“Llerneuaddau, a 600ha high mountain unit, 12 miles inland from Aberystwyth, signed up to the Glastir agri-environment scheme in 2013; it’s currently delivering one third of the unit’s income, whilst one third is from BPS and the remainder from stock sales. The latter income is where the profit lies and it’s the only portion that we can influence which is why we have adopted a very low input strategy which features smaller Highland suckler cows and their Beef Shorthorn cross, and why we place a big emphasis on measuring stock efficiency to improve farm output”.
Christopher Evans and farm manager, Rheinallt Jones
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