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On Your Farm: Dai the Bank

07/09/2014

Dai the Bank

BBC Radio 4 - On Your Farm, Dai the Bank

Former bank manager, Territorial Army colonel and farming mentor. Meet Dai the Bank!

He's lent a lot of money and advice to ambitious young farmers and dedicated 26 years to his Future Farmers of Wales club. Meet the Welsh legend that is Dai the Bank.

Over the last quarter century, Colonel David Davies MBE has become something of a legend in west Wales. Known locally as 'Dai the Bank', he's the founder of the Future Farmers of Wales Club, which seeks to recruit the brightest young minds in agriculture, and a former senior manager of Agricultural Services at NatWest bank. As if that didn't take up enough time, he's also a Territorial Army Colonel.

Now 76-years-old and retired, Dai reflects on his contributions to Welsh agriculture by taking Anna Jones on a tour of some of the businesses he's supported in Pembrokeshire.

Produced and presented by Anna Jones.

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