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Welsh Black cattle 'integral' to nature-first approach on Pembrokeshire family farm

Farming for beetles and butterflies has brought new life to the Beynon family's mixed farm in Pembrokeshire

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Dr Sarah Beynon with her husband Andy Holcroft.
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Dr Sarah Beynon with her husband Andy Holcroft.

When Dr Sarah Beynon decided to return to her family farm in Pembrokeshire, her father, well-known Welsh Black cattle breeder John Beynon, could not have anticipated the scale of change which would follow....

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