The Farmers’ Union of Wales has fully endorsed the recommendation made by the Commission for Welsh speaking Communities on agricultural policy in its report on ‘Empowering communities, strengthening the Welsh language’ that was published at Rhondda Cynon Taf’s National Eisteddfod.
Agricultural Policy
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has welcomed an announcement from the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, that the Bovine TB Eradication Programme Board has now been established.
This news completes the revised governance structure following the formation of the Bovine TB Technical Advisory Group earlier this year.
Following the third meeting of the Ministerial Roundtable held (23 July) at the Royal Welsh Show, the Welsh Government has confirmed its intentions to pay for the maintenance of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) as part of the Universal Baseline Payment through the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS).
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.