9+ hour, 27+ min ago   (400+ words) Farmers are calling for urgent changes to rules on when they can spread slurry, warning that current restrictions are unworkable. The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) says the fixed autumn closed period for slurry and poultry manure spreading does not…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (451+ words) A new event dedicated to nature-friendly farming in Wales will be held for the first time next weekend (September 12-13). Inspired by the success of nature-friendly farming events elsewhere in the UK, including Groundswell in England and Northern Ireland’s Fields Good,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (536+ words) There are greater challenges in UK farming than for any of the 60 years the Nix Farm Management Pocketbook has been recording farm performance, despite good profits in some sectors, according to its author Graham Redman. Farm profits in the UK…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1035+ words) Farmers across Mid Wales are being forced to feed cattle winter supplies months earlier than planned as prolonged dry weather continues to impact farms, according to a dairy farmer and local MP. Glenn Lloyd, who runs Daisy Bank Dairy at…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (340+ words) Continuing policy uncertainty is one of many factors impacting the farmland market across Wales, reports Savills. Savills Farmland Market report highlights that at the half year point, supply of publicly marketed farmland in Wales was down by -32% from the same…...