The fight against weeds is heating up
Two dairy farmers near Raglan, Monmouthshire, are taking part in an EIP wales project which is one of the first of its kind in the UK to investigate how electrophysical weeding can reduce our...
Daily Archive: February 1, 2020
Don’t become a farm fatality statistic this year
Agriculture is known to be one of the most dangerous professions, which often sees farmers and farm workers working in solitude, challenging weather conditions and in stressful situations. The risks on farms are all...
Meet the Haverfordwest team
Rebecca Voyle County Executive Officer How long with the Union? 19 years Previous jobs/education? Degree in Accounting, Finance and Law. Worked on a farm that was open to the public from the age of...
A oeddech chi wedi gwneud addunedau blwyddyn newydd?
gan Tegwen Morris, Cyfarwyddwraig Cenedlaethol, Merched y Wawr A oeddech chi wedi gwneud addunedau blwyddyn newydd? Ac os felly a ydych wedi eu cadw neu eu torri yn barod? Mae’n debyg bod ffitrwydd yn...
BPS to continue at same level of funding
by Kathryn Williams, Davis Meade Property Consultants NeWS that farmers in Wales will be paid the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2020 at the same level as in recent years will enable farmers to...
A new chance to join the Hill Ram Scheme
by Gwawr Parry, HCC Flock Genetics Executive At the end of 2019 we completed dNA sampling on our 29 hill Ram Scheme farms. over 6000 dNA samples were taken as part of the project...
Ail-lansio cynllun gwaredu plaladdwyr
MaE Dŵr cymru wedi ail-lansio’r cynllun gwaredu plaladdwyr cyfrinachol rhad ac am ddim ar gyfer ffermwyr a rheolwyr tir yng nghymru. Y dyddiad pwysig i’w nodi ydi’r 1af – 31ain o Fawrth – Dyma’r...
Grant Busnes i Ffermydd (FBG)
MaE Ffenestr 7 yn agor ar y 2il o Fawrth. Er mwyn bod yn gymwys am y cynllun grant hwn bydd yn rhaid i aelodau fynychu Digwyddiad cyswllt Ffermio – ‘Ffermio ar gyfer y...
Vermicomposting: An alternative method for organic waste management
by Dr William Stiles: Farming Connect Knowledge Exchange Hub, IBERS, Aberystwyth University Organic or green waste generation (materials including food, plant or animal wastes, such as manure) can be a major problem for agricultural...
The future is bright for Welsh farming
Pembrokeshire-based Aled Thomas wins Agricultural Student of the Year award by Rob Edwards, Business Development Manager, Kubota UK Farming may be one of the oldest institutions in the world but in recent times it hasn’t...
