Matt Wyeth and his wife Lynley are sheep and beef farmers at Spring Valley Farms, a hill country farm West of Masterton, running 17,000 stock units.

Matt's known for being full-on into the business - but he had to take an unscheduled step back when something from within the farm ecosystem came along, and gave him something he hadn't bargained for.

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