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The farm runs the following livestock: | Type | Breed | No.
00/01 | No.
99/00 | No.
97/98 | No.
96/97 | No.
95/96 | | Sheep | Various crossbreeds, mainly Welsh mules | 2300 | 2300 | 1700 | 1700 | 1700 | | Suckler cows | Hereford x heifers/Angus x heifers & cows | 100 | 100 | 300 | 180 | 180 | |
| Some homebred half continental x heifers | | Fattening cattle | Continental crosses (including homebred calves) | 300+ | 300+ | 300 | 300 | 400 |
The sheep flock is now made up of 830 middle-aged crossbreed ewes, 350 Lleyn X yearlings, 180 Lleyn X ewe lambs and 950 full and broken mouth Welsh ewes for breeding further Lleyn X ewe lambs. Of the 300+ fattening cattle, 100 are home-bred. All are fed intensively. They include bulls from black and white (Holstein Friesian) milking breeds that are purchased cheaply at 12 weeks of age and reared from calves.
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