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News Archive

May 2009

FUW WARNS PUBLIC BADGER WATCH LEAFLET IS MISLEADING

26/05/2009 11:08

Farmers’ Union of Wales vice president Brian Walters today warned the general public not to be misled by a leaflet entitled "Stop the barbaric and senseless badger cull".

FUW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH USA AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS

22/05/2009 15:55

THE Farmers’ Union Wales has met senior officials from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) at its Aberystwyth headquarters to discuss global agricultural issues of mutual concern.

FIND THE COW AND PARROT ON THE FUW STAND AT THE URDD EISTEDDFOD / DEWCH I CHWILIO AM Y FUWCH A'R PAROT AR STONDIN UAC YN EISTEDDFOD YR URDD

22/05/2009 14:00

YOUNG visitors to next week's Urdd National Eisteddfod (May 25-30) in Cardiff were urged today to look out for a black and white cow and a purple parrot on the Farmers' Union of Wales stand (No 104).

FUW TELLS TORIES SCRAPPING MILK QUOTA WOULD BE DEVASTATING

19/05/2009 10:42

Welsh dairy farmers have told Conservative politicians the EU’s decision to scrap milk quotas by 2015 will have a destabilising effect on their sector of the industry.

FUW LAUNCHES REVAMPED WEBSITE WITH MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

15/05/2009 09:29

The Farmers' Union of Wales reveals its revamped website this weekend when a recruitment drive for new members will be launched at the Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival (Saturday and Sunday May 16-17) at Llanelwedd, Builth Wells.

FUW WELCOMES ASSEMBLY’S NEW FARMING STRATEGY

14/05/2009 16:45

The only way long-term profitability of Welsh family farms can be achieved is by ensuring farm gate prices cover the cost of production, stressed the Farmers’ Union of Wales while welcoming the Welsh Assembly Government’s new farming strategy.

FUW LEADER URGES MILITARY CHIEFS TO BUY MORE WELSH FOOD

12/05/2009 14:45

High-ranking military officers on a visit to the Farmers’ Union of Wales president Gareth Vaughan’s farm were urged to encourage the Ministry of Defence to buy more Welsh produce as a mark of support for farmers who allow their land to be used for training exercises.

FUW DISMAYED AT THE SCRAPPING OF TIR MYNYDD PAYMENTS

05/05/2009 14:51

The Farmers’ Union of Wales today expressed strong disappointment at the Welsh Assembly Government’s (WAG) monumental decision to scrap Tir Mynydd payments to farmers within Less Favoured Areas (LFA).

FUW URGES FARMERS TO SPEAK OUT ON WATER POLLUTION ISSUES

05/05/2009 13:17

Farmers in Wales were urged today to get involved in the Environment Agency Wales (EAW) consultation exercise into river pollution issues affecting agriculture.