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£200M a year: that’s the support given to 16,000 Welsh farms through the Common Agricultural Policy. In last Thursday’s (Jun 23) momentous vote to exit the...
THE EU COMMISSION failed to secure adequate backing form member states’ experts for its proposed temporary renewal of glyphosate’s license (Jun 13). The Commission has said...
THE NEED for an accessible agri-environment scheme which offers every farmer in Wales the opportunity to participate if they so wish was called for by members...
NFU CYMRU welcomes the news that Bluetongue vaccine will be available from mid-July and is now advising farmers to speak to their vets to discuss their...
CABINET SECRETARY for the Environment and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, has emphasised the Welsh Government’s commitment to increasing the sustainability and resilience of the Welsh natural...
THOUGH THE EU Commission has announced that it will be attempting to secure an 18 month relicensing approval for glyphosate – the world’s most widely used...
HOW MANY businesses are involved in the running of a farm and how many people are directly and indirectly employed by the agricultural sector? How reliant...
SCIENTISTS at the John Innes Centre have discovered an important component in the process of nitrogen fixation in plants. The scientists have identified a key protein...
THE UK government’s farming minister, George Eustice MP, has said that leaving the EU would be the first opportunity in over forty years to “deliver the change...
A PLANNED vote on the future of the world’s most widely used herbicide in the European Union has been delayed again in light of persistent concerns...
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, America’s most prestigious scientific institution has published a that finds that GM crops are safe, but need to be used in...
THE FARMERS UNION OF WALES (FUW) has welcomed the appointment of Mrs Lesley Griffiths as the new Environment and Rural Affairs Cabinet Secretary. She takes on...
HAVERFORDWEST will celebrate the opening of Wales’ largest Specsavers store on Monday 16 December 2024, following a transformative £1.2 million...
THE FAMILY of Emily Thornton-Sandy, a 30-year-old woman from Pontarddulais who tragically lost her life following a collision, have paid...
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl who died following a harrowing cyberbullying campaign was “let down at every possible opportunity” by her school,...
NHS staff in Wales may have put their health at risk during the Covid-19 pandemic by treating patients without adequate...
THE FIRST significant snowfall of the year has fallen across Wales, with snow covering parts of north-east Wales overnight. The...
MEGAN EVANS, 14, was found dead at her Milford Haven home on February 7, 2017, after what her family described...
MILFORD Haven Port Authority is in the frame to take over the running of Carmarthenshire’s only harbour. The Trust Port...
THE Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno, Conwy, on Saturday (Nov 16) became the backdrop for a large and impassioned protest...
AT 10:32am on Friday, November 15, Angle RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat was launched following a Pan Pan call from an 18ft...
FIRST Minister Eluned Morgan is set to announce an additional £22 million to tackle NHS waiting lists, bringing the total...
