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Turriff Show Main Sponsor 2024
Melrose Farms and Haulage – A History.
Reggie G Allan & wife Frances started out farming in 1945 at Balnamoon Grange, Keith, comprising of 150 acres, mainly sheep & cattle. In the 1960’s they moved to Mains of Melrose, Gamrie with their family, Dougie, Kathleen, Gordon & Angela. Soon after R.G Allan & Sons was established.
It was run as a mixed farm comprising of arable, livestock & potatoes. Leaving sons at home most days Reggie would have been at the mart buying and selling sheep, which was his passion. He was well known in the area. The farm grew as the years passed purchasing neighbouring farms.
Dougie’s sons David & Stuart followed suit and came home to join the workforce as soon as they were able.
When Reggie passed away in 1997 the farm moved away from the livestock and became an arable only unit.
In 2007 Gordon retired from the farm. Dougie, David & Stuart took over and Melrose Farms was founded.
They carried on with the arable side of things. In 2010 they saw an opportunity to diversify into the renewable energy sector and by 2015 had turbines erected on their farm.
The family always had one lorry to carry out most of its own haulage work but in 2014 when being approached by several companies they realised there was an opportunity to expand.
Melrose Haulage was incorporated in March 2015 and has now grown to nine trucks, transporting mainly agricultural products and food stuff across the UK.
Sixty-Four years on it is still in the Allan family, having been worked by 3 generations.
Roughly working around the 2000 acres.
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