THE BADGER Trust has been granted permission by a judge for a Judicial Review challenge in the High Court against the DEFRA Secretary of State Owen Paterson and Natural England. The...
FARMERS’ UNION of Wales vice president Richard Vaughan and the union’s Caernarfon and Meirionnydd county executive officers Gwynedd Watkin and Huw Jones joined friends and supporters of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) on...
A CHARITY tractor run in memory of a primary school teacher killed in a car accident three months ago has attracted 300 machines. Catrin Vaughan’s former club mates at Llysyfran...
“Our toolbox as food producers is becoming increasingly depleted, at the very time we need to be stepping up to the challenge of producing more,” said Mr Perkin Evans, Chairman of NFU...
REBECCA EVANS, Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales welcomed the Country Landowners Association (CLA) Cymru and many of its member businesses to the Senedd this week, to showcase their goods and services...
EXPERTS in animal disease from around the world gathered in Cardiff for a major international conference that looked at the global problem of bovine TB. The sixth International Mycobacterium bovis conference was held...
THE FARMERS’ Union of Wales today welcomed the signing of an agreement between the UK and Chinese governments to start formal negotiations to import British lamb and beef to China and highlighted...
WALES’ Chief Veterinary Officer, Christianne Glossop has told an international audience that annual testing of cattle is the cornerstone of the Welsh Government’s efforts to eradicate bovine TB. Christianne Glossop was addressing the...
ANGLESEY NFU CYMRU members have recently learnt of the positive prospects for wool, with demand for the product expected to grow significantly this year. Following on from last year’s strong selling...
A NEW action plan setting out how the Welsh Government will help Wales’s food and drink industry grow by 30 percent to £7 billion by 2020 was launched on Thursday, June...
FARMERS’ Union of Wales members and friends are planning to cover all 871 miles of the Wales Coast Path during a huge sponsored walk event to raise funds for children’s hospice...
THE NEW Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will drastically increase red tape, Farmers’ Union of Wales president Emyr Jones predicted today. Addressing the union’s annual general meeting at Aberystwyth, Mr Jones...