Farming News: Farm safety day on Rhug estate
A FARM safety day in Corwen aims to raise awareness of machinery dangers amongst farmers, their partners and farm workers.
View ArticleFarming News: Forestry interests lead opposition to Welsh green merger
WHILE the CCW has backed the merger, and EAW is overcoming initial concerns over pensions, it is forestry interests which are leading opposition to the plans.
View ArticleFarming News: Fish sector aims to net extra value
WALES’ £8.43m fish industry could triple its sales by developing new products and local markets, according to business specialists Menter a Busnes.
View ArticleFarming News: No till is cost-effective and soil-friendly, Welsh farmers told
SEEDING farmland without ploughing has the potential to improve Wales’ soils and save farmers money.
View ArticleFarming News: Denbighshire smallholder makes no mistake in winning Ifor...
WHEN Haydn Young missed a TV competition deadline last year, he was determined not to make the same mistake again.
View ArticleFarming News: Poultry sisters take showing world by storm
TWO sisters are taking on the poultry world just four years after their parents bought a few wheezing back-yard hens for eggs.
View ArticleFarming News: Views sought on future of Cwm Mynach
RESIDENTS are being invited to give their views on one of Meirionnydd’s “hidden gems”, the remote valley of Cwm Mynach, near Bontddu, Dolgellau.
View ArticleFarming News: ‘Dog’s dinner’ Glastir dividing upland communities, claims...
UPLAND farmer Dilwyn John believes Glastir, the new land management scheme, is a “recipe for disaster” for many commons across Wales.
View ArticleFarming News: Welsh farming needs reform as well as the CAP, says minister
A GROUP of non-farming experts are to help map out the future for Welsh agriculture in the wake of CAP reform.
View ArticleFarming News: NFU Mid Gwynedd celebrates role of Royal Welsh president
MID-Gwynedd NFU members have raised £1,000 towards an appeal to improve the Royal Welsh showground.
View ArticleFarming News: The Texel flock that’s better by design
EFFICIENCY through performance-recorded breeding offers farmers a key solution to rising costs and post-CAP uncertainties, believes one of the most progressive sheep farmers in Wales.
View ArticleFarming News: Forestry sheep do their bit for trees
SHEEP are being harnessed by foresters as a cheap means of managing a Mid Wales landscape.
View ArticleFarming News: Promotion for Welsh agri banker
FARM finance specialist Euryn Jones has been appointed HSBC’s regional agriculture manager for Wales.
View ArticleFarming News: Corwen Shears chairman lands top shearing role
DENBIGHSHIRE’S Arwyn Jones has been appointed chairman of the British Isles Shearing Competition Association.
View ArticleFarming News: And the 2012 Fferm Ffactor winner is... a Landini tractor
AFTER nine episodes of Fferm Ffactor, there were two winners – one driving away the 4 x 4 first prize, the other Colwyn Bay firm DLC Equipment.
View ArticleFarming News: Pen Llyn farmers are the best, says Ffarm Ffactor winner
THREE became one last night as North Wales claimed its first ever Fferm Ffactor winner.
View ArticleFarming News: Children help FUW’s Christmas fundraising
CHRISTMAS cards made by school- children made a colourful display at the FUW's stand at this week’s Royal Welsh Winter Fair.
View ArticleFarming News: ‘I showed them we’re as good up north as any where’, says Fferm...
LLN dairy farmer Malcolm Davies last night took S4C’s Fferm Ffactor title back to North Wales for the first time – in his new 4x4 Isuzu Rodeo Denver.
View ArticleFarming News: Sheepdog training up, farming curses down
“THE level of swearing involved in gathering a flock of sheep is usually inversely proportional to the capability of the sheepdog and its owner.”
View ArticleFarming News: Gentle touch in ‘macho’ world of game shooting
THERE needs to be sufficient manpower for a shooting day to run smoothly. Without enough “boots on the ground”, the entire enterprise could grind to a halt.
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