Welcome to Dryden Farms
Murton Moor Farm is a family run farm situated 5 miles east of picturesque Durham city. The business has grown from 200 acres in the 1970’s to approximately 650 acres of arable land plus a further 5000 acres of agricultural contracting on farms across County Durham, North Yorkshire and Tyne & Wear.
In addition to arable farming and agricultural contracting, we offer bed and breakfast facilities for pigs, produce and sell our own lamb boxes, rear our own flock of free range KellyBronze turkeys and sell free range chicken eggs. We also harvest a large amount of grass which is sold as quality haylage for both livestock and horses.
Each year, on average our farm produces
Wheat
1400 tonnes
=
137 million Weetabix
Oil Seed Rape
300 tonnes
=
240,000 bottles of cooking oil
Barley
300 tonnes
=
24,300 barrels of beer
Lamb
1.6 tonnes
=
5330 lamb curries
Turkey
3.25 tonnes
=
500 family Christmas dinners
50 Years Of Experience in Agriculture
Why Dryden Farms? Our customers choose us for our great service and quality
We pride ourselves on the quality of our fresh produce and farming practices. We treat every farm we work on with care and respect, as if it is our own, and tailor our services to suit the farms needs and requirements.
Testimonials What our customers say about our services and fresh farm produce
Mr R Darling, Farmer
We have worked with Martin and Richard for over ten years and have always found their work up to an exceptional standard. One of the main things we appreciate is the communication of knowing when they will be with us. People sometimes ask 'why do we use contractors?', but in doing so and working together the whole process from cultivations all the way through to harvesting has become so much more efficient.
Mr W Chrystal, Farmer
A great job done .A Professional, quality service, and always flexible to the needs of my business, Will.
M Hopps
Just to say the Kelly bronze turkey breast roast was absolutely lovely.
Jo Dann
Just wanted to email and thank you for our order, simply the best turkey we have had and the drive in collection process was very well organised and simple.
Mrs S Tottle
Lamb at its finest, so full of flavour! It has been a long time since I have tasted meat with such wonderful flavour and texture, rather than the bland meat purchased at the supermarket. Thank you for the experience of how good home farm reared meat should taste! A real treat!
Mrs L Corbett
Lamb and turkey from Dryden farms is the best I have had. No more supermarket meat for me. One very happy customer. I cannot wait wait for my next supply.
Brian & Wendy Rice
Highly recommend KellyBronze turkey from Dryden Farm, Murton. Got to say it was delicious, all the family enjoyed it and commented on the taste. Best turkey we have ever tasted. Thank you
Michelle Nicholson
Cannot recommend Dryden Farms enough. Very professional and the produce I order is always delicious and good quality. I wont buy from anywhere else now. You can’t beat the taste of buying fresh from the farm.
Derek Kelly, Kellys Turkeys
We are delighted to have ambassadors of the calibre of Judith and Martin Dryden. They consistently achieve a quality we can all be proud of, and their enthusiasm and dedication is infectious.
Jane and Steve
Hello Judith, just wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed the turkey we had from you. It was delicious, so tasty and very moist. Will be back again next year.
Independent (Newspaper) – 4 Dec, 2017
The KellyBronze Free Range Turkey is, in our view, the king of Christmas turkeys. If you’re after something tasty on a budget, go for the Lidl Braemore Self-Basting Turkey.
Chris
Hello, I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know how pleased we were with our turkey crown. It was delicious, moist and a lovely texture. I will definitely be coming back to you next Christmas.