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Smaller breeding flock may fail to fill new gap in market

A DECLINE in sheep numbers could mean that farmers lose out on a golden opportunity to meet an increased demand on the Continent for Welsh lamb. Read

CLA Wales says farming will weather credit crunch

RURAL Wales and farming can be reasonably optimistic about the long-term future in spite of the “extraordinary times” of the credit crunch. Read

Lynda Perkins wins Woman Farmer of the Year

A MOTHER-of-three who tempts tourists to return to her holiday cottages, by offering them delicious home-reared beef and lamb that they can take home with them, became Woman Farmer of the Year yesterday. Read

New bluetongue danger

WELSH farmers have reacted with anger and disbelief to the news that cattle infected with a new strain of bluetongue were brought into Britain. Read

UK wool marketing board has a rethink

THE declining sheep numbers in the UK has forced the British Wool Marketing Board to restructure its operations. Read

Farming Market Report

JJ Morris (Nov 24) Read

How to check the health of a herd

DAIRY farmers will be able to find out more about assessing the health of their herds in an event at the former Iger organic dairy research farm at Ty Gwyn, Trawscoed, tomorrow. Read

Farming Comment: A little less crunched

MOST farmers in Wales will be feeling a little less crunched by credit this morning. Read

Farming Letters, Tuesday, 2 December

SIR – Of course predators eat eggs and young birds as prey, that is the cycle of nature and no one would deny it (Mr S Jones’ letter, Country & Farming, Nov 11). However, is this the cause of the significant and on-going declines in so many of the birds characteristic of our farmed land? Read

Steffan steer in charity sale

THE proceeds of a crossbred steer to be sold at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair today will be given to charity in memory of Steffan Wynne Thomas of Llangefni, who died a year ago, aged 14, after a lifelong fight against illness. Read

Shearers head for New Zealand

A TEAM of sheep shearers from Wales travels to New Zealand next March to take part in a series of official test matches against the New Zealand national shearing team. Read

Market reports

WHITLAND: JJ Morris (Nov 15). Grazing Cows & Overage Cattle (31): Grazing cows to 114p/kg (630kg Lim), av 78.18 & £730 (770kg Her), av £446; Grazing bulls to £805 (900kg WB). Read

Food crisis warning

FOOD and farming will be in crisis unless governments take global action, according to new research published last week. Read

Cymru Dairy launched

RURAL AFFAIRS Minister Elin Jones launched Cymru Dairy in Cardiff last week to mark the re-branding of the former Watson Dairies distribution centre. Read

Welsh lamb sales pass New Zealand

SALES of Welsh lamb have overtaken New Zealand lamb for the first time in the main Meridian TV sales target area of south-east England. Read

Farming comment

THE devil, as ever, is in the detail of the agreement reached in Brussels last week over the so-called health check of the Common Agricultural Policy. Read

Winter Fair flocks

CHRISTMAS is coming, and there’ll be a goose or two at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair next week. Read

Better bull worth £13m

A SCHEME to help Welsh farmers buy quality bulls and boost genetics could be worth as much as £13m a year to the industry in Wales. Read

Minister welcomes stability given until 2013 by the new CAP deal

AGREEMENT over the Common Agricultural Policy health check has been hailed as providing stability and continuity for Welsh farming. Read

Farmer ticks off another achievement

TREBOR EDWARDS still enjoys, in the words of his famous song, Un Dydd ar y Tro – one day at a time – and the two days of next week’s Royal Welsh Winter Fair will be the last big event of a very different kind of day job for the popular singer and farmer. Read