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SHEEP SPECIAL: North Country Cheviots breathe new enthusiasm into Montgomery farm

A young farmer is breathing a new lease of life into the family farm following a change of breed to North Country Cheviots. Ellie Layton reports.

Ellie Layton
Livestock Specialist
clock • 6 min read
SHEEP SPECIAL: North Country Cheviots breathe new enthusiasm into Montgomery farm

For the last 24 years, Brynowen in Trefeglwys, near Newtown, has been run by Christine Lewis. She was first offered the hill land by her father on a farm business tenancy as she had already built a...

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