From cattle to cashmere.(Business) From: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) | Date: January 28, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Karen Mclauchlan

A County Durham farming family is hoping for success after making the move from cattle to cashmere.

Rebecca Morgan and her mother-in-law Judith Buckle launched Farncombe Cashmere at the family's farm, near Darlington, after getting funding from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' Rural Enterprise Scheme to help buy a herd of Scottish cashmere goats.

A pounds 2,500 RES grant helped the firm to get sta...