Being forced by the government to grow oats on rough land and watching the first tractor arrive in a village are just two memories from a lifetime of farming for one Farmers’ Union of Wales member.
Robert Davies and his son Gwynfor between them have more than 130 years experience of farming in Cwm Penmachno.
“My father was a quarryman whose interest wasn’t really in farming. But that’s what I wanted to do and my father knew that so he took on Pen y Bryn until my mother and I started farming after I left school aged 15.
2021 has been another year of challenges for the agricultural industry, but as always, we have taken the stumbling blocks into our stride.
