An agricultural contractor established since 1989, farming near Sudbury, SuffolkBelchamp Farm Services was launched in 1989 as a contractor and farm services company. Since its inception the business has expanded based on a high level of technical knowledgeFrom relatively modest base of 750 acres in 21 years that acreage has grown to just under 5000 acres today. The ten farms that BFS manage have enjoyed a mixture of strong farm management and tightly controlled costs.The remit for BFS was and still is to apply large economies of scale to smaller and medium size acreages. The cost of machinery and skilled labour has risen hugely over the last few years. Only very large or diversified holdings have managed to thrive in such a difficult environment.