Agri-Business
NVZ regulations will undermine milk production and dairy industry - FUW
Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) chairman Dei Davies has said that the current Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) regulations will “severely undermine”...
Wales
Government
Views sought on proposed livestock movement changes for Wales
The Welsh government is asking for farmers’ views on how livestock are identified, registered and how their movements are reported....
Agri Politics
Over 15,600 farm businesses in Wales to receive BPS payments tomorrow
Over 15,600 farm businesses across Wales will receive a share of over £159.6m in Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) Advance payments...
Rural Life
Countryfile presenter headlining Taste of Wales next month
Wales’ largest international food and drink event, BlasCymru (Taste of Wales), is set to return next month, on October 27...
Agri Politics
Over £66 million given to extend Welsh environmental farming schemes
More than £66 million is being made available by the Welsh government to continue delivering positive environmental outcomes for Wales,...
Agri-Business
New vision to help increase innovative food growing in Wales
A new vision to increase high tech food production in Wales which also has a positive impact on climate change...
Other
5 in hospital after Welsh meat-processing factory 'leak'
Five people have been taken to hospital after a suspected chemical leak at a meat-processing factory in Wales. Fire crews...
Agri-Business
‘World record’: Sheepdog pup sells for £10,600 in Wales
Welsh auctioneer Farmers Marts is claiming a "world record" has been set at its July timed internet auction of working...
Agri Politics
White Paper 'fails to address our concerns' about the future of farm tenants - TFA Cymru
The Tenant Farmers Association in Wales (TFA Cymru) has said that the Welsh government has failed to provide adequate safeguards...
Agri Politics
Long-term vision for sustainable Welsh agriculture unveiled
A 15 to 20-year vision to create a sustainable agricultural sector in Wales for future generations has today (Wednesday, December...
Forestry
Welsh forest locations earmarked as 'exemplar sites'
Locations across Wales have been earmarked as “exemplar sites” for the National Forest – a connected network of forests which...
Forestry
New Science and Innovation strategy for forestry published
A new Science and Innovation strategy for forestry in Great Britain to support the sector’s long-term future has today (Wednesday,...
Rural Life
Police seize ‘large cultivation’ of cannabis plants from farm
Police have seized 100 cannabis plants after finding a large cultivation on a farm in Wales in recent days. Dyfed-Powys...
Rural Life
Broadband funding welcomed, but it must reach UK's most rural communities
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has welcomed plans to bring full-fibre broadband to an additional three million homes and businesses...
Rural Life
‘This is private land’: Farmer confronts 4X4 over trespassing
The frustration of dealing with trespassers on private land was voiced recently by well-known Welsh farmer and media personality, Gareth...
Agri-Business
Free BVD testing to be extended until 2021 in Wales
Free BVD (Bovine viral diarrhoea) testing for cattle farmers in Wales has been extended until March 31, 2021. The testing,...
Agri-Business
North Wales creamery invests £600,000 in low-emission fleet
A North Wales creamery has invested £600,000 in new low-emission lorries in a bid to reduce the firm’s carbon footprint....
Agri-Business
Major Welsh food wholesaler Castell Howell issues job loss warning
One of Wales’ biggest food wholesalers, Castell Howell, has warned it is facing the possibility of making major redundancies because...
