A GOVERNMENT that understands farm businesses, wants agriculture to grow and has the policies that send the right signals to Welsh farmers, will be the key...
FIGURES released by the Office of National Statistics, show fewer cases in the period Jan-Oct 2014, compared to the previous year. The number of new herd...
MILK price volatility, ongoing uncertainty around the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the future shape of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) for Wales were discussed when Ceredigion NFU Cymru officeholders met...
WELSH Government finance and business minister Jane Hutt’s announcement that Aberystwyth University’s Innovation and Enterprise Campus (AIEC) will be the first multi-million pound project to receive substantial backing through the new £2 billion...
A £500 top-up to the Farmers’ Union of Wales Somerset floods appeal fund has been handed over by Gamallt Concrete Ltd, Cardigan. Llew Rees, the owner of Gamallt Concrete, kindly agreed to...
THE FARMERS UNION OF WALES president’s chosen charities – Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith children’s hospices – will be the big winners thanks to the union’s annual children’s competition to...
ALED JONES, NFU Cymru Milk Board Chairman, met with local dairy farmers at an on-farm meeting of the Ceredigion NFU Cymru county branch recently. The meeting was kindly hosted by Des...
PEMBROKESHIRE farmers have expressed their thanks to an S4C presenter on her impressive programme, highlighting the impact of bovine TB and the Welsh Government’s current eradication policy, by nominating her for the Bob...
THE FARMERS’ UNION of Wales will highlight the importance of family farms and their links to the wider rural community during the National Eisteddfod at Llanelli next week (August 2-9). On...
THE CRISIS facing beef producers and the lack of opportunities for young farmers seeking to enter the industry were the major issues discussed by an influential panel at the recent FUW Carmarthenshire...