NSA Welsh Sheep Preview: Quality stock and sustainable systems key for host farm

This year's NSA Welsh Sheep event will be hosted by Penny Chantler and her sons, Sam and Will Sawday, at Tregoyd near Hay-on-Wye in the Welsh Borders

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Left to right: Sam Sawday, Penny Chantler, and Will Sawday.
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Left to right: Sam Sawday, Penny Chantler, and Will Sawday.

For Penny Chantler and her sons, Sam and Will Sawday, the opportunity to showcase their 1,600 ewe flock of High Country Romneys is uppermost. While the farm business is based at Hill Farm near Hay-on-Wye...

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