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'Don't tax the hand that feeds you, Chancellor'
Is bankrupting small farmers, booting them off the land, really the best way to protect food security in Wales? Business secretary Steve Reed is right when he states that food security is national security. But evidently he and the Chancellor haven
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'Excellent progress' claim as Minister to unveil new SFS details at Winter Fair
Full details of the next step in Wales's Sustainable Farming Scheme will be announced at this month's Royal Welsh Winter Fair, rural affairs secretary Huw Irranca-Davies has announced. The minister, who is also deputy First Minister, says excellent
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Powys woman honoured with award for sheep industry service
A Builth Wells woman has been honoured with a prestigious award recognising her contributions to the Welsh sheep industry. The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (RWAS) has announced Tracy Powell as the recipient of the 2024 John Gittins Memorial
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Free range safeguard for producers during avian flu outbreak
The NFU Cymru Poultry Board has welcomed the news that the Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies has announced a change in the egg marketing regulations. When implemented, the change will mean that hens can still be housed whilst a housing order
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Probiotic live yeast 'key to reducing fattening time for pigs'
The inclusion of a probiotic live yeast in pig diets can shorten the fattening period and improve feed conversion ratio, according to results from a recent trial. Hannah Elliott, monogastric technical manager at Lallemand Animal Nutrition, says
