Agri-Business
More than 12,000 responses received for Welsh Brexit and Our Land consultation
Significant progress has been made settling the final points of contention in the UK Agriculture Bill, according to Welsh Rural...
Wales
Sheep
Welsh Red Meat Summit: ‘No-deal’ threat puts sector in ‘perilous position’
Red meat industry leaders are warning that the industry sits in a “perilous position” as the threat of a no-deal...
Agri-Business
HCC forums discuss traceability and value in meat processing
Traceability, technology and adding value to produce were the main topics for discussion at two forums organised by Hybu Cig...
Agri-Business
Union urges Welsh Government to act on English bovine TB evidence
Following the publication of a bovine TB eradication strategy update from Defra on Tuesday (December 18), NFU Cymru is urging the Welsh...
Agri-Business
Welsh red meat producers take on capital markets
A group of Welsh red meat suppliers have taken part in a London retail ‘bootcamp’ to understand how to take...
Agri-Business
Political deadlock risks farmers’ income, warns HCC chairman
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) chairman, Kevin Roberts has warned that a potentially bright future for Wales’s...
Agri-Business
Auditor General for Wales calls for 'greater scrutiny' of the RDP
A report published by the Auditor General for Wales has reviewed how the Welsh Government has been managing the risks...
Agri-Business
Findings of Quarantine Unit review published
Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, has published the recommendations of a review into the Quarantine...
Agri-Business
£80 million boost announced for Welsh farm environmental schemes
Over £80 million of funding has been granted for environmental farm support programmes in Wales, Environment Secretary Lesley Griffith announced today....
Agri-Business
FUW backs Hilary Benn amendment to Brexit withdrawal deal
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has thrown its weight behind an amendment to the UK Government’s EU withdrawal deal...
Agri-Business
Welsh farmers throw support behind Red Meat Benchmarking
Several Welsh farm groups have given their unanimous support for the Red Meat Benchmarking project, urging all their members to...
Sheep
‘Beast from the East’ knocks 500,000 off Welsh sheep numbers
Short-term weather factors have, as anticipated, hit the Welsh sheep industry this year, new figures released by Welsh Government show....
Agri Politics
Theresa May sits down to talk about future of farming at Welsh Winter Fair
Prime Minister Theresa May was among the many visitors through the gates on the second day of the Royal Welsh...
Agri-Business
NFU Cymru & BMPA: Poor ag policy plans could destroy red meat sector
NFU Cymru and the BMPA (British Meat Processing Association) have voiced their shared concerns over Brexit’s potential impact on the...
Beef
We’ll give the public food facts not fake news - HCC
Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has said it will champion red meat’s nutritional values and environmental credentials in a fact-based fightback...
Agri-Business
Welsh Basic Payments to remain unchanged for an extra year
Welsh Rural Affairs Secretary Lesley Griffiths has confirmed Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) will remain unchanged for an extra year (2020)...
Sheep
New business in Asia boost for Welsh Lamb
A recent drive to develop new business outside of its traditional European markets is already paying dividends for the Welsh...
Agri-Business
Farmers accused of fly-tipping as silage bales picked up by floods in Wales
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has urged farmers to ensure their bales are kept in a safe place, away from potential...
