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NFU Cymru has called on the Coalition Government to bring forward a Bill to establish a Groceries Code Adjudicator as a matter of urgency. read more..
Exciting new overseas opportunities to market Welsh beef and lamb are on the horizon, Dai Davies, Chair of Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) has said. read more..
NFU Cymru has re-affirmed its commitment to Carmarthenshire’s Young Farmers Clubs by continuing to provide the County YFC with rent free office accommodation at the NFU Office, Agriculture House, Cambrian Place, Carmarthen. read more..
Proposed substantial changes to the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) action plan are premature and unnecessary, according to NFU Cymru. read more..
Dan Downes has been appointed as NFU Cymru’s Business Development Manager for south Wales. read more..
NFU Cymru’s fears over Glastir have been confirmed with the announcement by the Deputy Minister last week that over 40 per cent of farmers who initially applied for the All Wales Element of the scheme have decided not or have been unable to join the scheme from 1 January 2012. read more..
“Everyone aspires to eat red meat, it is the protein of choice and we as farmers have an obligation to feed the growing global population.” This was the message from Alistair Mackintosh, NFU Livestock Board Chairman, when speaking at the recent NFU Cymru Ceredigion conference held at TyGlyn Aeron Hotel, Ciliau Aeron. read more..
The Minister for Business, Economy, Science and Technology, Edwina Hart, will launch NFU Cymru’s ‘Why Farming Matters to the Welsh Economy’ booklet, on farm in mid-Wales later this month. read more..
The NFU’s Next Generation Policy Forum (NGPF) has elected William Lawrence, from Pembrokeshire, to serve as its first chairman. read more..
NFU Cymru has welcomed the key findings and recommendations of the National Assembly’s Environment & Sustainability Committee’s Task and Finish Group on CAP reform following its recent inquiry. read more..
The UK, at present, is less than 60% self-sufficient in food but with a growing population, estimated to increase by 15% by 2026, our self-sufficiency will be less than 50% by then if farmers aren’t encouraged to increase food production. That was the clear message to Governments from Meurig Raymond, NFU Deputy President, speaking to Pembrokeshire farmers at their annual conference recently. read more..
NFU Cymru is putting its weight behind a Farming Connect Agrisgôp recruitment drive to increase sustainable business in Montgomeryshire. read more..
Farmers have been told they can help to mitigate the potential effects of climate change by adopting new practices to reduce their output of greenhouse gases and to adapt without harming either their produce or profit. read more..
Further reform of sheep EID regulations is desperately needed to help farmers already struggling to keep on top of inappropriate requirements - that was the view of UK and Ireland farming union officeholders this week. read more..
NFU Cymru is calling for Government action as sheep worrying and potential health problems resulting from dog faeces continue to increase. read more..
NFU Cymru has welcomed today’s publication by the Welsh Government of the Working Smarter report which looks at simplifying regulation within agriculture but the Union has warned that ensuring the timetable of delivery for the recommendations within the report is adhered to will be key to determining what legacy the report will have on the farming industry in Wales. read more..
More than seven months on from the decision made by the Environment Minister, John Griffiths, to review the scientific evidence base behind the Wales TB eradication programme, the silence of Welsh Government on this matter speaks a thousand words according to NFU Cymru. read more..
NFU Cymru is surprised and disappointed that the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Alun Davies, has today announced to the Welsh sheep industry that he will not allow any level of tolerance when it comes to reading Sheep EID tags. read more..
Prysor Williams, a lecturer in Environmental Management at Bangor University, addressed NFU Cymru members in Glamorgan during their recent annual County Conference. read more..
Mid-Gwynedd NFU Cymru group secretaries played question masters at the Eryri Young Farmers Club quiz held at Nant Conwy Rugby Club near Llanrwst recently. read more..
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