TESCO HAS announced that it will invest £6m over two years to help support British agriculture. The retailer has created the new Tesco Cheese Group (TCG),...
THE FUW’s Manifesto for the Welsh Assembly elections could not be clearer. The contribution of agriculture to the economy of our rural areas and Wales as...
THE RESULTS of an 18-month pilot project to move the current paper grain passport system online are to go out to consultation to see if it...
THE SHADOW Secretaries of State for Defra and Health, Kerry McCarthy MP and Heidi Alexander MP, have written an open letter to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt...
WITH SIGNIFICANT numbers of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and agri-environment payments still outstanding, NFU Cymru warns the Welsh Government that patience is wearing extremely thin amongst...
THE LEADERS of four of the UK’s farm unions, have agreed to press for more rapid progress to secure an involvement by the European Investment Bank...
IN THE RUN-UP to the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections, branches of the Farmers’ Union of Wales have organised hustings throughout the month of April, to provide...
A NEW REPORT from the inter-university Food Research Collaboration (FRC) shows the weak state of British fruit and vegetable production and urges policy-makers to give more...
THE CLA has called for the creation of a Cabinetlevel Ministerial post in Welsh Government to champion the needs of communities in the Welsh countryside, and...
HEDD PUGH has been elected as the new Chairman of NFU Cymru’s Rural Affairs board after Bernard Llewellyn stood down from the position. Hedd is an...