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FUW WELCOMES WAG EXTENSION OF SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING RELAXATION

08/02/2010 11:46

THE Farmers’ Union of Wales today welcomed the Welsh Assembly Government’s decision to extend the relaxation of rules on supplementary feeding to 28 February 2010.

FUW URGES EXTRA FUNDING FOR IBERS TO PREVENT JOB LOSSES

05/02/2010 16:28

The Farmers' Union of Wales today called on the Westminster and Assembly Governments to provide extra funding urgently for Aberystwyth University's world-class Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) in a bid to prevent it shedding 70 jobs.

FUW WELCOMES NEW GROCERY CODE BUT REPEATS PLEA FOR SUPERMARKET OMBUDSMAN

05/02/2010 12:55

The new Grocery Suppliers Code of Practice just introduced by the Competition Commission has only gone part of the way towards breaking the arm-lock supermarkets have over their suppliers, a Welsh farmers' leader said today (5 February).

Gareth Vaughan

NORTH WALES FARMERS RAISE CONCERNS WITH MEPS

02/02/2010 14:24

A five-man delegation of Farmers' Union of Wales members from North Wales took the opportunity on a recent visit to the EU Parliament headquarters in Brussels to raise numerous issues concerning the farming industry with all four Welsh MEPs.

Glyn and MEPs