Government
Wales to pay higher rates to farmers creating woodland
The Welsh government has today (Thursday, May 25) announced higher payments rates for farmers that create woodland. It is calling...
Government
The Welsh government has today (Thursday, May 25) announced higher payments rates for farmers that create woodland. It is calling...
Agri-Business
Avara Foods has proposed closing its Abergavenny site in autumn of this year, which it said would impact “all colleagues...
Agri-Business
A new account executive has been appointed for the insurance services branch of the Farmers Union of Wales (FUW). Dafydd...
Government
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has said that the Agriculture (Wales) Bill should have gone further, following discussion on...
Government
A new quality assurance scheme to help improve the “traceability” of wild venison has been launched in England, Northern Ireland...
Agri-Business
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has said that its 2023 NSA Welsh Sheep event next month will showcase the “very...
Beef
Glamorgan beef and sheep farmer Rachel Edwards-Walker has been elected as the chair of the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW)...
Environment
Nearly £11 million in new funding has been announced for the preservation of Welsh wildlife by Minister for Climate Change,...
Government
A further extension of the implementation date for the 170kg/ha annual nitrogen limit from April 30, 2023 to October 31,...
Rural Life
The first ever made-in-Wales strategy to tackle wildlife and rural crime is to be launched at the Royal Welsh Showground...
Pig/Poultry
A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) has been confirmed at a premises near Montgomery, Powys, Wales. The...
Other
The Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society has elected Brian Jones as its new president. Jones, the founder of food wholesaler Castell Howell,...
Agri-Business
Welsh food and drink companies will visit Paris, France, next week as they hope to strengthen and build ties with...
Agri-Business
The Welsh branch of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU Cymru) has said that it is launching the search for this...
Rural Life
Countryside Alliance Wales has voiced concern over the “future direction” of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (formerly Brecon Beacons), after it...
Beef
The Welsh government has today (Monday, April 17) announced four new directorial appointments to the board of Hybu Cig Cymru...
Agri-Business
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has appointed Ann Beynon as the chair of its insurance services board (FUWIS). Beynon is...
Government
The mandatory housing measures currently in place to help halt the spread of avian influenza (bird flu) will be lifted...