Farm Business

It was after the Minister, Lesley Griffiths was put on a spot at the NFU Cymru Conference by Welsh organic dairy farmer Haydn Evans who criticised the Welsh Government for providing a cliff edge in funding for organic farmers in Wales

Mr Barclay moved from Department of Health in Prime Minister's reshuffle

The Competition and Markets Authority had launched an investigation in July after concerns the merger could create 'substantial lessening of competition within the market'

It comes less than a year after the Chinese market reopened to Irish beef in January, following a three-year closure due to a previous BSE case

Interest rates remain at 5.25 per cent

Scottish farmers and gamekeepers said the ban will make it much more difficult to control fox populations and the predation they carry out on other species such as ground-nesting birds

Political bravery is needed if the UK is to meet the unprecedented challenge of feeding a growing population and addressing climate change and biodiversity loss

This week our chief reporter Rachael Brown looking at whether Welsh farmers will start turning their back on Government if sufficient support payments for climate and food production are not secured

Sustainability, potential export markets and monitoring future supplies were top of the agenda as chief reporter Rachael Brown spoke to Muller’s Rob Hutchison about the dairy’s priorities looking ahead

It is all part of ambitious plans to double the value of British dairy exports over the next 10 years