Pygmy goats, pigs and pumpkins – multiple enterprises vital to success of new entrants

Positivity is key to the approach taken by Matt Brooks and Laura Pollock as they take their first steps on the farming ladder in Monmouthshire

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Matt Brooks and Laura Pollock

A ferocious South American ostrich, pygmy goats and Cayuga ducks are as important as the mainstream Aberdeen-Angus calves, British Blue cross calves, sheep and pigs which all fit together as Matt Brooks...

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