Sourcing an easy managed, easy calving cow that requires minimal inputs is far from straight forward when the industry is awash with various native and continentals, but by focussing on home-bred Sim Luings, the Simmers' are confident they have found the answer for their farming enterprise. The family's 5000acres of mixed arable and grassland based at Backmuir Farm, Keith, and Mains of Cairnbrogie, Oldmeldrum, is home to some 600plus suckler cows, but with margins already cut to the bone and limited staff, such females have to be docile and be able to produce sufficient milk to rear a good calf every year.
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image captionArtist, musicians and comedians from Wales and the world be taking part in Gŵyl 2021
A new Welsh virtual festival is being launched to bring music, laughter and culture into our homes almost a year on from the first lockdown.
It will bring together four of Wales' major arts, music and comedy festivals and be broadcast as part of the BBC's Culture in Quarantine initiative.
Director of BBC Wales Rhodri Talfan Davies said Gŵyl 2021 would provide a much needed "blast of creativity".
It will be online and on BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru on 6-7 March.