Raising sheep, daughters and a future: Inside a family's Welsh hill farm

Farming in the hills of Mid Wales, one family are working hard to secure the future of their farming system

Ellie Layton
Livestock Specialist
clock • 5 min read
Raising sheep, daughters and a future: Inside a family's Welsh hill farm

Coming from farming stock, third-generation farmer Sarah Phillips has learned the craft of producing and turning out top-quality stock from her parents, Alun and Marie Jones. Farming as a family,...

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