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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...
A NORTH Pembrokeshire farm is to welcome competitors from around the world as it builds up to host the All Wales Ploughing Match on Saturday (Sep 27). Penfeidr Farm, Castlemorris...
MEMBERS of Fishguard Young Farmers Club recently made the fantastic donation of £6,500 to the Breast Care Unit at Prince Phillip Hospital, Llanelli. The young farmers had decided to come together...
NFU CYMRU has welcomed the Deputy Minister’s announcement that will give up to 1,500 Welsh sheep farmers support to invest in new technology. The project will give farmers the opportunity to...
THE SECOND year of the fouryear badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire is under way. Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said: “We are pursuing a comprehensive strategy supported by leading vets which includes...
THE FARMERS’ Union of Wales is seeking nominations for this year’s FUW-HSBC Outstanding Service to the Welsh Dairy Industry award. The winner will be announced, and the presentation made, at this year’s Welsh...
NFU PRESIDENT Meurig Raymond was looking towards the future of farming at the NFU Cymru press conference on Tuesday, as he highlighted local and global problems that British farming needs to overcome. ...
A DRAGON made entirely from locally-grown produce greeted visitors to NFU Cymru’s stand at this week’s County Show. To celebrate the success of local grower owned business Puffin Proudce, NFU President Meurig Raymond...
LATEST STATISTICS SHOWING that new incidents of bovine TB in Wales are down by 18% on the previous twelve month period have been welcomed by Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Rebecca Evans. The...
NFU CYMRU used Pembrokeshire County Show to remind farmers of impending changes to rules on Bovine TB premovement testing of cattle moving to and from premises within Sole Occupancy Authorities (SOAs) which will...
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...
A MAN has been jailed after police uncovered a cannabis farm worth up to £500,000 at a former Lloyds Pharmacy...
A MILFORD HAVEN man has been sentenced after admitting to downloading over 1,000 indecent images and videos of children, including...
