Marcus Ferraro

Ceredigion

Marcus is a 33 year old, third generation dairy farmer from Newcastle Emlyn.

Having spent a couple of years working away in Pembrokeshire, Marcus returned home in the spring of 2014 and took over full management control in 2016. 

Marcus continues to farm in partnership with his father as well as his wife Vicki, and they have now grown the business to 300 procross autumn calving cows, who are extensively grassed through the summer.

As well as the dairy, Marcus also runs a small contracting and consultancy service focused around the guidance and application of utilising foliar nutrition in order to reduce fertiliser inputs. He has a keen interest in crop agronomy and completed his basis foundation in agronomy in 2024 and is currently undertaking his FACTS qualification.

He finds that the two businesses complement each other very well, due to the peak work loads being at opposite ends of the year.