Farming & allied industries have united in a display against inheritance tax proposals. Over 200 tractors, lorries and trucks descended on the Royal Welsh Showground with the Chair of the EFRA Committee, Alistair Carmichael, also speaking at the event ➡️ ow.ly/MPbN50V4wgS

There’s been 16 PM’s since my grandfather bought the farm in 1960, currently we have the most damaging PM in three generations. Food production should be protected at all costs. Governments come and go, while we lay down the foundations for the next generation of farmers.

‘You demonstrate the same lack of understanding the treasury shows.’ Tory MP Ashley Fox MP responds to the idea that farmers should stomach the government’s inheritance tax increases.

For any doubters out there that believe that Tom Bradshaw and the National Farmers' Union team aren't giving blood sweat and tears into pursuing the reversal of the IHT policy on our industry's behalf, show me the man, woman or anything in between that comes anywhere near the commitment shown!

A year ago today, having slept 2 hours in the pickup at -3ºC on a farm near Cardiff, we were at the Senedd fighting for the future of Welsh family farms. Today, one year on, back on my way to the Senedd to do it all again! NFU Cymru 🚜

Mae’r anniddigrwydd hefo’r dreth etifeddiant amaethyddol yn parhau. Sylw i ddadl yn y Senedd ar Ffermio nos Lun Mawrth 10 Cae Haidd NFU Cymru 🚜 Llyr Gruffydd AS/MS Rhys Owen

Fferm deuluol Gymraeg yn cynnal cefn gwlad gan gynnwys adar prin fel y gylfinir NFU Cymru 🚜 RSPB Cymru 💚 Just a typical Welsh family farm sustaining nature including rare species such as the curlew.

Enjoyed the company of nearly 200 Dutch farmers here at Cae Haidd over the last 3 weeks in favourable weather ☀️. Many interesting questions and conversations - good to share experiences and common challenges (NVZ's and Govt support) Beginning to think that they know me too well!

£2.5bn for British steel. That’s the same as the annual budget for agriculture…. Steel industry employs 33,700 - contributes £1.8bn to the economy 🏭 Agriculture employs 285,000 - contributes £13.7bn to the economy 🌾

Er ein bod ar fferm sydd a glawiad cyfartalog oddeutu 2.7m y flwyddyn, dyma'r glaw cyntaf i Cae Haidd ers 18fed Ebrill! Even with an average rainfall of just short of 2.7m, this is the first rainfall at Cae Haidd since 18th of April!

Cheap food does/never did exist! All food production comes at a price-only difference being the amount of protection successive Govts are prepared to give to consumers by subsidised farm production. Beef price today is relative to 1982-markets adjusting to reduced interventions!

Listen to this clip below👇🏼 I urge you to listen to this and tell me that the Welsh Labour Government’s bovine TB eradication strategy has worked at all over the past decade, or even longer. The financial cost, the animal welfare impact and the emotional strain. And are we

It can take generations to set up farms that survive the vicissitudes of weather and war. It takes a single government, fired with resentment and unable to imagine a time when food runs scarce, to destroy them. telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/…

Gwerthfawrogwn pob cefnogaeth wrth inni geisio wyrdroi cynlluniau'r canghellor ar dreth etifeddiaeth sy'n ymosodiad ar gymunedau gwledig ein Henwlad🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 "Gwinllan a roddwyd I'm gofal yw Cymru fy ngwlad, i'w thraddodi I'm plant, ac i blant fy mhlant..."

"Gobeithio daeth e ddim i hynny." Mae ffermwr o Sir Benfro, James, wedi rhannu ei bryderon ynghylch y cynigion ar gyfer y Dreth Etifeddiaeth. "Hopefully it doesn't come to that." Pembrokeshire farmer James has shared his concerns on the Inheritance Tax proposals.

Diolch i bawb wnaeth ymweld â'n stondin dros sioe Dinbych a Fflint Thank you to everyone who visited us at Denbigh and Flint Show. We had a great day meeting with politicians and members, and discussing the most pressing agricultural issues.

Today we're hosting our Sustainable Farming Conference with guest speakers from the supply chain, politics and the research industry. ➡️ nfu-cymru.org.uk/news-and-infor…

The weather 🌦 outside is probably welcome by all.The climate inside the Swan's shed at NFU Cymru 🚜 Sustainable Farming Conference is also warm. Very positive messages from prominent experts that Welsh Agriculture is and can continue to contribute to sustainable food production.

"For every £1 of farm support, £9 flows back to the economy. That's good value for money." As part of our political session at our Sustainable Farming Conference, Samuel Kurtz MS has highlighted the real value of Welsh farming.

A shift before the storm this morning. The Wagyu's have had a mixed performance this grazing season. The best achieving 1.45kg/dlwg/day on grass with the worst way behind on 0.49kgs! (Av. 0.9kgs). Deep dive into stats points to difference in calf management pre arrival.