Ty Tanglwyst Farm is located in South Wales, where the climate and gently sloping hills create good conditions for pasture and grass growth year-round. The farm uses technology like milking machines, homogenizing machines, and fertilizer to support its dairy operations of pasteurizing, grass cutting, silage making, milking, and homogenizing. It produces dairy products like milk and silage. Recently, the farm has diversified by adding holiday cottages and a woodland scheme to generate additional income. It benefits from proximity to major cities, tourists, buyers, and transport routes.

1. Dairy Farming -Ty Tanglwyst Farm South Wales By Charlotte R .x

2. Fertile enough for good pasture growth, but not for arable crops. Warm summers and mild winters mean that pasture is available all year round. High rainfall encourages fast grass growth. Gently sloping, the green rolling hills of the UK. Cattle cannot cope with land that is too steep.

3. Physical Inputs -Summer temps 16 + -Winter temps 6 + -Gentle slopes -Grass Human and Economic Inputs -Technology -Milking Machines -Labour -Homogenising Machines –10 tonnes of feed a month -Fertiliser Processes -Pasteurising -Grass Cutting -Silage Making -Homogenising -Milking Outputs -Dairy Products -Milk -Silage -Profit Changes to System -More intensified -Breeding pedigreed cows -Don't grow cows food Diversification Enterprises -Holiday cottages-bank lends money -Sheds -Local council, locals support him

4. Ty Tanglwyst Farm is situated in a great place for many reasons. These are: There are many tourists as it is near the main cities e.g Swansea and Port Talbot As its near all the main towns there are lots of buyers leading to profit There is lots of land equalling lots of produce It is near the m4 motorway meaning they can transport their goods very easily as they're only hours away from the main cities/towns e.g on the m4 London is only 2 hours away. This means a profit.

5. Recently Ty Tanglwyst Farm has begun to introduce other uses of its land to make more money. These include: Holiday Cottages -Ivy Cottage- Ivy Cottage sleeps up to 5 people. -Swallow Cottage- Swallow Cottage sleeps up to 5 people. -The Coach House- The Coach House is a spacious barn conversion which can comfortably accommodate 8 people -The Granary- The granary is a spacious detached barn of historical interest sleeping up to 6 people plus sofa bed. Diversification – Woodland Scheme -a 25 acre ancient woodland full of beautiful walks.

6. Facts 2 and a half tonnes per cow 18p a litre for the milk they produce 90 cows 10 tonnes feed a month-£150 a tonne Not enough milk to go around Machinery costs a lot of money

7. Summary Farms are becoming very expensive to run with all the machinery costs and the money they use to buy feed for the animals. The amount of farms are decreasing as many buy milk from overseas as it’s a lot cheaper than buying it from over here. People are beginning to find different jobs that require less work yet pay more. The farmers are making less and less profit as the amount of money being put into making the produce is far greater than the amount they are getting paid for the produce.

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