Trials have started on a system to help farmers in Wales identify and resolve weak spots in their biosecurity, and so reduce the need for antibiotics....
Urgent action is required now more than ever to tackle the UK’s energy shortages and to secure future energy production, the Farmers’ Union of Wales has...
Would you like some extra financial support to assist with your chosen college or career path? Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society’s Student Bursary Award is now open for...
A warning for farmers this Easter Bank holiday weekend as police will be on the look-out for long queues disrupting the holiday traffic. Leading farm vehicle insurance...
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has, for a second time, written to the Welsh Government urging them to instigate actions within their control to alleviate some...
Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society are looking for the county’s top progressive farmers for a new award to be presented at the Pembrokeshire County Show. If you farm...
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has written to the UK’s major retailers highlighting the need for ongoing support for Welsh and UK food given the impacts...
Mansel Raymond, who runs a family farm in Letterston, has been unanimously elected to become the new President of Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society for the year ahead....
Farming is known for its challenging working conditions, including isolation and long hours and survey results from the RABI Big Farming Survey have highlighted that more...
A new project aimed at creating an oral history of the lives, and mental health experiences of those working on the land has been launched in...
The Leader of the Opposition in the Senedd today called for a Food Summit to bring together industry leaders to agree a strategy to build resilience...
Mid and West Wales Senedd Member Cefin Campbell has heard how comprehensive environmental work undertaken on farms – including through cooperation between farmers – has only...
A prominent Welsh farmer is laying down the gauntlet to Mark Drakeford and the rest of the Welsh government if they are to secure a brighter...
The Farmers’ Union of Wales and FUW Insurance Services Ltd. are looking forward to welcoming members and customers back to Carmarthen Mart in March 2022. The...
Plans which could potentially penalise cattle keepers who ‘fail to take notice’ of TB information when purchasing stock have been strongly opposed by the FUW in...
A new campaign tackles the biggest hidden problem facing farmers today A new survey has found that 92% of farmers under the age of 40 suggest...
Carmarthenshire Council have announced that Carmarthen Mart is to re-open following a significant refurbishment. Leaseholders Nock Deighton Agricultural LLP will open the mart doors on Wednesday,...
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has expressed extreme concern that the recent Welsh Government Refreshed TB Eradication Programme consultation has been produced without any assessment of...
Animals experienced ‘a large amount of suffering over a period of time’ according to District Judge Chris James at the prosecution of Richard Scarfe at Haverfordwest...
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has written to ASDA regarding the supermarket’s decision to step away from its pledge to source 100% fresh British beef...
The Chief Veterinary Officers for Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have agreed to bring in new housing measures to protect poultry and captive birds from...
A refreshed TB Eradication Programme will build on the positive progress already made in Wales which has seen a 48% decrease in new TB incidents since...
Farming needs to urgently scale and pace the adoption of nature-based solutions for addressing climate change and biodiversity loss or face an uncertain future, warns the...
More than 15,600 farm businesses across Wales will tomorrow receive a share of over £159.6m in Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) Advance payments, Rural Affairs Minister Lesley...
Around thirty cyclists got on their bikes to raise an incredible £4,350 for three important causes. The members, county officials and friends of Carmarthenshire Federation of...
The Cattle Vet, a new, independent veterinary practice focused on cattle, has launched in West Wales. Based in Carmarthen, Newcastle Emlyn and Cardigan, the practice is...
An innovative trial to offer UK dairy farmers attractive subsidies that support growing feed more sustainably for their livestock, has been launched by Tesco and WWF. ...
A new expression of interest window for the Farm Business Grant will open on 1st September Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths, announced today ahead of a...
Gower Salt Marsh Lamb has become the first new product to be awarded UK Geographical Indication (UK GI) Status, the highly sought after award, which will...
The family of 3-year-old who died after an incident at a farm in Clynderwen have paid tribute. Dyfed Powys Police have said that Ianto Sior Jenkins...
The cost of rural theft fell 20% in 2020 as COVID restrictions kept criminals out of the countryside, according to figures released today by leading rural...
A new report states using insect meal to feed fish and livestock could cut the UK’s future soy footprint by a fifth, protecting critical landscapes like the Brazilian...
Welsh Conservatives have called on the First Minister to apologise after making ‘misleading’ claims regarding Bovine TB in the Senedd. Last week, Mark Drakeford – in...
Any UK trade deal with Australia must not disadvantage Welsh farmers, Wales’ Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething and Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths have said today. A...
Opposition parties and farming unions says Welsh Government’s agricultural pollution solution will cause more harm, with Plaid’s Llŷr Gruffydd calling plans the ‘wrong answer to the...
Following the news that a four-month-old foal in Pembrokeshire died last week after vegetables and sandwiches were repeatedly found in her field, Janet Finch-Saunders MS –...
South Wales Police are urging walkers living in rural areas who are using the countryside on their doorstep to take their daily exercise to stick to...
Farming unions and opposition politicians have lined up to criticise the Welsh Government’s plans to designate the whole of Wales as an EU Nitrate Vulnerable Zone...
Throughout the month of February, the social media campaign ‘#Februdairy’ is celebrating the dairy industry and encouraging people to support local farmers. Janet Finch-Saunders MS –...
The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society has announced the cancellation of the Royal Welsh Show along with May’s Smallholding and Countryside Festival and the postponement of Clwyd’s...
Lesley Griffiths MS, the Welsh Government Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs has announced regulations to tackle agricultural pollution in Wales – a move heavily...
Carmarthenshire County Council is looking for a business to operate its livestock market in Carmarthen. The council intends to offer the lease of the mart at...
A Carmarthenshire farmer, whose negligent management of slurry killed thousands of fish in the Afon Dulas, has been fined by Swansea Magistrates’ Courts. Iwan Humphreys, aged...
A white paper on agriculture in Wales has been released that sets out a series of proposals paving the way for an Agriculture (Wales) Bill, which...
Dyfed-Powys Police is advising the farming community to be extremely wary of any suspicious calls, texts or emails as a scam specifically targeting the agricultural sector...
