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NFU CYMRU is pleased to have learned that Welsh Government will allow hedges, stone walls and nitrogen fixing crops to count towards greening measures under new CAP rules being introduced from 2015. ...
EXCLUSIVE tickets for a prime viewing location on the Farmers’ Union of Wales’ pavilion balcony alongside the main ring at Llanelwedd will be sold in a...
Agriculture is just one of many influences on water quality in Wales – that was the clear message from NFU Cymru in response to the Welsh Government’s ‘Water Strategy for Wales’...
WILLIAM POWELL AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Rural Affairs, has again called for urgent action from the Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales to prevent the decline of the Welsh forestry industry. ...
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...
Man jailed after drug discovery sparked by vigilant staff A TIP-OFF from staff at an Aberystwyth recycling centre has led...
Welsh Conservatives say public being let down—but Welsh Water vows £4bn improvement plan THE NUMBER of serious pollution incidents involving...
THE EARLY early stages of a scheme for a new link bridge and floating pontoon for Fishguard’s ferry and associated...
Unions, politicians and sector leaders respond to ‘once-in-a-generation’ changes in land policy THE FINAL version of the Welsh Government’s Sustainable...
Councillor demands mayor’s resignation after ‘diatribe of hatred’ in chapel. Town Clerk responds as tribunal looms for accuser — mayor...
Woman ‘dragged victim by hair and gouged eyes’ in front of children A PEMBROKE DOCK woman has been accused of...
A MAN was taken to hospital with stab wounds following a serious incident in a quiet residential estate in Tenby...
London woman reunited with Wales Air Ambulance medics one year after near-fatal sea rescue A LONDON woman who was given...
AN INQUEST has been opened into the death of a retired Blood Bikes Wales volunteer who died following a crash...
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon once lived rough by Five Fields Allotments before baby’s tragic death in Brighton A COUPLE...