E C Drummond (Agriculture)
Family farming group in Herefordshire producing broiler chicken, arable crops, soft fruit and top fruit across the UK
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- New on EvolcAdded 2026-10-28
About E C Drummond (Agriculture)
E.C. Drummond (Agriculture) Ltd is a family-run agribusiness based at Homme Farm in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. It manages arable operations and is one of six companies in the EC Drummond Group, which covers poultry, arable, top fruit and soft fruit divisions. Broiler farming runs at 27 sites across the UK, strawberries are grown by Homme Soft Fruit Ltd, and cherries and apples by Tillington Top Fruit Ltd.
The group's products include broiler chicken, arable crops, strawberries for major UK supermarkets, and cherries and apples for early to long-term storage. The company also took over the management of poultry farms from the processor Avara and acquired a poultry farm from Green Label Foods.
The Drummond family has farmed at Homme Farm since 1956, and the registered company was founded in 1962. The group operates from Ross-on-Wye and also has arable land in Hampshire. Each year between April and November it takes on around 300 seasonal workers to harvest strawberries.
Product: Broiler chicken production, arable crops, strawberries, cherries and apples grown across UK farm sites.
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Leadership
- Eric Drummond · Took ownership of the family business (1979); has since cultivated the farming businessSource: company website
- Eric Drummond Senior · Moved from Scotland to take up a tenancy at Homme Farm (1956); start of the family farming businessSource: company website
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