Daloni Metcalfe is a Welsh television and radio presenter (born 9 February 1968), currently presenting the

Ffermio ''Ffermio'' (English: ''Farming'') is a farming and countryside magazine series, which is broadcast on S4C on Monday nights at 8.25pm. ''Ffermio'' was launched in 1997 and the original series was presented by Sulwyn Thomas, Gerallt Pennant a ...

and Fferm Ffactor series on S4C.

Early life

Daloni's family were farmers breeding cattle and sheep on a small holding in the parish of

Llanrhychwyn Llanrhychwyn is a hamlet in Conwy county borough, Wales. It lies in the Conwy valley, less than a mile south of Trefriw, and a mile north-west of Llanrwst. Today neighbouring Trefriw is a village with a population of around 600, but in the time o ...

in the

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. In her youth, she was a member of Llanrwst Young Farmers' Club. She graduated from the

University of Wales The University of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ''Prifysgol Cymru'') is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff � ...

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth () is a university and seaside town as well as a community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". Aberystwyth University has been a major educational location in ...

Broadcasting career

Daloni's first job with BBC Wales, in 1989, saw her in Dyffryn Conwy presenting at the National

Eisteddfod In Welsh culture, an ''eisteddfod'' is an institution and festival with several ranked competitions, including in poetry and music. The term ''eisteddfod'', which is formed from the Welsh morphemes: , meaning 'sit', and , meaning 'be', means, a ...

. She expanded into other areas including presenting for

Heno () is a Welsh television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on S4C weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. Various reporters also assist with subject-specific presenting, both in the studio and ...

and

Wedi 7 () is a nightly Welsh language television magazine programme, formerly broadcast by S4C. Produced by Tinopolis, it was the half-hour sister programme to a full-hour (). Description The Welsh-language television programme was first broadcast ...

and presenting the news for S4C, for whom she also annually presents the

Royal Welsh Show The Royal Welsh Show ( cy, Sioe Frenhinol Cymru) is organised by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, which was formed in 1904. It takes place in July of each year, at Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells, in Powys, Mid Wales. The first show was hel ...

. She joined the Ffermio team in January 2005, and began presenting a new series - Fferm Ffactor in 2009.

Personal life

Daloni farms with her husband Wil and their five childrenBusy Daloni ready for Ffermio return
Daily Post North Wales in

Tudweiliog Tudweiliog is a small, predominantly Welsh-speaking village, community and electoral ward on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. The population has risen f ...

on the Llyn Peninsula where they breed sheep and commercial cattle. Daloni herself has recently begun breeding Aberdeen Angus calves.

References

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