Agri-Business
Welsh Craft Butcher of the Year to be crowned next month
Welsh butchers are preparing to compete at the Welsh Craft Butcher of the Year final next month at the Welsh...
Wales
Agri-Business
Wales: £238m to be given in direct payments to farmers in 2024
The Welsh government has today (Tuesday, December 19) confirmed a total budget of £238 million to provide direct payments to...
Agri-Business
FUW Insurance Services appoints new board member
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) Insurance Services Ltd has appointed Emily Morton as a new board member. Morton is...
Agri Politics
FUW urges farmers to engage with Sustainable Farming Scheme consultation
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is urging its members to engage with the latest proposals of the Sustainable Farming...
Agri-Business
Cattle saved as 20 firefighters called to Ceredigion barn fire
20 firefighters were called to a barn fire in Coed-y-Bryn, Ceredigion, where cattle housed in the barn had to be...
Agri-Business
New Welsh regulations to allow 250kg/ha nitrogen from livestock manures in 2024
The Welsh minister for rural affairs has announced that farms with 80% or more grassland can apply up to 250kg/ha...
Agri-Business
NFU Cymru announces Mark Davies as Livestock Champion of the Year
Mark Davies has been announced as the winner of the National Farmers’ Union of Wales (NFU Cyrmu) and MFU Mutual’s...
Agri-Business
NFU Cymru survey reveals 82% support financial help for farmers
The findings of a survey commissioned by the Welsh branch of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU Cymru) have revealed that...
Agri Politics
New Welsh agri-tech plan looks to 'embrace technology'
The Welsh government has announced a new agri-tech plan centred on ensuring that the agriculture sector in Wales “fully benefits”...
Agri-Business
Autumn statement does 'nothing to relieve pressures on farming families' - FUW
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has said that the autumn statement has done “nothing to relieve the pressures on...
Agri-Business
Wales: Farm site sale to allow creation of 500 new homes
Welsh Climate Change Minister Julie James, has approved the proposed sale of the Upper Cosmeston Farm site which will see...
Environment
Welsh ammonia reduction project applications open with £1m funding pot
Welsh projects aimed at helping reduce ammonia emissions can apply for part of the £1 million funding pot from today...
Agri-Business
Swan family awarded NFU Cymru Sustainable Agriculture Award
The Welsh branch of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU Cymru) has announced Clive Swan and his family as the winners...
Agri-Business
Members sought for new HCC industry working group
Up to 10 members are being sought for a new Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) working group....
Dairy
Dairy farmers are facing a hard winter - NFU Cymru
The Welsh branch of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU Cymru) has said that dairy farmers will face a hard winter,...
Schemes
Wales: BPS advance payments to issue tomorrow
Advance payments under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) will be issued to thousands of Welsh farmers tomorrow (Thursday, October 12),...
Other
One week to go until snares and glue traps ban in Wales
Welsh Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths has issued a reminder that the use of snares and glue traps will...
Agri-Business
NFU Cymru conference to feature climate change discussions
This year’s Welsh National Farmers’ Union (NFU Cymru) conference is set to feature discussions centred on climate change and agriculture’s...
