Wales

The UK Government’s bovine TB strategy is markedly different to the strategy adopted by the Welsh Government.

Bovine TB compensation paid to Welsh farmers has risen by an alarming 15 per cent in a year, according to new figures.

Fly-tipping dumped on farmland in Wales was swiftly cleared after a group of farmers employed lawyers to track down and punish the offender.

Discount retailer Aldi has says it will stock a new range of PGI Welsh Beef products across more than 50 of its stores. 

Farmers in Wales have made an impassioned plea to the Welsh Government to implement badger culling in endemic disease areas after the number of bTB infected cattle slaughtered topped its highest on record.

NFU Cymru president John Davies and deputy president Aled Jones have been re-elected to their roles following a meeting of the union’s Welsh Council.

The fight between Welsh Government and the UK Government over funding for farmers is likely to intensify in 2020, says Plaid Cymru Shadow Rural Affairs Minister Llyr Gruffydd.

CHANNEL 4 and the BBC have come under fire from farm groups, who said the broadcasters have escalated media aggression towards the consumption of meat through ‘unbalanced’ reporting.

A focus on efficiency and acquisitions helped dairy ingredient processor Meadow Foods increase profits by 16 per cent in the year to March 31, 2019.

The Welsh Conservatives have set out plans to split the Environment and Rural Affairs Department if they win power at the next Assembly election in May 2021.