FUW research into Wales’ food security shows that the UK’s reliance on food from other countries has nearly doubled since the mid 1980s.
40 per cent of UK food is now imported compared with around 22 per cent in the mid 1980s. Worryingly, around 20 per cent comes directly from ‘climate impact hotspots’.
That was the backdrop to the Farmers Union of Wales’ seminar at the Royal Welsh Showground
The FUW recognises vet who stood shoulder to shoulder with farmers at protests
The Farmers’ Union of Wales recognised Rhys Beynon-Thomas for his services to agriculture at the Royal Welsh Show.
Rhys Beynon-Thomas is an experienced vet who returned to Wales in 2014 to work as a vet specialising in farm animals in Carmarthenshire alongside farming part time on the family farm at Hendy, Swansea. He is by now a Director at Prostock Vets.
A new pilot project that aims to help beef producers save money is now searching for suitable farmers from Gwynedd and Anglesey to get involved.
The project – Decarbonising PGI Welsh Beef – will consider the impact of finishing beef cattle within a reduced rearing period on a business’ financial return, as well as its positive effect on the production of greenhouse gas emissions.
Many owners and occupiers of land are happy to give access for rock climbing but others are reluctant because of perceived and misunderstood concerns over legal liabilities.
To address these concerns the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has published a leaflet for all owners and occupiers of land on which there are cliffs, crags, quarries or outcrops suitable for rock climbing.
Welsh Government has announced a data confirmation exercise, as part of the SFS Preparatory Phase.
The aim of the data confirmation exercise is to update RPW mapping systems with the correct habitat areas and tree canopy cover on all farms in advance of the SFS design being finalised and the introduction of SFS in 2026.
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