ARK Agriculture

ARK Agriculture are the UK leaders in silage storage pioneering the patented sloping walled silage clamp and the complete Oxygen barrier silage sheet system.

ARK Silage Clamps

ARK Agriculture has built more than 50 silage clamps throughout the UK for dairy and livestock use as well for anaerobic digestion plants.

The unique design on the ARK silage clamp produces silage of the highest quality, reduces silage waste to less than 5% (saving you money) and provides a safe environment to work due to the platform provided by the earth banks - particularly useful when sheeting the clamp.

Read more on our website: www.arkagriculture.com

 

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Please see attached images of ARK Agriculture silage clamps installed in the UK.

 

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ARK Agriculture, known for their expertise in silage clamp construction and silage clamp covering, are launching a new range of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) bunding and spill containment solutions for the UK anaerobic digestion and agricultural sectors.

The lightweight and durable range of bunds, sumps and spill trays are designed for the long term safe containment of IBCs, oil drums and agrochemical containers and are suitable for all oils and 95% of chemicals used on farms or anaerobic digestion plants.

The range can be supplied anywhere in the UK as standalone transportable units or custom fitted to existing areas like chemical stores and fuel tanks.

‘We are always looking to bring new products and services to the UK agricultural sector and this is a good example of the sort of technology that is more common in an industrial setting but could have several advantages for the farmer or AD operator’, Comments ARK Director Will Wilson.

Using the systems will ensure that liquids like oil and disinfectant leaking from steel drums or IBC’s will not enter water courses which could cause significant environmental pollution and hefty fines.

‘The great thing about GRP is it doesn’t rust or rot, it’s light weight and the units provide a very simple and cost effective solution to keeping you and your site safe and compliant’.

The full range extends to over 44 off the shelf products all of which are manufactured to the latest Environment Agency requirements and the range spans a single IBC spill container right up to a 12 IBC system or 2,000ltr spill tray with steel supports and anti-slip grating.

‘The systems are manufactured in the UK and we can offer a bespoke service as well- I don’t think there are any challenges that we couldn’t find a solution to,’ adds Mr Wilson.

If you would like to find out more please get in touch with the team at ARK agriculture. You can read more about the company and the range here –

http://www.arkagriculture.com/spill-containment.html


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ARK Agriculture is the Uk leader in silage storage - pioneering the patented sloping walled clamp design and more recently a range of oxygen barrier silage sheets. There are over 70 Ark clamps in the UK storing silage for use in the AD and livestock sector. If you have any further questions or if we can provide pictures etc. please get in touch on 01787220560 or email [email protected]

 

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ARK Agriculture launches new safety shirt range for farmers

Farm safety is something that the industry is going to great efforts to improve and one way you can make your farm a safer place to work is to ensure your staff wear hi-visibility clothing.

This might mean having to wear fluorescent vests over work clothes - hi-vis vests can be forgotten, dirty and uncomfortable when they are worn for long periods in tractor cabs.

ARK Agriculture, better known for their innovation in silage clamps and silage clamp covering, have the solution with their unique range of extremely highly quality, high visibility work shirts.

‘We took our time to find the right partner to supply us the best possible hard wearing and comfortable shirts on the market and the Swedish company Blakladers range ticked those boxes,’ Says ARK Director Will Wilson.

The shirts have the same ‘built in’ visibility requirements as conventional florescent jackets ; High Vis class 1 requirements, and EN ISO 20471- the shirts marked UV also meet the requirements EN1356-2 (UPF 40+) – sun protection

They are made out of polyester and/or cotton which have been treated to create a breathable, tough and comfortable material that can easily be worn all day.

‘Having taken these shirts for a road test ourselves and after some awesome feedback from customers we can safely say these are a perfect safety solution for anyone working on a farm in the UK’

The shirts can be branded with your own farm logo and ARK welcomes all enquiries for large and small volume orders.

Call ARK now on 01787220560, email [email protected]
or message ARK Agriculture on TFF

• You can also download the brochure here http://www.arkagriculture.com/uploa...k_agriculture_blaklader_clothing_brochure.pdf

Some of the advantages you might want to consider from ARK Safety Shirts.

For the employer

• Never have staff on site without wearing the appropriate high-vis (no more leaving mucky high vis vests in tractor cabs)
  
  
• Easily identify the people on your farm, if they aren’t wearing your shirts, they shouldn’t be there
  
  
• Invest in your staffs presentation and your farms image
  
  
• Give your staff the right clothing from day one that will last well and they will want to wear
  
  
• Reduce the risk of staff being injured on your farm

For the employee

• A sense of team unity on the farm
  
  
• Reduces the chance of serious injury to staff at night and working in low visibility areas
  
  
• Easy to clean, the shirts will not shrink after multiple washes
  
  
• Hard wearing double stitched seams and wicking material that reduces sweating and odour during long work days
  
  
• Less personal cost for clothing, more hygienic as shirts can be laundered ‘on farm’

 

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The Maize Growers Association figures for the maize crop this year indicate that a 43t /ha crop will be costing about £29 per tonne fresh weight to grow - a lower yield will inevitably push this figure up.

This could be an unfortunate but likely scenario for many after a dry summer.

Waste in silage clamps can be as high as 20% or as low as 5% in well managed and covered clamps.
But how much of your silage will be affected by your choice of sheeting?

See - https://dairy.ahdb.org.uk/…/do-yo...u-have-too-much-waste-in…/…

'For clamps, the vulnerable zone is 0.5m from the side wall or the top sheet of the clamp. Many producers disregard this portion of the clamp as being the ‘bits around the side’ but these evaluations show a significant proportion (on average 27 per cent of the volume and 21 per cent of the fresh weight) of all the silage is in these vulnerable zones. For the clamps assessed, the average cost of filling the clamp was around £21,000, which means on average over £4,000 worth of silage is in the vulnerable zone'.

When you are considering your silage clamps and covers - don’t cut corners come to ARK Agriculture and we will give you all the advice and products you need to keep clamps waste in single figures.

This includes Oxygen Barrier silage sheets (no more cling film!) , netting gravel bags and our gravel bag fixing system.

You can read more about the range here or give us a call!

http://www.arkagriculture.com/silage-sheets.html

Will
[email protected]
01787220560

 

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Are you near an ARK Agriculture silage clamp?

See below for all our sites in the UK.

Get in touch [email protected]

www.arkagriculture.com

 

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ARK are ending the year on a high with our last delivery of clamp panels for our first 2m high silage clamp.

Normally we are asked for 3m or higher panels to store more silage in a smaller space for large volumes.

This doesn't always work for smaller farmers storing less silage who are interested in safety, efficiency and silage quality with limited man power on site - a 2m high silage clamp is easier to build and when filled easier to cover and uncover requiring less man power and being safer to work on.

We hope this could be a turning point in the way we can supply a simple system with all the benefits of our panels for the smaller dairy farmer.

Ask us about it!

Will

(Pics are of the 2m panels being delivered and an existing 3m high clamp).

[email protected]
01787220560
www.arkagriculture.com

 

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Happy Christmas from ARK Agriculture!

To all of our customers, thank you for your ongoing support, we look forward to working with you in 2019.

Please note, the office will be closed from 21st December 2018 and will re-open on 7th Jan 2019. We will have access to emails during this period for any urgent business enquiries.

Will

[email protected]
01787220560

 

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Sustainable production grants a great chance to upgrade and improve Welsh silage clamps


Welsh Farmers investing in silage storage through the Sustainable Production Grant Scheme should consider ARK sloping walled silage clamps - helping them make better, safer silage with an off the shelf Environment Agency compliant panel system.

This is the message from Will Wilson, Business Development Director, ARK Agriculture. ARK Agriculture specialise in the construction of the patented sloping wall silage clamp.

‘ARK is unique in the UK as we are the only company that works specifically with silage clamps, so we try really hard to give our customers the best possible advice to improve silage quality and make silage storage safer and compliant,’ says Mr Wilson.

‘When we design silage clamps we start with the goal of making the best silage possible and we consider dozens of variables many of which have been overlooked in the past to get the design right - part of this aim for silage quality is the use of the sloping walled system’.

An example of this thinking, says Mr Wilson, is ARK’s preference for clamps without back walls, ‘back walls in silage clamps should only be considered if you have no other option-like working into a hill’, he adds, ‘silage clamps with back walls are so much harder to fill and compact properly’.

A sloping wall with and earth bank behind it is also safer, as operators can work without risking falls from height; the earth bank also ensures the panels don’t move under the weight of modern machinery.

The ARK sloping walled silage clamp system is designed to meet the SSAFO regulations https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-silage-slurry-and-agricultural-fuel-oil , a key part of the Sustainability production grant requirements.

The modular, kit based, ARK system can either be installed by local ground workers or with the smaller panels they can be installed by farmers themselves. Installing the system takes roughly half the time of conventional silage clamps.

The ARK silage clamp panel system is comparable in price to conventional silage clamps made in Essex can be delivered anywhere in the UK.

To find out more you can get in touch with ARK below or DM Will direct.

01787220560
[email protected]
www.arkagriculture.com

 

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Please see the video below that we hope will help everyone understand the UK silage clamp regulations.

Please get in touch with any further questions.

[email protected]

www.arkagriculture.com

 

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Have you seen the recent ARK Mailing (below)?

Get in touch for your silage sheets, silage nets gravel bags and sidewall films - we can deliver direct to you.

We do our market research, so we know we are competitive!

Please drop me or my colleagues in the office a call anytime on 01787220560 [email protected]

 

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With the maize harvest nearly here why not get in touch for a copy of our 'Golden Rules For Great Silage' poster?

Designed to be pinned up it provides helpful tips for you, your contractors and your staff on how make great silage with advice on filling, compacting, emptying and working safely on silage clamps.

If you would like a copy drop me a line on 01787220560 or email [email protected]

Will

 

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Talk to ARK about our OXYSEAL Oxygen barrier silage sheet - OXYSEAL is one of the only silage sheets on the market that can call itself an oxygen barrier with a transition rate of <2cm3 per m2 over 2 hours.

Less oxygen = better silage quality, especially important for the 2019 maize harvest!

Why not try OXYSEAL against your current silage sheet?

ARK can deliver it straight to your farm in 24 hours.

Give us a call 01787220560

or email...

[email protected]