Farming & Countryside

Wales is playing its part in global discussions on how to achieve a more sustainable red meat sector. Hybu Cig Cymru-Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), which recently published its ‘Welsh Way’ drive to help improve and promote sustainable red meat production, took to the global stage as key nations joined an international conversation to input into […]

The Farmers’ Union of Wales is encouraging consumers across the world to raise a glass to milk and dairy products on World Milk Day – Tuesday 1 June 2021. World Milk Day was first launched in 2001 by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) to celebrate and increase public awareness about […]

Earlier this year the Welsh Government announced it would make the whole of Wales a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ). This is a European mechanism that requires farmers to follow stringent rules to reduce nitrate pollution. It was greeted with fury by the farming unions, who had favoured a voluntary approach. At the root of this […]

A Pembrokeshire vet has made a career change to undertake pioneering veterinary research that will help Welsh farms lead the way in animal health, beginning a PhD at Aberystwyth University as the University gears up to open Wales’ first vet school this September. Becca Roberts who lives in Newport, Pembrokeshire, was brought up on a […]

A webinar hosted by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) will explore the latest research on the sustainability of Welsh beef and sheep farming and how the industry can improve productivity and environmental output simultaneously. The ‘Researching Sustainable Farming in Wales’ webinar, being held on 22 February, will feature a panel of speakers […]

FUW urges farmers and the public to report livestock worrying incidents to police, and for sheep and goat keepers to report their stock numbers to EID Cymru. The Farmers’ Union of Wales is urging members to report all incidents of livestock attacks to the police to ensure that the right actions can be taken. FUW […]