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EC pledge to review EIDRead

Rhyl welcomes only bilingual Eisteddfod

MORE than 700 Young Farmers will converge on Rhyl Pavilion this Saturday for the Wales YFC National Eisteddfod.Read

True Taste magazine showcases best of Welsh food

TRUE Taste award winners are featured in new annual guide to some of the best food and drink in Wales.Read

Managing dry cows more effectively at Wrexham open event

MILK producers can learn how to manage dry cows more effectively at a Farming Connect open day next week.Read

Anglesey Winter Fair - 2011 results

DAIRY CATTLE (Judge: Aled Jones, Hendy, Pontllyfni) SUPREME Ch - WJ Williams, Clwch Dernog, Llanddeusant: R - WC & H Williams, Cefn Coch, Llanfechell.Read

New head warden at Snowdonia National Park

SNOWDONIA National Park Authority has appointed Mair Huws as head of warden and access service for the park.Read

Welsh farmers need to put on their ‘happy face’ says TV presenter

WELSH farmers need to drop their “overworked, underpaid, whingeing” image, BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson told Hybu Cig Cymru’s annual conference.Read

Bird Notes: Eyes of the taiga on Anglesey

IT’S been a good week for goose-watchers on Anglesey. The Biggest Twitch guides, Alan Davies and Ruth Miller, picked out two scarce species among the usual Canada and greylag flocks on Llyn Coron at the weekend.Read

Welsh forestry can lean much from Europe

WELSH Environment minister John Griffiths is urging foresters to learn from the lessons of Europe as they plan for climate change and the future.Read

Anglesey Agricultural Society marks 125th show with celebration dinner

ANGLESEY Agricultural Society is organising a special anniversary dinner to mark the 125th staging of its summer county show next year. It’s on January 21, 2012, at Anglesey Pavilion.Read

Concern that Glastir farmers face greening double whammy

WELSH farmers are seeking clarification from the EC on whether Glastir applicants can withdraw, without penalty, if CAP reform forces changes on their five-year contracts.Read

Now everyone can be an Olympian – at knitting

WELSH knitters are being asked to get their needles out for the London 2012 Olympics.Read

Bid for a cow flush in National Eisteddfod auction

FUNDRAISING for the 2013 National Eisteddfod gets underway with an early Christmas shopping opportunity in Denbighshire.Read

Rural events in the week ahead

NOVEMBERRead

Rural agency has £7m to spend in Flintshire and Denbighshire

WALES’S first “Pub Is The Hub” scheme could be extended across the country under ambitious plans hatched by Cadwyn Clwyd.Read

Farming and rural news in brief

Tree grants for diseased woodsRead

Welsh farmer elevated to WFU deputy president

WOMEN farmers are looking to wield greater influence in agricultural and rural policy.Read

Anglesey Winter Fair gamble reaps dividends

A GAMBLE to bring forward Anglesey Winter Fair appears to have paid off, with animal entries up across the board.Read

Another show, another win for Jager Bomb

NORTH Wales producers claimed a successive one- two at this year’s Agri Expo, Carlisle.Read

Dolgellau youngsters get insight into rural Wales

PUPILS at a Dolgellau secondary school were given an insight into how local farms have survived over generations.Read