From Brexit – to Covid-19 – back to Brexit
IT has led conversations since 2016 – the EU referendum and on-going Brexit process. Four years on, and with a third Prime Minister in charge, talks between the EU and the UK remain volatile....
Monthly Archive: July 2020
Extension to EU Withdrawal Period must be agreed to safeguard economy
An extension to the EU Withdrawal period must be agreed, if the UK Government and European Union fail to reach an agreement regarding close post-Withdrawal Period trading arrangements in the coming weeks. That was...
SAF Preliminary Check Letters issued
As Y Tir went to press the Welsh Government had just issued sAF Preliminary Check Letters on farmers’ RPW Online accounts where they believe errors may have been made on the sAF. Farmers have...
Eco-colonialism and our land
by Glyn Roberts, FUW President In recent years, farmers and others in Wales have begun to use the term ‘eco-colonialism’ to describe the attitudes of some individuals and charities to the land we have...
Call for British Wool Covid-19 support
THe FUW has written to economy Minister, Ken Skates, following the news that British Wool has been denied Covid-19 support through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CIBLs). The Covid-19 pandemic has led to...
Job losses would be major blow to rural economy
The FUW has responded with dismay to the news that one of Wales’ biggest food companies, Castell howell which employs around 700 staff, is having to consider job cuts because of the drop in...
Lords reflect key Union concerns in agri bill reading
FUW President Glyn Roberts has welcomed the fact that key concerns raised by the FUW in correspondence with members of the house of Lords were echoed by members across the political spectrum as the...
Update from our Policy team
by Gareth Parry, FUW Policy Communications Officer TODAY is day 90 of UK lockdown. Plans which will soon allow for non-essential shops to reopen, children to return to school and the abolishment of the...
Eco-wladychiaeth a’n tir
gan Glyn Roberts, Llywydd UAC Yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf, mae ffermwyr ac eraill yng nghymru wedi dechrau defnyddio’r term ‘eco- wladychiaeth’ i ddisgrifio agweddau rhai unigolion ac elusennau tuag at y tir yr...
