I started Pentrefelin Dairy in 2021 with four Red Poll heifers, a full-time job on someone else's farm, and a fairly clear idea of what I wanted to build — and absolutely no idea how hard the first two years were going to be. Four years later I'm milking 20-25 cows, supplying coffee shops, running my own farm shop, working with a local cheesemaker, and selling nothing for less than £2 a litre. The dairy is profitable, the system works, and I can say with confidence that a small-scale...

Most people wouldn’t build a dairy around a rare native breed.Most people wouldn’t build a dairy at all. Five years ago, I took a few...