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Uncertainty around future of ANC scheme 'hindering businesses decisions'
Continuing uncertainty around the future of the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme is 'hindering businesses decisions' in hill areas, warns a…
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Have your say on Nitrate Vulnerable Zones - complete online NFU Cymru survey
The Welsh government is currently consulting on proposals to take forward the implementation of the Nitrates Directive in Wales. Proposals could see…
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What does a Trump victory mean for farming?
With the new President of the US now decided, what does a Donald Trump win mean for the world agricultural market and the knock-on effects for trade…
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Pollinator-friendly projects around UK spring up as public urged to meet 'bees needs' this winter
Defra has honoured pollinator-friendly projects around the UK and has urged the public to take action to meet bees' needs this winter. An…
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Stressful times: Survey aims to study farmers and anxiety
Farmers are being encouraged to take part in a pilot study by University of Glasgow into agricultural workers who suffer from anxiety. Previous…
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Farming Minister George Eustice attempts to calm post-Brexit labour fears
Farming Minister George Eustice has attempted to calm fears about access to foreign labour following Brexit. Mr Eustice appeared at the annual Egg…
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Rural charity given share of £220,000 in cash seized from criminals by police
A rural charity is among 90 groups in Wales celebrating their share of nearly £220,000 in cash seized from criminals which has been awarded from the…
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NFU pushes for ‘quality over quantity’ on HS2’s biodiversity commitments
The National Farmers Union will today reinforce its calls for like for like replacement and a quality over quantity approach to any biodiversity…
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'Brexit could leave rural areas facing deep poverty': Nearly a quarter of all people in Wales now struggling to make ends meet
Nearly a quarter of all people in Wales now struggling to make ends meet, according to a new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which found…
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World celebrates British farmers efforts to combat climate change at UN's COP22
Twenty-two farmers from across the UK will feature in a new brochure 'Delivering Britain’s Clean Energy from the Land' as the UN's Climate Change…
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