Lucy Levinge joins the Ram Sale Committee
8th July 2017
Lucinda Levinge
Torddu judge and farm secretary, Lucinda Levinge, has joined the NSA Wales & Border Ram Sales committee. Lucinda lives with her partner and two children on a mixed livestock farm in Herefordshire.
She says: “I have always enjoyed the NSA Wales & Border Ram Sales. It’s where my mother bought me my first Torddu ewes. I also think it provides the best opportunity to see a wide variety of breeds in one place.”
Lucinda grew up in Llanthony, near Abergavenny, on a small hill farm managed by her father, Gerald Levinge, for Farmers Weekly. She currently works as a self-employed farm secretary, covering bookkeeping, payroll and Basic Payment Scheme applications.
She is a past National Council Member for the IAgSA (Institute of Agricultural Secretaries and Administrators) and was General Secretary for the Badger Face Welsh Mountain Sheep Society for five years (2005 – 2010). A member of the RWAS Herefordshire Advisory Committee, she sits on the Membership and Spring Festival Committees.
Lucinda runs a flock of a hundred Torddu ewes, as a separate enterprise from the main farm. She also breeds Welsh Cobs under the “Broadley” prefix, jointly with her mother, Stella.
The Torddu interest began when her mother visited the Wales NSA Ram Sale to buy a new Suffolk. She wandered into the tent selling the Badgers and brought a couple of ewes home.
Lucinda’s daughter, Ellie, shares her keen interest in showing. The Welsh Winter Fair is a particular highlight and they regularly exhibit, Torddu, Suffolk x Torddu and Welsh Half-breds.
Lucinda is also on the Judging Panel for The Badger Face breed. She is particularly looking forward to judging the Torddu at this years’ Royal Welsh Show.
