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May 6 2008
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....
May 6 2008
A RECORD 920,000 NFU Mutual customers are being mailed in advance of the insurer’s annual meeting on June 26....
May 6 2008
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....
May 6 2008
THE Competition Commission confirmed what most in the food industry know but few can afford to say – that the major supermarkets dictate prices....
May 6 2008
NFU Cymru is calling for an end to market price discrimination against older cattle....
May 6 2008
Meyrick Brown considers the impact of bovine TB on farmers and talks to a family farming partnership that has been severely affected...
May 6 2008
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....
May 6 2008
EUROPEAN Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel was warned last week that EU food security could be threatened by outdated principles underpinning the Common Agricultural Policy and World Trade Organisation talks....
May 6 2008
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....
May 6 2008
GROUPS of blood-thirsty ravens have been behind an increasing number of deadly attacks on Welsh livestock, farmers have warned....
May 6 2008
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....
May 6 2008
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...
May 6 2008
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....
