"Gwastadgoed" is probably best described as medium sized farm and is typical of this part of Mid Wales. It is situated 12 kilometres north west of Newtown, just 2 kilometres north of Caersws and approximately 40 kilometres from the English border. The land and climate is only suitable to the production of beef and sheep - both equally benefiting from shared grazing. The farm is situated 200 metres above sea level, the lower ground is heavy type clay, and the higher ground (350 Metres) is steeper and dryer with a very thin covering of soil receiving an annual rainfall of approximately 40 inches per annum. Some say we have eight months of winter and four months of bad weather!   The herd was established by Denis and Doris in the early 1960’s as "Gwastad Pedigree Herefords", with carefully selected stock purchased from the "Paddock", "Shraden", "Merryhill", "Ivington Court" and "Treworgan" Herds. The switch to Poll Herefords was made in the 1970’s with the introduction of a new stock bull with a strong poll gene – Wayland 1 Harrow. Throughout the 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990,s and now in 2006 the policy has been to develop the strongest of the original female lines. Introducing productive and quality sires throughout these 30 plus years has enabled this - through the use of a number of senior stock bulls. These include "Clarendon 1 Edward", "Vorn 1 24K Liverpool", "Costhorpe 1 Destiny", "Chapleton 1 Highlander", "Costhorpe 1 Manhatten", "Costhorpe 1 Umpire" and "Dendor 1 Vindicator".