Our farm

Pedigree Dairy Shorthorns and Ayrshires have been the lifeblood of the Baynes family farm near Slaley, Hexham, Northumberland since 1932.

In recent years the farm-gate price of milk fell and, with less intensive and more environmentally-friendly farming being favoured, the family decided the time was right to process their own milk. With funding from Defra’s Rural Enterprise Scheme, Northumbrian Pedigree Milk & Cream was launched in May 2005.

From our cows to you

Milk from the Marleycote herd is processed in a purpose-built building with new milk processing equipment, and delivered in a chilled van. The milk is not homogenised, which keeps its unique, natural, sought-after smooth taste.

Because everything is supplied from one farm, you can trace the product right back to the cows that produced it.

A renowned show herd

The herd is nationally renowned for quality, with an impressive show record that includes breed champions with both Shorthorn and Ayrshire cows at some of the country’s top agricultural shows. Marleycote Petal won Champion Dairy Cow at the Northumberland Show in 2005.

The show team is Paul, Connor, David and Richard.

You can read more about the farm itself at www.marleycote.co.uk.