Lleyn Sheep & Dairy Cattle working in Cumbria

Prime lamb production based on pure Lleyn dams fits in well with running a high yielding pedigree Holstein herd on a farm in West Cumbria .Sheep are the best grassland tool you can have on a dairy farm. That is the simple philosophy of Cumbrian dairy farmer, Wilson Boow, and was the key factor leading to the establishment of a successful Lleyn based commercial sheep enterprise.

Derek& Cindy Steen
Much has happened in the life of Derek Steen over the last decade.From the outset, Derek has been firmly focussed on the type of sheep he wants to breed - "I'm aiming to breed sheep with maternal qualities, sheep which will produce and rear plenty of good shaped lambs with minimal shepherding. When buying a breeding tup, I look for strong maternal characteristics in his bloodline history. Visually I consider skin, conformation and correctness

Lumbylaw Lleyns
Robert Lee, who farms 1100acres with his wife Sally at Lumbylaw, Northumberland, has come to. Having experimented with various breeds and crosses, not to mention lambing dates over the past 15 years, it's this system that the couple believes will enable them to survive a future with ever diminishing levels of financial support."May-lambing Lleyns are more profitable because they don't have the input costs," >>>

The Davidsons of Poldean
The Lleyn is the modern sheep that lends itself to the single farm payment because she is such an easy care breed," said Willie Davidson, who farms with his wife Jennifer and their son Alisdair.The demand for Lleyn sheep has soared over the past two or three years, and,with the new CAP reforms favouring low input systems, an increasing number of flockmasters will undoubtedly be looking to this Welsh female breed toboost farm incomes .>>>

Peter & David Knowles of Cragg Farm
"We had seen some Lleyns and we liked the look of them. So we bought some ewes and tupped them with a Charollais for a couple of years. We then decided to start breeding our own replacements as we wanted to keep a closed flock and improve our flock's health status. >>>