FUW CALLS FOR FAIR FARM FUNDING FOR WALES
THE FUW has called on the UK Government to give clarity on the future of funding for farming in Wales following a meeting with the Welsh Office Minister, Stuart Andrew and Farming Minister, George...
Monthly Archive: March 2018
FUW renews call for funding clarity for Wales
THE FUW has renewed its call for clarity on rural funding for Wales, following Secretary of State Michael Gove’s keynote speech in Birmingham. Whilst FUW president Glyn Roberts welcomed many of Mr Gove’s assurances,...
Recognition of family farms and tenants highlighted
A SHEEP and cattle farming family from Brecon have highlighted the important role that the average family farm, including tenant farmers, play in producing food and looking after the environment, during a farm visit...
The farming community is a powerful one
by Glyn Roberts, FUW president YOU may have heard the phrase “it takes a village to raise a child.” An old African proverb, which means that it takes an entire community of different people...
Cautious approach to future Welsh land policies welcomed
THE FUW has welcomed the Welsh Government’s announcement that it would ‘take the time to get right’ Wales’s post Brexit land management policies, and has emphasised the need to thoroughly investigate the implications of...
A lambing checklist to maximize profits
by Oli Hodgkinson BVSc, Cert SH&P, MRCVS, Trefaldwyn Vets With lambing upon us here is a checklist to help remind us how to keep lamb losses to a minimum but maximize the welfare and...
Union officials meet and greet
FUW president Glyn Roberts met with Stuart Andrew MP, the newly appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office and George Eustice MP, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food...
Smile – it’s only a Brexit
by Alan Davies, FUW managing director IT’S been a long time since I was in the Army, but during my time in service I had the pleasure of working alongside, and with, many elements...
Mae’r gymuned amaethyddol yn un pwerus
gan Glyn Roberts, llywydd UAC EFALLAI eich bod wedi clywed yr ymadrodd “mae’n cymryd pentref i fagu plentyn.” Hen ddihareb Affricanaidd, sy’n golygu bod angen cymuned gyfan o wahanol bobl yn rhyngweithio â phlant...
Croeso gofalus i addewidion Michael Gove
MAE UAC wedi croesawu ymrwymiadau gan yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Michael Gove i ganolbwyntio ar bolisïau’r gadwyn gyflenwi a’i gydnabyddiaeth o’r angen am gydbwysedd priodol rhwng datganoli a fframweithiau cyffredin y DU ar ôl Brexit....
