Uncollected milk insurance
by Roger Van Praet DipCII, FUWIS compliance director AS summer turns to autumn and our weather patterns seem to have changed beyond recognition with the expectation that we can expect more severe weather in...
Monthly Archive: October 2016
There is still time to tell us what matters to you post – Brexit
THE FUW is reminding all those who have an interest in farming and rural affairs to make their views clear via the union’s online survey. Current figures from the survey suggest that 43 per...
Exports still vital
MEAT MATTERS by Deanna Leven, Export Market Development Executive, HCC WHILE UK promotions, such as the recent Welsh Lamb supermarket tour and the forthcoming autumn Welsh Beef campaign, are a key part of what...
Landlords should not be asking for rent increases
PROPERTY MATTERS by Eifion Bibby of Davis Meade property Consultants WITH farm commodity prices remaining at a low level and farm support schemes under threat following the decision to leave the European Union, there...
Dechrau cyfnod newydd
MERCHED MEWN AMAETH gan Tegwen Morris, Cyfarwyddwraig Cenedlaethol, Merched y Wawr MAE’R hydref a’i liwiau godidog wedi cyrraedd ‐ tymor y cynhaeaf, casglu tatws, gwneud pob math o ddanteithion allan o afalau a llenwi’r...
Enlightening visit for AM
MID‐GLAMORGAN farmer, David Van‐Poucke, 65, of Gilfach y Rhyd Farm, Abercynon, Mountain Ash, whose parents have been farming here since 1950, opened his farm gates to welcome Cynon Valley AM Vikki Howells, a delegation...
Cofio’r gŵr addfwyn ac hynaws
BRAINT arbennig iawn i mi ydi cyflwyno teyrnged i R ap Simon Jones, aelod oes UAC, yn ddios un o gewri y diwydiant amaeth, cymwynaswr bro, cyfrannwr mawr i ystod eang o fudiadau ac...
Top livestock exhibits wanted for Winter Fair
REGARDED as one of the finest fatstock events in Europe, the Royal Welsh Winter Fair is once again keen to attract the top livestock exhibits from across the country. The fair will host over...
New classes introduced to 2016 Smithfield Festival
THE 2016 East of England Smithfield Festival has announced the introduction of three new classes for this year’s event, to meet changing industry needs and to appeal to the increasing number of young farmers...
How to make farming more efficient and profitable
HOW do you make your farm business more efficient, what role can grass play in this and just how do you produce more and better quality forage and convert that into meat? These were...
