THE new judge in the S4C ‘Farmer of the Year’ series Fferm Ffactor has made such an impression that he’s already been dubbed the “Simon Cowell of the farming world”.Read
Increased commercial interest in Saturday’s Hereford Sale held in the New Livestock Market saw pedigree breeders outbid for a number of the top priced bulls.Read
ENVIRONMENTAL advisors don’t always get an easy ride from farmers, but one has just hung up his clipboard with glowing testimonies from the North Wales agricultural industry.Read
AN EMBARGO on issuing licences to fell larch has been introduced by Forestry Commission Wales as part of the fight against the spread of ramorum disease.Read
THE reform of the CAP is one of the most important issues facing Wales at the moment. At present we receive more than £300 million per annum under the CAP with funds provided to the development of rural communities and businesses as well as farmers and landowners.Read
ENTREPRENEURS Louise McCann and Alwyn Roberts have come up with a cracking idea to ensure that residents and visitors to Anglesey are supplied with local, freshly laid, free range eggs.Read
YESTERDAY’S proposals for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy would “devastate European food security and destabilise Wales’ rural communities”, the Farmers’ Union of Wales has warned.Read
JUST like pubs, butchers’ shops have been vanishing from the high streets up and down Britain – a victim of the recession combined with changing fashions and the inexorable rise of the supermarket.Read
FARMERS and foresters in North Wales are invited to attend two Agrisgôp events which will give them an insight into how this management development programme is helping make farm businesses throughout Wales more sustainable.Read
THE Woodland Trust has teamed up with the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group Cymru to stage a farm event to explain the opportunities for tree planting using funding available through the Glastir woodlands grant scheme and direct support from the Trust.Read
BEEF and sheep meat exports have increased considerably in the first six months of the year, according to figures released by Hybu Cig Cymru (Meat Promotion Wales).Read