A FORMER Welsh Government minister, sacked for demanding private information on subsidy payments made to other Assembly members, has claimed that the average farmer receives a subsidy twice the amount of the...
NFU CYMRU President Stephen James has greeted the publication of the ‘Next Generation into Farming’ report saying: “Providing opportunities for young people, not always from a farming background, to enter the industry is...
A PERFECT storm is brewing over Welsh agriculture as financial, economic and bureaucratic burdens conspire to present unprecedented challenges for our farming communities, writes Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru Shadow Minister for Sustainable Communities,...
THERE has never been a better time to get into the agricultural industry. The world’s population is growing and the resulting demand for food presents huge opportunities and additionally consumers are more...
THERE has never been a better time to get into the agricultural industry. The world’s population is growing and the resulting demand for food presents huge opportunities and additionally consumers are more...
EMERGENCY use of the crop protection product Insyst has been authorised to protect winter oilseed rape from further damage by cabbage stem flea beetle following growing pressure from farmers who have seen...
THE FALL in the Euro-Sterling exchange rate for Single Payment calculations to its lowest level in seven years could not have come at a worse time, says the Farmers’ Union of...
GYDAG ychydig dros fis i fynd cyn i’r enwebiadau gau ar gyfer Gwobrau Dewi Sant y flwyddyn nesaf, mae un o enillwyr y llynedd wedi sôn sut y bu’r profiad...
WILLIAM POWELL AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs Spokesperson, has criticised the Welsh Labour Government for giving its final confirmation that it will unilaterally end dedicated Uplands support for farmers during the next CAP...
THE 2014 exchange rate to be used for the 2014 Single Farm Payment (SFP) Scheme has been provisionally set at €1= £0.77730. This represents a decrease of 7.02% on the 2013...
BRITISH blackberry growers have revealed that sales have nearly doubled in a year, having produced 1,123 tonnes to date compared to just 808 tonnes this time in September 2013 – a...
HUNDREDS of competitors made their way to Penfeidr Farm, Castlemorris on Saturday, (Sept 27) for the 55th annual All Wales Ploughing and Hedging Championships. Hosted by Letterston and District ploughing society, the championships were...