BEST GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT AWARD

2024 – MORGAN TUDOR

Llysun was a Beef and Sheep farm for 45 years. In 2018 the family decided to sell the stock and buy dairy calves in their place. Since 2020 Llysun has been a dairy farm, and today there are 450 Jersey X Friesian cows which are all calved in spring, producing 5,500 litres a year. The cattle are out from March to mid-November and graze on a rotational grazing system. Morgan has tried most grazing systems over the years but settled on rotational grazing with the dairy cows, ‘strip grazing’ with the calves on the kale over the winter, and ‘block grazing’ with heifers on the mountain. Llysun is a family farm with Morgan, his mother Catrin and his grandparents Ann and Tom Tudor all partners in the business. Morgan works on the farm full time with one full-time member of staff and two half-time members of staff. Morgan makes the decisions on a day-to day basis but everything is discussed with the staff and the big decisions are discussed with the partners