Figures are emerging of the true impact on family farms in Pembrokeshire of the government’s controversial plans to introduce inheritance tax (IHT) on agricultural assets.
A shearling ram with a Pembrokeshire connection has won a top award in Argentina, raising the global profile of the Wolfscastle-based Maes-Glas flock of Hampshire Downs.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) withdrew its case against a Welsh sheep farmer just hours before he was due to appeal a conviction that had major ramifications for the future of common land grazing in Wales.
Beef farmers are being urged to regularly review the financial performance of their enterprise as a business review in Wales has highlighted wafer thin margins, even among some of the best performing operators.
Is bankrupting small farmers, booting them off the land, really the best way to protect food security in Wales?
A preoccupation with the weather is an Olympic sport for farmers, although most have an abnormally high tolerance for rain.
Pembrokeshire milk producers had notable successes at last week’s Welsh Dairy Show at Carmarthen – from industry recognition awards to prizes for outstanding stock.
At 26, Pembrokeshire dairy farmer Harri Vaughan seems older than his years: a wise head on a young man’s shoulders.
A preoccupation with the weather is an Olympic sport for farmers, although most have an abnormally high tolerance for rain.
Farmers whose land falls within Wales’ proposed new national park fear it will mean more onerous planning controls, with one farming union suggesting it could stifle, even stop on-farm developments.
