"WE were very willing to let cameras follow us on the farm for a year, but also keen to convey real life - the reality, warts and all - not just the best bits, because that's not what reality is."

That was the aim of Meinir Howells, one of the Ffermio presenters and her husband Gary, as they set about recording a year of life on their farm, Shadog, in a special series of Ffermio, Teulu Shadog: Blwyddyn ar y Fferm.

The final programme of the series of four ends next Monday as a big day arrives for the family – the sale of the rams from the farmyard for the second time this year.

And as they say goodbye to the rams, Gary and Meinir travel all the way to Scotland to buy cattle and start a new venture.

Life is busy for Meinir, from presenting, being a mother to two children - Sioned who is five, and Dafydd who is three - as well as running the 450-acre farm at Pentrecwrt near Llandysul with Gary.

"Showing the juggle was important,” she said. “We're a young couple and have a young family; it can be very difficult at times.

“When you’re busy in the middle of lambing season, for example, you can feel that the children are losing out - we can't take them to nice places because everyone is busy on the farm.

“They’re often dragged along with us to fetch sheep in -we’re truly a family farm.”

But no matter how busy day-to-day life is on this family farm, one thing that has become clear in the series is the emphasis the couple place on the importance of moving with the times.

In the final programme, Shadog undergoes a major change as they elect to buy Aberdeen Angus cattle from Scotland.

"This is the first time we’ve had an Aberdeen Angus herd here," said Meinir, "so, above all, it changes the farm's path to meet the carbon footprint requirements, because you have to change with the times and try new things.

“We think the Aberdeen Angus is a good solution to that issue because hopefully they will be able to fatten off grass more easily.

“Their carbon footprint will be smaller because they will hopefully be more efficient; will calve easier and won’t need to be in the shed over the winter.”

*The final episode of Teulu Shadog: Blwyddyn ar y Fferm will be shown on S4C at 9pm on Monday, January 24.