Family Farm Switches to Heavier Sheep for Southern Europe ; Holding Now Supports Flock of 1,000 Ewes

Western MailJune 02, 2009

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JONATHON HUNTLEY and his parents Stuart and Gwyneth have changed direction on their 520-acre partnership holding near Pontypridd, and it's not the first time.

When Stuart and Gwyneth bought what was then the 150-acre hill farm Bryntail at Rhydfelin in 1952, it was a dairy farm, but that changed when milk churns were phased out in the 1960s.

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Family Farm Switches to Heavier Sheep for Southern Europe ; Holding Now Supports Flock of 1,000 Ewes

"We always had a herd of Hereford cross sucklers, but we found it hard to get good replacement heifers," says Jonathon.

The current spring-calving h...

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