AgricultureWales farmers want clear advice on bovine TB
3/2/2010 - Clear and consistent advice and guidance must always be readily available to farmers to explain any changes to pre-movement testing and compensation policies.
That is according to NFU Cymru in its response to the Wels...
Midwives use poetry to help women in labour
2/2/2010 - Two midwives from Abertawe Health Board have won one of the UK’s top midwifery prizes at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Awards, the UK’s most prestigious midwifery awards in London.
Maggie Davies, consu...
Wales farmers say legalise smokies
27/1/2010 - The Farmers’ Union of Wales today welcomed the Food Standards Agency’s move to push for a change in European Union (EU) law to allow production of smoked skin-on sheep meat - commonly known as "smokies" - for human co...
Welsh farming has a future, says bank boss
25/1/2010 - Farming must make sure it does not miss out on a time of potential opportunity as we start the new decade and bank borrowings continue to be available to the agricultural industry, a prominent banker told Mid-Gwynedd NFU ...
Farmers still dying in needless accidents
25/1/2010 - Farmers across Wales are being encouraged to make their New Year's resolution a promise to come home safe from the field.
The Health and Safety Executive launched the next phase in its 'Make the Promise' campaign at an...
EU laws costing Welsh sheep farmers millions
15/1/2010 - An EU requirement to split lamb carcasses to remove the spinal cord from lambs over 12 months of age could be costing Welsh sheep producers as much as ÂŁ8.5 million annually, says a farmers' leader.
NFU Cymru Vi...
Watchdog to help farmers and shoppers
14/1/2010 - Wales Office Minister Wayne David has welcomed the announcement that the Government is to move towards the appointment of an Ombudsman to ensure free and fair competition for Welsh suppliers and consumers.
A consultat...
Wales will cull badgers
13/1/2010 - A cull of badgers in Wales to prevent bovine tuberculosis was gven the go-ahead today despite legal moves to block it by the Badger Trust.
Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones announced that a limited cull, alongside st...
Badger Trust goes to law against Welsh cull
8/1/2010 - The Badger Trust is applying for a Judicial Review of the decision made in September 2009 by the Welsh
Assembly Government to include killing badgers in its bovine tuberculosis eradication scheme.
The Trust challe...
Bovine TB testing great success, says minister
23/12/2009 - The Welsh Assembly Government’s 15-month initiative to test all cattle herds in Wales for bovine TB ends on 31 December 2009 and has been hailed a resounding success by Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones.
Health Check...
New directive unnecessary, says NFU Cymru
11/12/2009 - The burden of additional costs and duplication of existing legislation on farmers and land managers makes the proposed Soil Framework Directive unnecessary, says NFU Cymru.
NFU Cymru, which continually makes recommenda...
Dairy herd decline, NFU AGM subject
9/12/2009 - Security of supply was the key message to come out of NFU Cymru’s recent Annual General Meeting in Monmouthshire. According to figures quoted by guest speaker Waitrose Agriculture Manager, Duncan Sinclair, the UK dairy ...
Legislation to eradicate bovine TB in Wales
8/12/2009 - Rural Affairs Minster, Elin Jones, has launched an eight week consultation on legislation aimed at strengthening Wales’s programme to eradicate bovine TB.
The Tuberculosis and Brucellosis (Wales) Order 2010 would all...
Christmas boost for farmers
2/12/2009 - More than 80 per cent of Welsh farmers will receive Single Payments totalling more than ÂŁ200million on the first day that the European Commission allows payments to be made - and by the end of December.
Rural Affairs ...
Green shoots must not be strangled by weeds
30/11/2009 - Green shoots’ is a phrase that has been used often in recent months to highlight the first signs of recovery in world financial markets. This phrase could also be used to describe the Welsh beef and lamb sectors in 2009...
Welsh farmers getting sour deal on milk prices
30/11/2009 - The Welsh Government should establish an independent Welsh Dairy Champion to promote and represent the industry’s interests, according to a new report from the National Assembly for Wales’ Rural Development Sub-commit...
Top woman farmer of the year - candidates prepare
27/11/2009 - Next week’s Royal Welsh Agricultural Winter Fair will be the venue for the final of one of Wales’ most prestigious farming titles - NFU Cymru / Natwest Wales Woman Farmer of the Year.
Now in its 13th year, the c...
Minster welcomes Welsh farm income increase
27/11/2009 - Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has welcomed new statistics on farm incomes in Wales, which show an average increase of 18 per cent in the agriculture sector across Wales.
“Farm Incomes in Wales 2008-09” was publis...
Minster welcomes Welsh farm income increase
27/11/2009 - Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has welcomed new statistics on farm incomes in Wales, which show an average increase of 18 per cent in the agriculture sector across Wales.
“Farm Incomes in Wales 2008-09” was publis...
Rugby trio cleared to play for Quantas Wallabies
26/11/2009 - Digby Ioane, Will Genia, Wycliff Palu and Benn Robinson have all been cleared, and today named in the Qantas Wallabies side that will play Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.
The quartet were all previously in d...
ABM supported white ribbon day
26/11/2009 - “The abuse started the day after we got married.” That was reality for one local woman who suffered abuse for around six years, and why it’s important that ABM University Health Board is supporting White Ribbon D...
Good food from good people
24/11/2009 - "What Welsh farmers produce is good food from good people, whilst imposing the minimum impact on the climate but advertising is key to the success of any product,” said Bill Joyce, Hybu Cig Cymru Marketing Manager at th...
High quality turkey just a click away, say NFU
23/11/2009 - If you are looking for a high quality locally produced turkey to be the centrepiece of your festive feast this Christmas then the UK Turkey website is just what you need.
The website is designed to raise awareness of b...
Red Dragon has lessons for Welsh Government
23/11/2009 - The Welsh Government failed to collaborate sufficiently and failed to gather crucial information during the planning of the multi-million pound Red Dragon Project at the St Athan Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) site...
Welsh milk producers in crisis
17/11/2009 - Supplies of Welsh milk sold to the public sector have dropped by 22% according to latest research figures which Mansel Raymond, NFU Cymru’s Milk Board Chairman, has described as alarming.
Wynfford James, Head of the ...
Rory O'Sullivan to speak at NFU AGM
16/11/2009 - Rory O’Sullivan, Director of the Rural Affairs Department for the Welsh Assembly Government, will be guest speaker at the NFU Cymru Montgomeryshire County Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 26 November 2009.
Held ...
Boffin boy Jim honoured at Pembroke
12/11/2009 - A former soldier who played a vital intelligence gathering role during the Second World War was invited to Pembrokeshire County Hall this week.
Jim Jarman, who is now in his eighties, helped gather enemy information wh...
Review to look at Welsh puppy farms
12/11/2009 - Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has asked for a review of the licensing and regulation of dog breeding in Wales, and for the compulsory microchipping of dogs to be considered.
The announcement came after consideration ...
Welsh woman farmer of the year to be announced
11/11/2009 - Next month’s Royal Welsh Agricultural Winter Fair will be the venue for the final of one of Wales’ most prestigious farming titles NFU Cymru / NatWest Wales Woman Farmer of the Year.
Now in its 13th year, the compe...
Farming conference discusses future challenges
10/11/2009 - “Farmers are facing huge challenges in terms of food production and there are big questions to which there are no simple answers, but they will have to be addressed sooner rather than later,” said NFU Cymru President,...
Supermarket ombudsman needed MP tells NFU
4/11/2009 - “The way the big supermarkets treat producers has been going on for 20 years and it needs to be grappled now,” that is what Mark Williams, the local MP for Ceredigion told NFU Cymru members recently during an on-farm ...
Three charities to benefit from NFU Harvest Festival
29/10/2009 - Almost ÂŁ2,000 will be donated to three Welsh charities thanks to the recent NFU and YFC Monmouthshire Harvest Festival.
Air Ambulance Wales, LATCH (Welsh Children’s cancer charity) and the Kidney Wales Foundation wi...
Festive buyers want local turkeys
27/10/2009 - Hints and tips on how best to market their product were given to seasonal turkey producers from across south Wales recently during the NFU Cymru annual turkey marketing meeting.
Those present at the meeting, held in C...
Lively NFU meeting in Pembrokeshire
26/10/2009 - “A well functioning market place is what really matters to livestock farmers in Wales,” Ed Rees, NFU Cymru Livestock Board Chairman, told Pembrokeshire farmers at a recent meeting held in Haverfordwest.
Mr Rees pos...
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