Pantyderi Farm Facts
Pantyderi Demonstration Site is beef, sheep and arable holding run by father and son, Wyn and Eurig Jones. Wyn is married to Glenda and they also have three daughters, Anna, Lisa and Efa.
The business farms 445 hectares across two units and offlying land.
The beef enterprise includes 80 spring calving Hereford-cross suckler cows sired to a Limousin bull.
All offspring are fattened on a ration incorporating home-produced crimped barley and silage and sold direct to slaughter at 18-24 months to M&S, Celtic Pride and other buyers.
Store cattle are also purchased for fattening, sourced from local livestock markets and private sellers.
Around 200 cattle are fattened annually.
The sheep flock consists of 1500 Texel-cross ewes tupped to Texel, Abermax, Aberfield and Charollais rams.
A Primera tup is used to produce lambs for sale to Tesco.
The flock scanned at an average of 160% this season.
The triplet and twin-bearing ewes lamb indoors from March 10th and the singles outdoors, also from March 10th.
Most lambs are fattened off grass with a small quantity of creep introduced just before finishing.
The majority of carcasses achieve U and R grades.
The business grows 110 acres of spring barley and 40 acres of winter barley and winter wheat.
Diversifications
Additional income is generated from holiday accommodation and two 50kW solar systems.