Farming is so much more than a job. It’s a way of life that often involves multiple generations of the same family - children, parents, grandparents - and nowhere more so than in Wales where most farms are family-run businesses.
Hobby farmers and equestrian buyers are active in the Welsh farmland market, many from Ireland and Scotland, according to one rural agent.
Opposition from Welsh farmers to the government’s vision for future farm support in Wales remains strong.
It is not often that farm shop customers are seen pushing a trolley from shelf to shelf, filling it with the meat, fresh produce and other groceries that will feed them and their families in the week ahead.
An upland farmer is growing his income from lamb sales by performance recording his closed flock of Welsh Mountain ewes.
The bovine TB situation is continuing to deteriorate in Pembrokeshire, the latest official statistics show.
The hardest working individuals in recent weeks must surely be our posties, their daily deliveries weighed down with political party manifestos and leaflets from constituency hopefuls.
As new recruits to agroforestry and commercial blueberry production, the learning curve was a steep one for Josh and Abi Heyneke and with, by their own admission, many mistakes made along the way. But that all changed when they were matched with a mentor.
The decision to delay the rollout of Wales’ Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) is a “sensible and pragmatic’’ one according to farming leaders but “bad news for farmers, nature and climate’’ say wildlife campaigners.
The colony of bees labouring away in Sam Davies’ apiary are, by all accounts, a good-natured bunch.
