Iolo Owen (Easycare pioneer) dies.

[Bwcho]

Only BBC Cymru has reported this so far but Iolo Owen, the breeder/pioneer of the Easycare breed has died aged 92.

Iolo was somewhat a mythical Welsh character and I'm sure there'll be a void in Ynys Môn and Wales following his passing.

Condolences to the Owen family.

Y ffermwr a'r dyn busnes o Fôn, Iolo Trefri, wedi marw

Bydd yn cael ei gofio'n bennaf am greu brîd newydd o ddafad, mentro i fyd adloniant, agor bwyty a sŵ.

www.bbc.com

 

[Red Fred]

Only BBC Cymru has reported this so far but Iolo Owen, the breeder/pioneer of the Easycare breed has died aged 92.

Iolo was somewhat a mythical Welsh character and I'm sure there'll be a void in Ynys Môn and Wales following his passing.

Condolences to the Owen family.

Y ffermwr a'r dyn busnes o Fôn, Iolo Trefri, wedi marw

Bydd yn cael ei gofio'n bennaf am greu brîd newydd o ddafad, mentro i fyd adloniant, agor bwyty a sŵ.

www.bbc.com

I remember my sister and her husband speaking highly of him when they lived at Bodorgan.

 

[Danllan]

Only BBC Cymru has reported this so far but Iolo Owen, the breeder/pioneer of the Easycare breed has died aged 92.

Iolo was somewhat a mythical Welsh character and I'm sure there'll be a void in Ynys Môn and Wales following his passing.

Condolences to the Owen family.

Y ffermwr a'r dyn busnes o Fôn, Iolo Trefri, wedi marw

Bydd yn cael ei gofio'n bennaf am greu brîd newydd o ddafad, mentro i fyd adloniant, agor bwyty a sŵ.

www.bbc.com

Yep, easycares here; I think Iolo was one of the shrewdest businessmen you could have come across.

 

[Princess Pooper]

Ah, remember hearing him speak when at Uni at Bangor in the 1980s, we might even have visited him. Opposite approach to Prof Owen and his Cambridge ewes with 5 lambs needing intensive input!

 

[Y Fan Wen]

Only met him once when he bought the next door farm and planted it up in 2006.
I went to a lecture of his in Aberystwyth in the 60s. He spoke an awful lot of sense.

 

[Bald Rick]

Knew him reasonably well.

One son, Tudor, has a Radio Cymru show and the other, Richard, farms on the original holding
Daughters in to hospitality and tourists.

Wrote a book a few years ago about his life.

Good tribute here:

Anglesey farmer known for creating easycare sheep breed has died

EasyCare Sheep founder Iolo Owen has passed away aged 92

www.farmersguardian.com

 

[Ffermer Bach]

there was a really good programme about him, it could have been Cefn Gwlad

 

[steveR]

Knew him reasonably well.

One son, Tudor, has a Radio Cymru show and the other, Richard, farms on the original holding
Daughters in to hospitality and tourists.

Wrote a book a few years ago about his life.

Good tribute here:

Anglesey farmer known for creating easycare sheep breed has died

EasyCare Sheep founder Iolo Owen has passed away aged 92

www.farmersguardian.com

Love the quote from the man himself.

"I have had a long and interesting life during which I have made mistakes, but hopefully I have not made them twice"

 

[cymyran easycares]

Such a interesting man. I'm glad to have met him and bought sheep off him. He is a legend in his own lifetime. Such a great loss

 

[tepapa]

Knew him reasonably well.

One son, Tudor, has a Radio Cymru show and the other, Richard, farms on the original holding
Daughters in to hospitality and tourists.

Wrote a book a few years ago about his life.

Good tribute here:

Anglesey farmer known for creating easycare sheep breed has died

EasyCare Sheep founder Iolo Owen has passed away aged 92

www.farmersguardian.com

I only found out he was Tudur's dad on the radio today, It was quite a shock .

Tudur Owen did a show about his dad, opening a zoo on Anglesey, who turns out to be Iolo.

Worth a listen to for anyone who's interested in the man.

P.s. Tudur is the funniest radio presenter out there, bar none, it's just a shame most people don't speak Welsh so cant understand him .

BBC Sounds - Tudur Owen: Zoo - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Tudur Owen: Zoo on BBC Sounds

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Pan mixer]

I met him at Worcester Market many years ago when there was an Easycare sale on, we were window shopping at the time but have now got only Easycares.

We had a long chat, he surprised me a lot by saying he knew exactly were we farmed South of Colchester as he had driven his sheep past our farm for many years when bringing them down to Essex for tack all the way from what Balders insists is the Sainted Isle.

He took my phone number there and rung me 2 years later to ask how I was getting along with the sheep despite the fact that I didn't buy any from him and sourced them locally.

A clever and lovely man.

 

[pgk]

A visionary and a gentleman, RIP.

 

[Woolless]

A gent who lived a full life and whose influence will be felt for years to come. Not a bad epitaph, is it?

 

[toquark]

A true pioneer and businessman who foresaw the trends in the market long before many did. The increasing popularity of his breed (and the ones which followed and built on it) is testament to his vision.

 

[Margaret Mary Evans]

My family from Halton Farm have known him for years. My husband and I stayed in one of the farm cottages a couple of years ago. This was my husbands last holiday. He died in January this year. We send condolences to all the family. Margaret.

 

[Bald Rick]

Just setting off to his funeral

 

[Bald Rick]

Chapel was pretty much full and folks behind my pew were, by the sounds, from the Easycare Society.
Tudur gave the eulogy with humour and a very touching tribute including an amusing story about his father's negotiating technique:
"How much? 150? Well I'm not paying more than 120"
"135?.No, you're way off"
"125? You drive a hard bargain but we will settle at that"
Turned out he was negotiating with the Times Wine Club ....
And the story of when Farmers Weekly wrote their first article on Easycares under the headline: "Is this the future for sheep?"
To which Iolo had added in biro "Yes"

RIP