ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASES
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January 2009
29/01/2009 16:46
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has offered its "total support" for a planning application to build a new livestock market near Newport following the closure of the town’s 160-year-old market at the end of next month.
28/01/2009 16:45
A WELSH upland farm should not be judged on the same basis as a tobacco or rice farm in Southern Europe, the Farmers’ Union of Wales today told a House of Lords committee inquiry into an EC review of Less Favoured Area (LFA) schemes.
27/01/2009 16:45
The Welsh Assembly Government was urged by Farmers’ Union of Wales president Gareth Vaughan today to adopt a policy urging supermarkets to stock more Welsh produce and encouraging shoppers to buy local.
23/01/2009 16:41
The Farmers’ Union of Wales’ dairy committee chairman today welcomed the launch of Tesco’s national dairy centre in the Wirral and called on the supermarket to consider assisting a similar centre already set up in Wales.
22/01/2009 16:40
Farmers’ Union of Wales president Gareth Vaughan has protested to the European Commission Office in Wales after Irish farmers demanded a sterling equalisation scheme to make them more competitive in the export market.
20/01/2009 14:56
Welsh farmers were urged today to get involved in the debate on the future direction of the National Assembly and make their views known on whether to retain the current position or move towards full law-making powers which would require a referendum.
20/01/2009 10:22
Farmers’ Union of Wales president Gareth Vaughan today repeated his earlier demands that Welsh farmers should make immediate preparations to vaccinate their livestock against Bluetongue.
19/01/2009 14:51
The Farmers’ Union of Wales will gather the views of its 12 county branches to develop a formal response to the Welsh Assembly Government’s (WAG) proposals to overhaul its bovine TB compensation scheme.
13/01/2009 14:11
The Farmers' Union of Wales today repeated its demands for the Competition Commission to create an independent ombudsman to enforce a stronger code of practice on the supermarkets for the supply of groceries after Tesco unveiled discounts on more than 3,000 products in its latest reaction to the retail price war.
12/01/2009 11:12
Most Welsh farmers remain confident about their industry despite the credit crunch, a Farmers’ Union of Wales survey has revealed.
07/01/2009 16:51
The Farmers’ Union of Wales today reacted angrily following the latest round of farmgate milk price cuts.
Their response follows Arla Foods decision to cut its milk price to farmers by 2p per litre (ppl) and First Milk by 1.25ppl.
