In Wales, during the same period, the number of cattle slaughtered because of bTB has fallen by 36%, and by 45% in Dyfed. The Welsh Assembly Government had proposed a cull, before being forced to drop the plan. And this, without a single badger being …
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Arctic winter and hot spring brings out bumper blackberry crop a month early
Phillip Bevan of Ty Mawr Organic Vegetables in Abergavenny said that harvest season was at least a fortnight early. He said: “The weathermen say it’s the fourth cool and wet July in a row, but it’s not hurt our sales. “The vegetables have grown more …
‘Welsh Government’s regeneration strategy needs a radical overhaul’
THE Welsh Government’s regeneration strategy splits responsibility for revitalising areas between seven different ministers and is in need of a radical overhaul, according to a senior planning official. …
Are music festivals on their way out?
Petty rules such as not being able to bring baby food into the arena don’t make for a good atmosphere and aren’t the way to make your festival sustainable. Kids’ areas where every activity is chargeable smacks of rip-off, whereas others, …
New Farmers’ Market for Cardiff city centre
THE alluring sights and smells of sizzling meats, sugar-coated cakes and home-baked breads came to the capital yesterday as a new farmers’ market was officially launched. Hungry shoppers and curious tourists …
Environmental permit next hurdle for Welsh farmers
Farmers in Wales who battled planners to create an anaerobic digesters on their farm are now seeking an environmental permit to run the operation. The Jones family were given the go-ahead by a Welsh Assembly planning inspector to build the digester on …
Couple back 1800 cow mega-dairy
… Cwrt Malle Farm near Carmarthen want them pulled down. The county council is to consider a retrospective planning bid for the dairy which houses 1800 cows. Farmers Howell and Susan Richards defend their development on BBC One Wales’ programme Welsh …
Carmarthen food festival has traders wanting more
CARMARTHEN’S first-ever food festival has been such a success that calls are already being made for it to be an annual event. Yesterday’s festival, held in the town’s St Catherine’s Walk shopping development, Guildhall Square and King Street, …
Livestock farms ‘raise risk of blood cancers’
Dr Ian Lewis, associate director of research at Welsh cancer charity Tenovus, said: “This study could have implications for the many people in Wales who grew up on livestock farms, however it does not yet identify the specific reason why those in the …
Non-farmer to lead red tape review in Wales
Mr Williams, chairman of the Institute of Directors Wales, will examine ways of “streamlining” the administrative burden on farmers. As well as more web form filling, farming deputy minister Alun Davies also hopes to slash the number of farm …
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