Milk and Dairy Produce Committee
The gross output of Welsh milk producers represents around 27 percent of total Welsh agricultural output, and is valued at over £270 million.
Of the 2,300 dairy producers in Wales, the majority are based in the old counties of Dyfed and Clwyd, although dairy farming continues to be important in regions such as the Llyn Peninsula and Anglesey.
The FUW's Milk and Dairy Produce Committee deals with all issues related to dairy farming and the dairy supply chain, including bovine Tuberculosis (bTB).
The Chairman of the Milk and Dairy Produce Committee is Mr Dei Davies. Mr Davies, 61, farms around 100 acres at Moor Farm, Holywell, a county council holding on rent and a further 53 acres as temporary rented land.
Together with his wife, Heulwen, he runs a herd of approximately 110 Friesian milking cows. He was chairman of the milk and dairy produce committee a decade ago, stepping down to be succeeded by Anglesey dairy farmer Eifion Huws in 2004.
Mr Davies left school at 15 but achieved the NCA at Llysfasi College in 1970-71 and was part of the first intake of students to the Welsh Agriculture College in 1971 where he gained his OND.
