Young Farmer Focus - Rhiannon Davies: "Farming and nature go hand in hand"

"I have been farming as long as I can remember"

Chris Brayford
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Rhiannon Davies, 14, is from Welshpool in Powys. She farms 220-acres of the Montgomeryshire Plateau with her dad in a nature friendly way. (Picture: Joanne Coates)
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Rhiannon Davies, 14, is from Welshpool in Powys. She farms 220-acres of the Montgomeryshire Plateau with her dad in a nature friendly way. (Picture: Joanne Coates)

Carreg-y-Big farm is home to around 275 ewes and 60 or so replacements, mostly North Country Cheviot sheep with a flock of around 30 Balwen Welsh Mountain rare breed sheep. We farm with nature and I...

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