GC126 Chris Morgan

Chris Morgan and his family run an organic beef and sheep farm near Cwmbran in South Wales running from 400 to 900 feet overlooking the Bristol Channel Estuary. 

 A flock of Easycare x Exlana sheep lamb indoors in March/April.

The 30 Angus X shorthorn cows calve in spring and  are very much  work in progress’ with plans to increase to  up to 50 cows until an optimum stocking rate is achieved.

Although winter housed, the aim is to extend the grazing season including using bale grazing to manage forage supplies. 

The stock is mixed grazed for most of the season and moved in 2 or 3 day shifts using the many hedges and electric fences to create paddocks 

Other enterprises integrated into the beef and sheep include a 5MW solar array and food forest planted within the grassland on the contours of the fields.

‘’I want to improve performance and the quality of the soil and our produce and

 to manage my grazing better’’