Brexit worries over farm rents
by Kathryn Williams of davis Meade Property Consultants WItH Brexit looming and no clear path to a deal being agreed, farmers should be cautious about accepting any rent increases this spring. tenant farmers are...
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Fortifying our UK marketing
by Gwyn Howells, Hybu Cig Cymru Chief Executive BREXIT is looming ever closer and at the time of writing this, we are no clearer to what it might mean for our industry. Our export...
Wales YFC in partnership with British Wool Board
FollowINg a recent meeting with representatives from the wool Board and wales YFC they are pleased to announce a fantastic opportunity for members who are interested in shearing. British wool are offering a 50...
Are you ready for Making Tax Digital?
by Eirian Humphreys ACA FCCA, Director, LHP Accountants Ltd From April 1 2019, VAT registered businesses with a taxable turnover (excluding BPS) above £85,000 will be required to: – maintain their accounting records digitally....
Good news but early days for rodenticide stewardship on farms
RAT control is changing for the better on UK farms. From 2015 to 2017, a detailed independent study found that planned prevention of infestations is taking over from reactionary control to the presence of...
Precision livestock and agriculture advances – Securing our farming future in Wales
by David Cutress, PreciseAg Project manager, IBERS, Aberystwyth University The PreciseAg project developed by IBeRS, Aberystwyth University funded by the higher education Funding Council for Wales (heFCW) and supported by Farming Connect is undertaking...
Keeping children safe on farms
IN May 2017, a nine-year-old boy was seriously injured at a Devon farm. Travelling as a passenger, he had toppled off an ATV being driven by a 13-year-old. The younger boy, whose leg was...
Ford Ranger revamp
Scheduled for a mid- year arrival here, Ford’s “mid-life refresh” for the current Ranger goes beyond the usual front-end “facelift” and posher, more refined interior. Collision and pedestrian detection alert/auto-braking together with (driver activated)...
New improved Kia ProCeed
by Huw Thomas, vice chairman, Welsh Motoring Writers ‘SerieS 1’ Ceed (2006-2012) was Kia’s first car to be designed as well as produced in europe. ‘Series 2’ came in 2012 and this saw the...
DISASTROUS IMPACTS OF LEAVING THE EU ALREADY BEING FELT
Speaking at the FUW’s twentieth annual farmhouse breakfast at the Welsh assembly, FUW president glyn Roberts has warned that the disastrous impacts of leaving the eU, the customs union and single market on March...
