CONTINUED access to a single market, an integrated rural training and education policy and the risks of reduced financial support for farmers are just some of...
INCREASED numbers of new season lambs have entered the market this year, with 22% more lambs sold at Welsh auction markets between March and the end...
THE FARMERS’ UNION OF WALES is looking forward to a busy week of promoting #FarmingMatters at the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show (July 24- 27) and has...
WHITLAND MART have set a flying pace to begin the breeding ewe sales of 2017 with yearlings averaging £130 throughout with a top price of £155...
BRIAN WALTERS, the FUW’s long serving Vice-President has retired from official union duties at the recent annual general meeting. Brian, a passionate and committed supporter of...
HOW MANY children across the UK have the chance to live on a working farm for a week, learning in the great outdoors and enjoying the...
THE TENANT FARMS ASSOCIATION has welcomed a report from the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) indicating that there has been a significant improvement in the...
THE SECOND mid-month sale of Suckler Cows at Whitland continued in the same vein from the first sale with a good entry forward and a strong...
THE DEPLOYMENT and development of science and technology needs to be prioritised if upland farmers are to compete and increase production of safe, high quality food...
LIVESTOCK representatives from the UK NFUs and the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) have recently met in Belfast to discuss Brexit and the trade implications for the...
LIVESTOCK farmers from across Wales have been debating what future post-Brexit agricultural policies could look like and what would happen if agriculture fails, at a recent...
THE WELSH GOVERNMENT’S flagship bovine TB data document – TB Dashboard – has revealed disappointing progress towards the eradication of bovine TB in Wales. According to...