MORE than 80 younger Gwent farmers turned up to a packed meeting organised by the county branch of the FUW recently to help explain the various schemes and grants available to assist farmers under...
RAISING MONEY: From left, FUW Anglesey county executive officer Heidi Williams, Pembrokeshire county executive officer Rebecca Voyle, policy officer Helen Ovens, translator Angharad Evans, Caernarfon county executive officer Gwynedd Watkin, finance/agency officer Eirian Lloyd...
FUW members are being warned that from January 1 all cattle keepers in Wales with overdue TB tests will suffer a penalty against their CAP scheme payment. This “zero tolerance” cross-compliance enforcement for tests...
A PROJECT worth well over £3 million to promote Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef in four European countries over the next three years was described by FUW president as a major boost for Welsh...
BBC’s Lambing Live programme helped show the tremendous effort that goes into producing food while also bringing hard working farmers closer to the media, public and consumers. That was the message from the show’s...
THE sheep market has bounced back from a low point in late September but farmers with lambs still to sell should only market them when they are at the correct level of finish, HCC’s...
THE first sale at the new Monmouthshire Livestock Centre near Raglan for pedigree Welsh Black cattle took place on Friday November 14 with an entry of nearly 40 females. The show was judged by...
THE 8,200gns pre-sale champion Garyvaughan Ifeild led a solid commercial trade for the British Limousin Cattle Society Sale at Brecon Market on November 8. A Plumtree Deus son out of the homebred Garyvaughan Elfie,...
CHAROLAIS bulls met a brisk demand selling to a top of 6,500gns in Welshpool on November 6 at the breed society’s official sale. Topping the trade was reserve champion Trefaldwyn Ivanhoe TI +57, SRI...
WITH an entry of 23 Welsh Black animals, comprising 22 females and one bull, the autumn sale at Dolgellau was reasonably well attended. At the pre-sale show the judges were father and son D...
