On-farm systems that sort sheep according to weight are commonplace but ones that can also read information on Electronic Identification (EID) tags are only just starting to come on to the marketplace. Carwyn Owen, 16, designed his autodrafter and EID …
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Welsh Govt must act to stop FSA plans say NFU
Following today’s decision at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Board meeting in Belfast to push forward with plans to recover full costs for meat controls from the livestock industry NFU Cymru will ask the Welsh Government to intervene. …
Welsh pylon rally’s land protest
Four pieces of Mid Wales land were handed to Welsh Assembly members as a “living reminder” of what will be destroyed if a substation and hundreds of pylons across the countryside are built. More than 1500 protesters travelled from Montgomeryshire to …
Half of Welsh takeaways fail hygiene standards
The findings will also increase pressure on the Welsh Government and the Food Standards Agency to force businesses to display their food hygiene scores. Under the newly-launched hygiene score scheme, businesses can choose whether to display their …
Welsh residents could switch to biomass boilers
According to Andrew Boroughs, owner of Welshpool-based Organic Energy, the sales of wood pellet burners has increased by 20% in Q1 2011 alone. ‘Over the course of the past year, every one of the six biggest energy providers in the UK rained its process …
Market town makes a stand against a faceless world of mall shopping
Some markets, like Bargoed in the Rhymney Valley, have even disappeared completely through the emergence of hi-tech retail parks or been downsized, such as the one at Chepstow racecourse. Yet, others such as the farmers’ market held in places like …
Solar farms in Newport get the go-ahead
… field at Hazel Farm, Langstone, at a meeting on Friday. But applicant Silicon Vineyard Limited will have to wait to see if the Welsh Government has any objections, after those against the plans asked for ministers to make the decision instead. …
World-famous train pony revealed as Ruby from Wrexham
“It was only about an hour and a half and I gave them food and water before I started and at the other end.” And despite Arriva Trains Wales insisting they never allow big animals like horses on trains Joe says he intends to go on trying to ride the …
Wales in revolt over mammoth wind farm scheme
The Welsh Assembly’s plans to install 800 giant wind turbines in mid-Wales make no economic sense, says Christopher Booker. By Christopher Booker 7:00PM BST 21 May 2011 On Tuesday the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff will see the biggest demonstration so far …
Signing off for the weekend: Tolkien, and Cardiff Vegetarian Festival 2011
Cardiff just has loads of new vegetarian and vegan caterers starting and doing well through forums like the Riverside and Roath Farmers markets, setting up in the suburbs, or working online. “One of the things I love about the festival these last two …
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