World School Milk Day
THE 18th World School Milk Day is on September 27 2017. Countries around the world celebrate World School Milk day to support the health benefits of school milk programmes. Milk and dairy products have...
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Entries wanted for FUW rural business award
The Pembrokeshire branch of the FUW is once again seeking entries for the counties FUW Countryside Business Award, which will be presented to an individual 40 years of age or under, who has developed...
UAC yn rhoi hwb o £39,000 i elusen y galon yn yr Eisteddfod
MAE ffermwyr Cymru wedi bod yn hael dros ben yn yr eisteddfod wrth iddynt gyflwyno siec dros £39,000 i Sefydliad Prydeinig y Galon Cymru (BHF) yn dilyn dwy flynedd o godi arian llwyddiannus. Sefydlwyd...
Hyrwyddo pwysigrwydd yr iaith Gymraeg ac amaeth
CAFODD UAC wythnos brysur yn yr eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn hyrwyddo pam bod #AmaethAmByth, a chyfraniad hanfodol teuluoedd amaethyddol wrth ddiogelu’r iaith Gymraeg yn ein cymunedau gwledig. “Roedd cyfle i ddysgu mwy am bwysigrwydd #AmaethAmByth...
Detailed figures of fatal injuries in agriculture
Farm Safety Week launched at the end of July, it is an initiative that has been supported by the FUW since its inception in 2013, aiming to reduce the number of accidents which continue...
NSA welcomes new president
THE National Sheep Association (NSA) is pleased to announce Lord Inglewood (pictured left) of Hutton in the Forest, Penrith, Cumbria, as the new NSA president. Lord Inglewood takes over this significant position from His...
Future looks bright for two young sheep farmers
TWO ambitious young farmers in North Wales are confident they face a bright future thanks to the foresight of a local landowner and a new share farming arrangement facilitated by Farming Connect’s Venture programme....
Liver Fluke implications
FASCIOLA HEPATICA infects the liver of both cattle and sheep. For part of its life cycle liver flukes inhabit the snail, Limnea truncatula. This important stage of the parasite life cycle necessitates wet and...
Farmers call for high resolution Bovine TB maps
Farmers from Denbigh and Flintshire have met their local assembly members to talk about some of the major problems the new bovine TB zones will have on local farm business and stressed the urgent...
Gwenllian is Young handler champion
FIRST PLACE: 9-year-old Gwenllian evans, Trefenter, Aberystwyth won Best Young Handler 14 years old and under at Bontrhydfendigaid show.
