The National Sheep Association (NSA) is pleased to announce that trade stand applications are now open for NSA Welsh Sheep 2025, one of the UK’s most prominent sheep events. The upcoming event will be held on Wednesday, 21st May at Tregoed Farm, Brecon LD3 0SP for kind permission of the Chandler family and Tregoed Estate.

NSA Welsh Sheep 2025 will offer a professional update and the latest industry information, as well as a chance for sheep farmers to get together. It will be set against a spectacular back drop in the Welsh Borders, just 15 minutes from Hay on Wye.

NSA Wales / Cymru Region and the event organising committee are now inviting companies to book their space to be part of the one day technical event. In 2023 the event had more than 240 trade stands and thousands of visitors attending showing the increasing popularity of these specialist events.

NSA Welsh Sheep 2025 has something for everyone in the sheep industry.  It provides a platform for its representatives including politicians, officials, breed societies, and independent and commercial organisations.  It’s also a key venue for the trade and provides an informal meeting ground for producers.  The event supplies the media with up to date news and information about the industry. 

The farming system at High Country Romneys, Tregoed Farm, Brecon, runs 600 recorded stud Romneys and RomTex ewes and 900 commercial Romneys, all on a forage only system. It is a family business run in partnership by Penny Chantler and sons Sam and Will Sawday.

The farm is split into several blocks of land of a mix of rented and owned. Forage crops are grown for winter feed for the ewes and then grass reseeded. More herbal and mixed species swards have been used lately, with a very minimal input rotational grazing system. A recent innovation is a calf rearing unit with Blade Farming.

Penny Chantler says: “We currently farm 1500 NZ Romney and Romtex ewes, 500 ewe lamb replacements and winter 220 stud ram lambs on a forage only outdoor system.

“The 600 stud Romneys and Romtex and are fully recorded using SIL New Zealand. These ewes are single sire mated and lambs tagged and recorded at birth. Genetics and most recently rams are regularly imported from New Zealand. We have selected genetics from many different places over the last 30-plus years, working with some of the top stud flocks in NZ. 

“The remainder of the ewes are commercial and are put back to a Romney ram. Ewe lambs are then kept for breeding and ram lambs sold either store or fat. The main core of the business has been the sale of shearling rams from the stud flocks.

“The ram lambs are selected on their performance and a big focus post weaning is running the worm resistant and resilience program on these animals. ”

Bookings can be made for trade stand space online at this link https://welshsheep.org.uk/exhibitors/apply-online/ .  For further information please contact Event Organiser Helen Roberts (See details below). The closing date for stand applications is 1st February 2025.