Farming
FARM FUNDING: Welsh farmers promised £1bn over Senedd term in multi-year deal
The Welsh Government has guaranteed £340 million a year for the Sustainable Farming Scheme until 2030, ending the year-to-year model…
BYNEA: Solar farm ‘would force closure of wellbeing sanctuary for children with additional needs’, councillor warns
Campaigners fighting a 120-acre solar development near Llanelli say it would shut a farm that gives children with additional learning…
LLANDEILO: Carmarthenshire farmer re-elected to lead Farmers’ Union of Wales
Ian Rickman, who farms sheep, beef and Wagyu calves on a 220-acre upland farm near Llandeilo, will continue as FUW…
EGGS: Welsh free-range farmers in the frame as Sainsbury’s ditches brown eggs for white in net-zero drive
The supermarket says white eggs have a lower carbon footprint — but the switch lands on a Welsh egg sector…
KIDWELLY: Firefighters rescue three lambs trapped 20 metres underground in stone culvert
Crews from Kidwelly Fire Station rescued three lambs trapped 20 metres down an underground stone culvert, digging through mud in…
Fuel theft fears: Rural Wales on alert as prices rocket and criminals circle
Farmers and rural communities across south west Wales are being urged to stay on high alert — as soaring fuel…
Clarkson blasts ‘mad’ school dinners as Welsh kids fed chicken from China and Thailand
The row over imported chicken being served in Welsh schools has erupted again after Jeremy Clarkson launched a furious attack…
UPPER KILLAY: Former journalist’s lavender dream blooms after £50k grant transforms derelict farm
A former journalist whose career setback became the inspiration for a new business is celebrating after a £50,000 grant helped…
City leaders get hands-on in Gower to back ‘farm to fork’ food revolution
Senior leaders from across Swansea have swapped their suits for wellies to see first-hand how a Gower community farm is…
Chicken from China and Thailand served in school dinners as Welsh farmers ‘cut out of the system’
Schoolchildren across Swansea, Carmarthenshire and the wider south west Wales region are being fed chicken imported from China, Thailand and…
Rhossili cliff horses win reprieve after National Trust meeting
The iconic horses grazing the cliffs at Rhossili will remain in place after a meeting with the National Trust confirmed…