DEPUTY MINISTER AND FFERM FFACTOR JUDGE TO SPEAK AT FUW DENBIGH AGM

Deputy agriculture minister Alun Davies and S4C Fferm Ffactor winner Aled Rees will be the guest speakers at the Farmers' Union of Wales Denbigh county branch annual general meeting on Friday November 9 at the Brookhouse Mill, Denbigh.

The meeting will start at 7.30pm prompt and Mr Davies will discuss various topics including CAP reform discussions, Glastir agri-environmental scheme and bovine TB while Cardigan farmer Mr Rees, winner of the first series of Fferm Ffactor in 2009, will give an insight into the series as a competitor and, more recently, a judge.

In addition, he will talk of the way he and his wife, in partnership with his uncle, have developed their farming business over the years.

FUW Denbigh and Flint county executive officer Rhys Roberts said: "It is hoped that a good turnout of members will ensure the speakers are provided with plenty of challenging questions on all matters agricultural.

"It is important that when we get an opportunity to engage with the deputy minister we grab it with both hands and make sure that the views of the grassroots farmers in Wales are heard."