority of the produce is sold through the major supermarkets including Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons but you can also find it in

There is an on-site pack-house for grading and packing asparagus and blueberries into customer-specific retail-ready packaging.

History

The Chinn family started farming at Cobrey Farm in 1925 when Wilfred Chinn took on the tenancy of 50ha (125 acres) from Guy’s Hospital.

His son, Bill, bought the farm in 1957 and between then and 1975 when his son, John, came home to the farm from Nottingham University,

built the business up to 182ha (450 acres) of owner-occupied farm under the partnership name of Cobrey Farms.

As the acreage expanded crops have been introduced such as potatoes , sugar beet, onions, carrots, blackberries, leeks, brocolli and sea kale.