Mentoring gives Sara Edwards courage to embark on right environmental projects for family farm
In the days when Sara Edwards’ great-grandmother farmed, agriculture had an informal network of mentors in the shape of her neighbouring farmers, sharing ideas and passing on knowledge. Three generations later and Sara sees the Farming Connect Mentoring programme as…
Downtown Abbey star, Peter Egan, asks RSPCA to drop their farmed animal assurance scheme
Yesterday, Animal Justice Project launched a petition asking the RSPCA charity to drop their controversial RSPCA Assured food labelling scheme, protect all animals equally and support the transition to a plant-based food system. Spearheaded by TV celebrity Peter Egan, the…
Is Eva a real threat to the political dinosaurs?
I don’t go in for conspiracy theories. I stay away from mob rule online. I avoid people who launch into monologues as the leading expert on anything. It is safe to say that I take time to make considered and…
Agricultural support scheme described as ‘shambles’
The launch of an interim agricultural support scheme has been described as a shambles which could see some farmers’ payments fall by as much as 90%. Conservative, Plaid Cymru and Lib Dem politicians all added their voices to a chorus…
Scheme that rewards farmers to reduce pollution run-off should be considered in Carmarthenshire
A SCHEME that rewards farmers for reducing the amount of polluting run-off which washes from fields into rivers should be considered, a Dwr Cymru Welsh Water director has said. Steve Wilson said he believed the idea had merit and that…
Diwrnod Gwaith Maes 2019 C.Ff.I Sir Gaerfyrddin
Bu cystadlu brwd trwy gydol y dydd yn Niwrnod Gwaith Maes y Sir a gynhaliwyd ym Maes y Sioe, Nantyci ar Ddydd Sadwrn 6fed o Ebrill 2019. Anwen Jones, C.Ff.I Llanllwni enillodd teitl Stocmon Hŷn y Flwyddyn gyda Caryl Howells,…
Gallai Sioe Laeth Cymru fod yn sbardun i lansio Sefydliadau Cynhyrchwyr Llaeth yng Nghymru
Mae grŵp o gynhyrchwyr llaeth o Gymru, sy’n paratoi’r llwybr i greu Sefydliadau Cynhyrchwyr Llaeth (DPO’s) yng Nghymru, yn gobeithio ennyn diddordeb ffermwyr eraill o’r un anian yn ystod Sioe Laeth Cymru yng Nghaerfyrddin heddiw (Hydref 24ain). Ffurfiwyd DPO Cymru…
Mae ffermwyr Cymru’n cael eu hannog i sicrhau bod rheoli pridd yn ganolog i’w systemau ffermio er mwyn lleihau dŵr ffo a llygredd dros y gaeaf.
GALL caeau âr sy’n cael eu gadael yn llwm dros y gaeaf lygru dyfrgyrsiau ond gall plannu cnydau gorchudd a sicrhau bod draeniau a ffosydd yn gweithio’n effeithiol helpu ffermwyr i ddiogelu eu priddoedd ac osgoi erlyniad posibl. Yn ystod…
Ffermwr Safle Arddangos Cyswllt Ffermio yn derbyn teitl Ffermwr Bîff y Flwyddyn yng ngwobrau Blynyddol y Farmers Weekly
Mae meincnodi a chadw llygad barcud ar ffigyrau wedi cynorthwyo Paul a Dwynwen Williams, Cae Haidd Ucha, ffermwyr arddangos Cyswllt Ffermio, i gyrraedd y nod yng ngwobrau blynyddol y Farmers Weekly yr wythnos diwethaf. Ers cymryd yr awenau ar fferm…
O ffermydd teuluol i’ch plât – mae wyth o ffermwyr o Ogledd Cymru’n gobeithio elwa ar y farchnad ‘prydau parod’ cynyddol, diolch i beli cig oen Cymreig gyda sawsiau
Mae’n amser cyffrous i gynhyrchwyr defaid yng Ngogledd Cymru sy’n cydweithio gyda chwmni prosesu bwyd gwerth miliynau, Roberts of Port Dinorwic, yn eu hymgais i gyflwyno cig oen Cymru (Dynodiad Daearyddol Gwarchodedig) (PGI) o’r safon uchaf i farchnad y DU…