Plas Isa Farm is part of the Bryn Eisteddfod Estate in the lower end of the Conwy Valley. It was advertised on a 15-year tenancy. They run a flock of 500 Welsh mules crossed with charollais and texel rams and 500 Welsh mountain ewes crossed with …
Young farmer calls for dairy partnerships to save farms
Mr Huws, chairman of Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) milk committee, claimed more than 200 Welsh dairy farms have left the industry since 2006. However, Mr Lewis, 36, an award-winning young farmer, said he believes decline in the industry could be …
Welsh farmers still living with the fallout from Chernobyl
“We went through tough times after Chernobyl, but we gradually recovered, and we’ll be glad to see the day when normality returns to the farm.” As well as his flock of Welsh Mountain sheep, Mr Roberts has a herd of mostly Charolais suckler cows.
Newbridge hill farm to become solar park despite objections
A WELSH hill farm looks set to become a solar park pumping out “green” electricity. Newbridge farmer Tom Griffiths originally asked Caerphilly council planners for permission for a total of 2232 solar panels to cover …
Protesters out in force at pylons plan
CPRW director Peter Ogden said: “We warned everyone more than five years ago that this would happen, when the Assembly Government cherry-picked massive areas of Mid Wales uplands and proposed they were ripe for wind farm development. …
Powys substation plan ‘shameful’ says CPRW
A rural action group claims plans for a 19-acre electricity substation are “a shameful and depressing epilogue for mid Wales’ landscapes”.
Hay Festival 2011 programme: Tuesday, May 31
… and there will be opportunity to visit the farm shop. Take a walk around Wales from Celtic times to the present day and see Welsh history come alive at Wales’ most popular heritage attraction and one of Europe’s leading open-air museums. …
Welsh grants add to egg producers woes
The press release said that the two family run businesses saw the poultry units as a source of additional income, enabling the next generation to remain at the farms. The Ranger magazine contacted the Welsh Assembly Government to ask why it was …
Villagers and conservation groups oppose ‘super dairy’
She said Prince Charles is opposed to mega-farms and even the Farmers’ Union of Wales back traditional family farms. “CALFe is not an anti-farming lobby,” she said. “We fully support Welsh dairy farmers in their desire to competitively produce milk. …
LIZ JONES MOANS It’s a dog’s life down on the organic farm
It was a farm in Herefordshire, not far from the Welsh border, a small house set in 200 organic acres. Hmm, sounds promising, I thought. Organic means pristine, doesn’t it? The whole lot was on the market for £1.2 million. I met the farmer. …
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