Llaethdy Pentrefelin Dairy

Llaethdy Pentrefelin Dairy Pentrefelin, a small family farm in Llandyrnog milking a handful of heritage breed Red Poll cows using regenerative farming practices.

A cow and calf dairy where cows get to keep their calves, and enjoy a pasture for life diet.

A little bit of behind-the-scenes from the farm. If you’ve visited the farm shop recently, you might have noticed a lot ...
15/05/2026

A little bit of behind-the-scenes from the farm.

If you’ve visited the farm shop recently, you might have noticed a lot of work going on in one of the old buildings.

We’re currently converting it into a new bottling and pasteurising room for the milk.

What makes it quite special to us is that this was originally the old dairy Dad used when he was milking here years ago. Since the cows left, the room hasn’t really been touched.

Now it’s slowly being brought back into use again, just in a very different way.

Still very small-scale and still milk from our own red poll cows. Just trying to build something solid for the future with better workflow and a simpler process!

Truthfully, some people dream about fast cars or big houses… I’ve spent the last six years dreaming about a new dairy 😂

Quite nice seeing the old one come back to life really and will keep you all posted on how it goes, and a massive massive thank you to Phil for all his help with this

11/05/2026

From cow to bottle.

This weekend we’re opening the farm gates again for our “Micro Dairy Day” here at Pentrefelin.

The aim is to give a real, honest look at how a small-scale dairy actually works, from grazing and cow management through to milking, milk handling and bottling.

You’ll walk the farm, see the system in practice, and we’ll talk openly about the realities of running a micro dairy, including the challenges as well as what’s working for us.

If you’re interested in regenerative farming, direct selling, small-scale dairying, or simply understanding where your food comes from, there are still spaces left.

📍 Pentrefelin Dairy, North Wales
🕚 11am start
⏰ Approx. 4 hours
💷 £80 per person

Booking through the link in bio.

Diolch 👍

10/05/2026

Milk has been devalued for decades.

We started Pentrefelin Dairy with 4 heifers in 2022 to prove it doesn’t have to be that way


Full story on YouTube, link in bio.


Our favourite day of the week again.The fridge is full today with milk, cheese and yogurt from our herd of pasture-fed R...
09/05/2026

Our favourite day of the week again.

The fridge is full today with milk, cheese and yogurt from our herd of pasture-fed Red Poll cows, fresh bread and cinnamon buns from , herbs and salad from , and plenty of duck eggs from Mum’s ducks.

Simple, local food produced by people who care about doing things properly.

Open all day.

Diolch yn fawr iawn 👍

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From cow to bottle.We ran a few of these courses last year and had a great response, so we’re bringing them back with a ...
30/04/2026

From cow to bottle.

We ran a few of these courses last year and had a great response, so we’re bringing them back with a slightly improved format.

If you want a a real look at how a working micro dairy operates, from the cows in the field through to milk in the bottle.

We’ll cover the full system:
• how the cows are managed
• the cow–calf setup
• milking routine and equipment
• handling and bottling milk
• and the practical side of setting something like this up

It’s aimed at farmers, smallholders, or anyone thinking about producing milk and selling direct, but also anyone who just wants to better understand where their food comes from.

We’ll keep numbers small so it stays practical and there’s plenty of time to ask questions.

📍 Pentrefelin Dairy, North Wales
🕚 11am start, multiple dates available | Approx. 4 hours
💷 £80 per person

If you’re interested, head to the link in bio or drop me a message.

We talk and shout a lot about the way we farm here, and what we try to achieve. One thing we’ve been thinking about is h...
04/04/2026

We talk and shout a lot about the way we farm here, and what we try to achieve. One thing we’ve been thinking about is how often we actually measure whether we’re achieving any of it.

Over the past few weeks we’ve started putting sensors in around the farm. It’s something we’ve been working on together, myself, my dad and my brother, with a lot of it being driven by Dad wanting to better understand what’s actually going on in the soil and across the farm.

We’ve now got a weather station, soil moisture probes at different depths, and sensors in the stream to monitor water level and clarity after rainfall, it’s basically just to give us something to measure against.

If what we’re doing is working, we should see more water going into the soil, less running off, and better outcomes leaving the farm.
Farming will always rely on observation and instinct, but it doesn’t hurt to have something to back it up, and it’s going to be interesting seeing the data come in as the year goes on.

01/04/2026

From the outside it probably just looks like we have a few random things going on at the moment, but there’s more to it than that..

Cows in one field, chickens somewhere else, pigs in the veg patch, and we’re still planting trees across parts of the farm.

But it’s all part of the same system.

The cows build fertility through grazing, the chickens help spread and cycle it, and the pigs come in where they’re needed to clear ground and turn it over ready for growing again.

The veg we grow sits within that as well, making use of what’s already there, and the trees are something we’re putting in for the long term.

Nothing here really stands on its own, even if it looks that way.

We do it this way because itbuilds soil, it makes better use of what the farm can produce, and it means we’re not relying on bringing more and more in from the outside.

It’s also the kind of farming we believe should be part of the future, producing proper food, in a way that people can see and understand.

Still plenty to figure out and a lot to do, but it feels like it’s heading in the right direction and coming together slowly

28/03/2026

The chickens are finally out on grass.

Pasture poultry is something we’ve wanted to do for a long time because of what it brings to the farm as a whole.

They’ll follow behind the cattle, scratching through dung, spreading it out and helping cycle nutrients back into the soil. It speeds up the breakdown process and helps bring a bit more life back into the pasture.

It also fits into a bigger picture here, where each part of the farm has a role. The cows build fertility, the chickens help cycle it, and the pigs make use of things like whey from the dairy that would otherwise go to waste.

None of it works on its own and it’s all connected in a way that helps us produce food in a way that has a positive effect on the environment in which we do it.

Still early days, but this is the direction we’re heading in and very happy to finally have pasture poultry out in grass!

25/03/2026

You may have seen we’ve got chickens on the farm now.

It’s a new venture for us, but pasture poultry is something I’ve wanted to do for years.

They’ll be heading out onto grass soon, but not just yet. It’s still a bit cold at night and at this stage they’re better off inside where we can keep them warm and get them growing properly. If we rush them out too early we will end up doing more harm than good.

Once they do go out, that’s when they really start to do their job. They’ll follow behind the cattle, pick through the pasture and leave a bit of fertility behind as they move.

It’s only a small part of the system, but it all ties in with everything else.

23/03/2026

Pigs have been in the veg patch for a few weeks now.

They’ve been clearing what’s left of the potato’s , rooting through the ground and doing a lot of the work for us before we start planting again.

They’re also getting all the whey from the cheese that’s made for us by , which would otherwise go to waste. It’s a good feed for them and keeps everything moving round the farm rather than bringing more in.

Saves time, cuts down on machinery, and puts a load of organic matter back into the soil at the same time.

Everything here ties together, nothing really stands on its own and the pigs really do save a lot of work clearing and prepping in the market garden.

It’s not perfect, but it works for us

20/03/2026

This is what spring looks like here and is the best time on the farm.

Calves are coming thick and fast now, all being looked after by their mums and out in the field.

We run a cow and calf system, so they stay together and the calves just get on and grow as they should. We take what milk is there after that, rather than trying to push for as much as possible.

You don’t get anywhere near the same volume of milk as other dairy farms, but the cows are settled, the calves do well, and it works well for us.

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