From Friesian cattle to campsites: Carmarthenshire farm taps into tourism and events

The Rees family boasts stockmanship and entrepreneurial skills which has helped built a strong business across three sectors by working together

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From Friesian cattle to campsites: Carmarthenshire farm taps into tourism and events

Since the 1940s, the Rees family has been farming on the outskirts of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire. Initially, brothers Peter and Huw Rees ran two units which straddle the A40, with Dan Yr Allt, the primary...

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