Adding value

2010

Project Name: MB Crocker Limited
County: Dorset
Approved: May
RDPE grant: £1,067,555
Drying and pelleting of poultry manure

Project Name: Aldwick Court Farm - The Winery
County: West of England
Approved: June
RDPE grant: £84,640
Construction of a winery to process grapes into still and sparkling wine

Project Name: Aldwick Court Farm - Pig Chiller
County: West of England
Approved: June
RDPE grant: £28,566
To install a pig chiller for the storage of pig carcasses

Project Name: Alvis Bros Ltd - Chilling & Heat Recovery project
County: West of England
Approved: May
RDPE grant: £57,584
To recover and re-use heat from the cheese store refrigeration plant to reduce the energy costs of the business

Project Name: West Dorset Grain Development
County: Dorset
Approved: May
RDPE grant: £419,221
Development of grain storage and processing facilities for a farmers' co-operative

Project Name: Rocket Gardens Ltd.
County: Cornwall
Approved: May
RDPE grant: £27,415
Website upgrade and purchase of plant packaging machinery

Project Name: Trewithen Dairy 'Milky Way'
County: Devon
Approved: January
RDPE grant: £5,697,500
Expansion of an existing dairy processing unit leading to increased production of liquid milk, butter, cream cheese and clotted cream

Project Name: C B Coate & Son
County: Somerset
Approved: January
RDPE grant: £32,880
Willow manufacturing - harvesting machinery required.

Project Name: Feasibility Study - finishing of TB Restricted Herds (Rest of Region)
County: Rest of Region
Approved: January
RDPE grant: £12,169
To support a study into the facilities required for finishing calves from bTB restricted herds from the South West uplands.The results/options of which will be communicated to up to 120 farmers via six voluntary workshops

Project Name: Feasibility Study - finishing of TB Restricted Herds (Cornwall)
County: Cornwall
Approved: January
RDPE grant: £4,800
To support a study into the facilities required for finishing calves from bTB restricted herds from the South West uplands.The results/options of which will be communicated to up to 120 farmers via six voluntary workshops.

Project Name: Dartland Farm
County: Wiltshire
Approved: January
RDPE grant: £34,856
Chicken rearing business expanding their business into rearing, selling and marketing their produce.

2009

Project Name: Turnstone Cheesemaking Expansion
County: Gloucestershire
Approved: December
RDPE grant: £28,541
Purchase of mozzarella making equipment by an existing soft cheese producer.

Project Name: Exmoor Produce Development
County: Devon
Approved: December
RDPE grant: £35,354
Purchase of meat processing equipment.

Project Name: Kernow Grain Development
County: Cornwall
Approved: December
RDPE grant: £370,952
Increase grain storage capacity and improve the processing of grain.

Project Name: Aplins Farm Yoghurt and Ice Cream Development
County: Devon
Approved: December
RDPE grant: £23,731
Start up costs for an ice cream making business (equipment and building modifcations) as a farm diversification exercise.

Project Name: PJ & J Moore - Cold Storage
County: Cornwall
Approved: December
RDPE grant: £7,175
Expansion of butchery business through the purchase of a cold storage and computer/website equipment/development.

Project Name: Westaways Sausages New Production Line
County: Devon
Approved: November
RDPE grant: £90,575
Put in a second sausage production line to cater for large family pack size of sausages and provide a back up in case of failure of the existing line

Project Name: J & J Farmers Abbatoir
County: Devon
Approved: November
RDPE grant: £12,355
Expansion of an abbatoir business through the purchase of processing equipment

Project Name: Keysley Farm Grain Storage
County: Wiltshire
Approved: November
RDPE grant: £303,162
Development of additional grain storage and processing facilities for a farming business in Wilsthire.

Project Name: Boddingtons Berries Jam Processing
County: Cornwall
Approved: November
RDPE grant: £50,115
Bespoke processing and packing operations for soft fruit conserves.

Project Name: Bell & Loxton Rapeseed Oil
County: Devon
Approved: October
RDPE grant: £35,946
To add value to the rape seed crop by cold pressing culinary quality oil and diversify into bio-diesel production.

Project Name: Basterfield Honey Farm
County: Devon
Approved: October
RDPE grant: £141,099
Honey processing, bottling, storage and fruit tree training facility on a green field site.

For more information see our press release.

Project Name: Pengelly Farm Adding Value to Potatoes
County: Cornwall
Approved: October
RDPE grant: £499,723
Fresh produce business supplying direct to the marketplace, securing highest margin possible from the food chain; sustainable job creation; reduce food miles and increase resource efficiency.

Project Name: Gilders - Adding Value to Local Meat
County: Gloucestershire
Approved: October
RDPE grant: £73,876
Extension of refridgeration and processing areas.

Project Name: Netherend Farm Butter Roll
County: Gloucestershire
Approved: October
RDPE grant: £46,876
Improvements to processing facility, purchase of butter packer.

Project Name: RM Farming Company
County: Cornwall
Approved: September
RDPE grant: £24,923
Installation of weighbridge to serve RM Farming Company and other local grain suppliers.

Project Name: Bayard Dairy Weighbridge
County: Dorset
Approved: July
RDPE grant: £8,475
Purchase and installation of a weighbridge to facilitate the development of the farm grain storage business.

Project Name: The Cornish Crisp Company
County: Cornwall
Approved: March
RDPE grant: £126,781
New business producing crisps from local potatoes.

For more information see our press release.

Project Name: Whalesborough Farm Foods Ltd
County: Cornwall
Approved: March
RDPE grant: £17,062
Relocation to larger premises and fit out new unit for cheese production.

2008

Project Name: Wiltshire Advanced Processing Centre
County: Wiltshire
Approved: November
RDPE grant: £1,810,758
Expansion of grain storage and processing facilities.

Project Name: Burlerrow Farm - Miscanthus Horse Bedding
County: Cornwall
Approved: November
RDPE grant: £155,153
Building a shed and fitting out with equipment for processing miscanthus for horse bedding.

For more information see our press release.