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Bold ravens attack livestock

GROUPS of blood-thirsty ravens have been behind an increasing number of deadly attacks on Welsh livestock, farmers have warned. Read

Welcome for supermarket watchdog

PROPOSALS for an independent ombudsman and a new supply code to regulate the £95bn UK grocery market have been widely welcomed by the farming industry in Wales. Read

Call for Assembly to sack top adviser

FIRST Minister Rhodri Morgan is being urged to sack the National Assembly’s Chief Scientific Adviser following critical comments by the adviser in a Sunday newspaper. Read

Award-winning young farmer says he does it for love, not money

THERE are not many 20-year-olds prepared to spend close to seven hours a day milking for uncertain recompense. But Dion Davies of Pontsian, Llandysul, is one who is. Read

‘20th-century food policies are threatening our farming industry’

EUROPEAN Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel was warned last week that EU food security could be threatened by outdated principles underpinning the Common Agricultural Policy and World Trade Organisation talks. Read

Call to end cattle age discrimination

NFU Cymru is calling for an end to market price discrimination against older cattle. Read

Proper contracts needed – survey

THE results of the fifth DairyCo Farmer Intentions Survey highlight the need for proper contracts to give farmers the confidence to invest and stay in dairy farming for the long term, says NFU Cymru. Read

NFU Mutual sends out voting pack

A RECORD 920,000 NFU Mutual customers are being mailed in advance of the insurer’s annual meeting on June 26. Read

Emirates boost for Welsh lamb

RURAL Affairs Minister Elin Jones has welcomed news that the United Arab Emirates has lifted the ban on all imports of sheep, lamb and goats from Wales. Read

Farming Comment

THE Competition Commission confirmed what most in the food industry know but few can afford to say – that the major supermarkets dictate prices. Read

Market reports from around Wales

Cardigan: JJ Morris (April 28). There were a few less sheep forward this week, due to the time of year, but new season lambs sold to a brisk trade throughout, with an overall average of 187.1p per kilo Read

Service head is new Associate

THE head of the All-Wales Farm Liaison Service for the Welsh Assembly Government’s Agriculture Department, Miss Rita Jones of Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthen, has been made an Associate of the Royal Agricultural Societies. Read

‘We would hope and pray that there is some light at the end of the tunnel...’

Meyrick Brown considers the impact of bovine TB on farmers and talks to a family farming partnership that has been severely affected Read

Market report from around Wales

A look at the markets around Wales. Read

Limited supply sends farmland price soaring

THE price of farmland has soared by 34% during the past year, despite the slowdown in the wider property market. Read

Bid to change law on clearing waste

THE Country Land and Business Association met Defra Minister Joan Ruddock last week to demand a change in the fly-tipping law. Read

Versatile young rider makes his mark with string of wins

WALES’ Rhys Flint, 17, who this season has taken the horse racing world by storm, has been dubbed the Tony McCoy of hunt-racing after landing the Dunraven Bowl Hunter Chase at Chepstow Racecourse last Friday on Paul Miles’s game little mare Lady Myfanwy, writes Brian Lee. Read

High-fibre system lowers production costs

THE milk cheque might look healthier these days, but the bills for fuel, feed and fertiliser are a lot bigger too. Read

Farmer starts sequel to latest book

NONE of Tia Jones’ four children want to take on the organic livestock farm of 800 acres she runs with her husband John in the hills above Machynlleth. Read

Limiting the spread of deadly bluetongue

The midge is adapting to north European weather, and the World Animal Health Organisation says it could now spread over most of the European continent. Read

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