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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...
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...
EDUCATION Cabinet Secretary Lynne Neagle MS has officially opened Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Penfro, a new £13.9 million Welsh-medium primary school...
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WALES, Jo Stevens MP, was in Pembrokeshire today to confirm that the county will be part...
A TEACHER injured by a knife-wielding pupil during a stabbing at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford thought, “Oh God, this...
Cardiff University nursing school at risk THE PRESTIGIOUS Nursing School at Cardiff University, ranked the best in Wales and fifth...
THE SMELL of freshly baked cakes wafted across the RNLI Fishguard Lifeboat Station on Sunday morning as lifeboat crews from...
AROUND 40 people gathered outside a residential address in Burton on Tuesday (Jan 28) to protest against Christopher Phillips, 33,...
A HAKIN woman has been banned from contacting her mother after admitting to assaulting her in front of young children....
A SUSPECTED Pembrokeshire drug dealer has been remanded in custody following allegations of supplying crack cocaine and cannabis. Ieuan Duffy,...
A FAST-GROWING food wholesale company has stepped in to support customers after the retirement of a couple who ran a...
SOCIAL or affordable housing in Pembrokeshire is one of the key challenges which the local authority is currently having to...