by Caryl Gruffydd Roberts, FUW membership & operations manager I’M very pleased to announce that Securcom Systems have joined our list of partners offering an unique discount to FUW members. Securcom Systems is a...
HE FUW is urging all farmers and those with an interest in the survival of the Welsh rural economy to attend one of its information evenings and hear about the Welsh Government’s proposal to...
FUW and FUWIS send their condolences to the family of retired member of staff Mr Emyr James following his recent passing. Emyr joined the FUW on April 1 1996 as director of business development,...
ThirTy-four organisations, reflecting a wide range of food, farming, consumer and nature conservation interests have written to Defra’s Secretary of State, Michael Gove, asking him to take urgent action to save the uK’s network...
A NATIONWIDe shortage of a vaccine to protect sheep from the tick-borne Louping Ill virus (LIV) means farmers need to look at additional ways of protecting their stock to prevent losses. Traditionally ticks tend...
The FUW has expressed concern that the level of bovine TB in Wales has risen over the last 12 months, despite the introduction of further cattle control measures in October last year. Recent data...
WORk by the FUW, in association with the Animal Welfare Network Wales (AWNW), has led to the production of distinctive black and yellow gatepost signs which aim to help combat livestock worrying in Wales....
shoW season 2018 may not even be over yet but the National sheep association (Nsa) is already turning its thoughts to a busy 2019 with several Nsa regions confirming dates and locations for their...
At a recent summit held at Highgrove, at the invitation of HRH the Prince of Wales, “Retirement Housing for farmers in the United Kingdom” was the hugely important topic under discussion. fUW facilities and...
Wales’ highest mountain called FUW fundraisers recently and a team of dedicated staff and members answered by tackling six routes in 12 hours, in order to raise funds for the union president’s charities: alzheimer’s...
