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Jonathan Wilkinson, 42 Dairy farmer who runs 200 pedigree Holstein-Friesians, plus 150 followers, at 350-acre Dyffryn Farm, Meifod, Montgomeryshire. A parish council member, he is vice- chairman of NFU Cymru's county milk committee and Arla's local producers group, as well as heading the Welshpool Farmers Ball committee.
Married to Susie, he has two daughters, Amber, four, and India, two. Last week NFU Cymru launched its general election manifesto at the farm Best advice you've received? My father always told me not to follow the herd, to be confident enough to do your own thing. Best part of the job? Seeing young calves coming through the system and becoming mature animals. My father, Ron, founded a commercial herd here 50 years ago, and it's now a pedigree herd, prefix Pendyffryn. And the worst? Continually battling for fair milk prices. And the bureacracy - there's inspectors round every corner.See the full content of this document
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