When Lucy Lewis, a primary school teacher from Pembrokeshire, decided to convert an old potato chitting greenhouse into a stable block for seven horses in 2014, it looked like a bumpy ride ahead. the...
IN the British Isles, local farmers and vets used to use plants to treat their livestock. Information was passed from one generation to the next, and often was not written down. How much of...
Farmers are being reminded to follow the Heather and Grass Burning Code to avoid damage to the environment, hefty fines and cross compliance penalties. The burning of heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse and Vaccinium...
THE FUW has welcomed the announcement that researchers have developed two candidate skin tests for bovine TB which are able to differentiate between cattle infected with the disease and those which have been vaccinated...
WITH an increase in queries from Members regarding sheep dip disposal permits for carrying out sheep dipping to control sheep scab, here is a summary of the relevant rules, best practice and processes that...
gan Tegwen Morris, Cyfarwyddwraig Cenedlaethol, Merched y Wawr Mae yna gymaint yn digwydd o fewn ein cymdeithas a merched yn gonglfeini ein cymunedau. Braf ydoedd lansio llyfr newydd “Hanes Menywod Cymru 1920-1960”, gan yr...
by Kathryn Williams, Davis Meade Property Consultants FaRMeRS looking for new sources of income could benefit from public and private sector cash for environmental services in the future. The environmental Bill announced in December 2018...
by Rhys Llywelyn, HCC Market Development Manager In our last monthly column in Y Tir, we concentrated on how a number of the largest UK retailers, as well as independent butchers were working with...
ANGLESEY Teyrnged i gyn Swyddog Ardal Ynys Môn Bu farw Mr R Glyn Jones, cyn Swyddog Ardal Ynys Môn, ar Awst 24 yn 91 oed. Roedd Mr Jones yn Swyddog Ardal gyda’r FUW o...
Pwy yw pwy yn ein swyddfa ym Meirionnydd Huw Jones Swyddog Sirol Pa mor hir gyda’r Undeb? 31 o flynyddoedd (ac maent wedi hedfan!) Swyddi/addysg flaenorol? Graddio mewn Hanes – Prifysgol Aberystwyth 1983. Gweithio...
