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Tenders are being sought for four farm tenancies - three in Wales and one in Cumbria. Currently used for beef and sheep production, the farm's buildings include a large steel-framed loose housing shed, a traditional Dutch barn and a steel portal-framed cubicle building. However, Powys County Council has released an outline which suggests the holding is a 90-acre grassland farm with a three-bedroom house. [Extracted from the article]

Wales is planning to ditch farm subsidies post Brexit and replace them with an annual payment to farmers who deliver "environmental outcomes" on their farms. Responses to the "Brexit and our Land" consultation highlighted the production of food and public goods can go hand in hand, Ms Griffiths suggested. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses a technique that identifies the presence of mud snails infected with fluke being used to help Welsh farms determine fields with the presence of mud snails as it is a risk factor for fluke infections in livestock with snails being integral to the fluke's life cycle. It reports on an environmental test detecting mud snail DNA in water that has been developed at Aberystwyth University, Wales as a solution. It reports on the tests trialed on Welsh farms and their results.

The article focuses on the farms which are being launched for sale and their five-year average. It reports that Wales is the lowest level of farm supply, the effects of Brexit on the supply, and Scotland's increase in acreage. Statistical data on the increase in acreage up for sale is also mentioned.

The article reports on the announcement made by Christianne Glossop, chief veterinary officer in Wales, about the planned culling of badgers on farms in the country due to its contribution to the outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle. Topics discussed include possible killing of badgers on various farms, factors to consider to the action plans such as purchasing of cattle, on-farm biosecurity and management practices, and the implication of targeted culling of badgers.

The article reports on the move of the Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to conduct water-quality tests on 48 farms on Anglesey, Wales. It states that the NRW aims to rule out livestock bacteria and excrement as the cause of poor-quality bathing water in Cemaes Bay beach. It mentions that the NRW admitted that water quality could be influenced by livestock bacteria.

The article reports that farm leaders are highlighting the harmful effect of bovine tuberculosis on farms in Wales.

The article reports on the negative impact of the country-wide implementation of a designation similar to the Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB) in Wales, according to Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Wales policy director Sue Evans at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair in Builth Wells on November 28, 2011. Of concern to AONB is the restriction on rural businesses posed by the Planning Bill. In particular, Evans is concerned about the positioning of wind turbines on farms.

The article features the Dinas Island Farm on Pembrokeshire, Wales as minimal rainfall in 2011 and shallow soil has put pressure on the coastal farm, prompting early weaning of the remaining 2,100 lambs at 12 weeks on July 4. The lambs were moved to a 60-acre clover-rich block inland so that ewes could remain at Dinas Island to run on tight blocks of pasture, deemed an ideal situation for drying off. It details protecting the health of lamb and ewes, lamb selection, and the difficult weather.

The article features the Dinas Island Farm farmed by Welsh farmer Neil Perkins, in collaboration with his father Roger and wife Lynda, near Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The farm was chosen to be a Management Matters farm in the country. It cites the strategy of the Perkins to develop a grassland system to have productive grazing and high-quality silage.

The article discusses how Tregeiriog Farm in Llangollen, Wales, owned by Rupert Greenwell and farmed under contract by Aled Jones, is improving its profitability. The farm carriers 1,275 breeding ewes and 300 ewe lambs. Jones claims he plans to increase the chicory area in 2011. He also plans to expand the use of high-index rams. Meanwhile, nutrition is a vital part of the preparations for winter at the farm. All ewes have received three trace element boluses from Animax.

The article focuses on the adjustments made at Gelli Aur Farm in Carmarthenshire, Wales to stand firm on its spring grazing rotation. Topics covered include the goal of farm manager John Own in preserving the cost-saving potential of grazed grass, the expected lower residual levels of nitrogen in the soil and the advantages of subdividing the fields with electric fences.

The article reports on the good lamb sales at Tregeiriog Farm in Llangollen in Clwyd, Wales. Aled Jones, who farms the land under contract, says the good sales were boosted by the decision to invest about 1,600 British pounds in re-seeding and to break with the low input management approach. He adds that 120 cross-bred lambs were put and 50 were finished in two weeks.

The article focuses on the success of the Children Agriculture Food and Education (CAFE) project launched to reconnect children with food and farming in Wales. Coordinator Caroline Davies is looking for farmers in various areas to open their farms for school visits or sell produce through schoolyard farmers' markets. The project helps schools set up vegetable gardens and persuade teachers to let children prepare and cook what they grow. It has already received up to £90,000 from the Countryside Council for Wales.

The article features Coleg Gwent Usk Campus, a college farm in Wales which promotes farming to the public, helping it profit from the wider rural business scene and profiting from co-operation. Now part of six-campus, 37,000-student Coleg Gwent, it has benefited from a rising interest in land-based education, which has secured a new future for the college farm, which was almost sold a few years ago. While rural business is now overtaking traditional farming, farming continues to be taught and the college farm continues to be linked to Usk College.

The article presents information on the Cefn Crib and Gogarth farms in Powys, Wales. Deilwen Breese has inherited a half share in Cefn Crib after the death of her father Gwyn Rowlands. She plans to continue day-to-day site management in addition to running her own farm tourism business in Gogarth. The financial performance of the Gogarth farm is discussed.

The article reports that Welsh livestock farmer Glynne Jones is demanding an apology for being wrongly penalized for allegedly failing to comply with nitrate-vulnerable zone (NVZ) rules. Topics covered include penalties he lost on his farm at Hafotdy Ddu in Denbigh, his failure to keep records of how much fertilizer and manure had been applied, and his discovery that the NVZ ceased to exist in 2011.

The article reports that farmers in Wales have been advised for being careful related to changes in common agricultural policy (CAP) claims from their 2015 single application form (SAF). Topics discussed include cross-compliance fines on farmers claiming for farm tracks and trees on their new forms, the views of Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Cymru policy director Karen Anthony on the same, and the advice for deducting ineligible area from the total area of the field.

The article focuses on a study by Hybu Cig Cymru, organisation responsible for the development and marketing of Welsh red meat, which shows that anthelmintic resistance to wormers in sheep has increased in Wales as of 2015. The findings include five farms showing resistance to all four wormers, an increase in resistance to white drench compared with survey in 2006, and surveillance on farms being carried out as part of the Wales Against Anthelmintic Resistance Development project.

The article focuses on a research carried out by land and property specialist George F. White which shows that farmers and landowners in Wales with electricity pylons could be losing compensation on their land. The findings include landowners giving permanent rights to electricity providers in exchange for lump sums receiving less money than they could, the way compensation was calculated, and advice for landowners to insist on compensation for both agricultural loss and diminution of property.

The article reports on the 572 million British pounds set for the delivery of the Glastir agri-environment programme and other land-based initiatives in Wales in the coming six years, which was unveiled by business minister Edwina Hart after taking over the farming portfolio from Alun Davies.

The article reports that Welsh police have pledged to address the issue of illegal off-road drivers who have caused damage to farms. Topics discussed include increased number of complaints from farmers regarding the damages caused by recreational off-road vehicle drivers, impact of off-road vehicles on grasslands and farm soils and farmers' claim that they have been subjected to verbal abuse by the off-road drivers.

This article reports on the plan of the British Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) to create a network of monitor farms in England and Wales by 2016. It mentions the number of arable growers needed for the project and the procedure for selecting the growers by the HGCA. The arable growers selected include Phil Meadley, Mike Daniells and Jo Franklin.

This article presents information on the safety and health awareness days (SHAD) across England, Wales and Scotland being hosted by the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to teach farmers on managing the risk of injuries in farms. It discusses the demonstrations being conducted during these events, the average number of accidents in agriculture and statements from Rick Brunt, head of agriculture at HSE, during the final SHAD in Langar, Nottinghamshire, England.

A review is offered for the Pant-y-rhuaf Farm, a beef and arable farm in Carmathenshire, Wales, which is up for sale in 2014.

The article discusses the developments in the agriculture industry in Great Britain as of mid-2013. It features the six-month pilot scheme called Cymorth TB that is fully financed by the Welsh government to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) in farms by providing practical advice to farmers on trading, biosecurity and testing. The opinion of Welsh government veterinary (vet) adviser Richard Griffiths on the developments is also cited.

The article discusses the Welsh government's consideration of a support package under the Rural Development Plan to help upland farms in Wales secure a sustainable and prosperous future.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the correspondence "Allow Wales to fight for historic SFP," in the February 8, 2013 issue.

The article reports on the preparations for lambing the 1,600 ewes at Dinas Island Farm in Pembrokeshire, Wales, including a feeding strategy to make up for poorer silage quality of 2012.

The article discusses the highlights of a report which suggests that the poor uptake of the land management scheme by farmers in Wales may have been due to a lack of government support and advice. The Welsh government has introduced Glastir to replace the country's existing environmental schemes. The report found that some of the options offered to farmers were unworkable because of a lack of on-farm advice.

The article focuses on Dinas Island Farm located near New Port, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The farm is part-owned and part-rented and operated by Neil Perkins, his father Roger and wife Lynda. Their business involves 1,600 Lleyn ewes and 600 ewe lambs and dairy heifers which are reared on contract for a nearby dairy herd. The farm is in the Tir Gofal environmental scheme and the family have diversified into the family market in 1996 when part of their farmhouse was converted for letting.

A photograph is presented of one-year-old Jack Russell, Begw, who seems keen on taking a role on the farm in Gwynedd, North Wales.

The article focuses on the proposed 30-mile-long overhead power line project of the National Grid in Wales and Shropshire, England. Landowners and farmers were urged to assess the possible impact of the construction of the electricity substation which will link to proposed wind farms in the area. It relates that dozens of farms would be affected by the substation project. It outlines the reason behind the opposition of the National Farmers Union (NFU) to the project in its current form.

The article informs that the water levels at the Clywedog Reservoir in Wales would be kept below capacity to prevent the chances of floods and damages to farmlands during the adverse environmental conditions. It is mentioned that in June 2012 many acres of crops was affected with floods and the farm animals have to be moved to higher lands. Also, following the incident the Environment Agency Wales has agreed to maintain the capacity at the reservoir.

The article reports that the arable Marrington Cottages Farm in Wales is up for sale as a whole or in five lots through joint agents Halls and Balfours.

The article reports that 25 farmers whose land falls inside a region designated as a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) are appealing for the scrapping of the designation.

The article reports on the Gorswen and Tryal Bach Farms at Llanon near Aberystwyth in Ceredigion Wales, an almost 500 acres of much improved coastal land in West Wales with views over Cardigan Bay, that are on the market with JJ Morrris.

The article reports on the developments in the farm operation of livestock farmer John Yeoman in an upland farm in Wales. According to Yeoman, solving the trace element deficiencies that are related with poor fertility and growth has improved his beef and sheep enterprises. He worked with Agrimin's James McCulloch in resolving the problem.

The author discusses developments in his family farm in Llanidloes, Wales, including the near perfect start of lambing due to good weather in March 2012 and the rationing of water supply and elimination of garden watering.

The article focuses on the Land Rover vehicle that is based on concepts originally developed on a farm in Wales. It recalls the Land Rover project aimed at building Rover as a go-anywhere vehicle for farmers that began in about 1946. It cites design features on the first production models, including the galvanised chassis. It also mentions the merger between the Land Rover business and the Jaguar car company as Jaguar Land Rover, and notes their optimistic outlook as part of Tata Motors group.

The article reports on the move by grower Peter Segger to install solar photovoltaic panels at Blaencamel Farm, his organic vegetable farm in west Wales. Segger has decided to take advantage of the Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) government program and turned his farm into a carbon neutral farm. A total of 30,000 pounds have been spent by Segger for the installation. Seggers stresses that the income comes from the solar energy that he is using and not the excess energy sold to the National Grid utility.

The author presents an update on their farm in Mid Wales in Wales as of January 2011 which includes the persistence of the problem of tuberculosis, 182% rise in performance of Mules and Texels following the first scanning and the negative impact of inflation on gross income.

The article features the 200 hectare-farm of Jolyon Higgs and family in Llanidloes, Mid Wales.

The article reports on the risk that Welsh farmers could loss 35 million pounds from their subsidies until clear rules on dual claims for farmland are set prior to the Glastir farm management scheme implementation in 2012, says Country Land and Business Association Wales chairman Ross Murray. It will replace the Tir Gofal and Tir Cynnal schemes. He notes that farmers are concerned that the European Union will classify dual claims in which a tenant receives single farm payment (SFP) while the landowner receives agri-environmental payment as illegal.

The article reports on a demonstration staged by farmers against what they believe the unreasonable growth in public access to farmland outside the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) stand at the Royal Welsh Show in 2009. The group consist of National Freeholders Protection Association, the Mountain Graziers Association and Managed Access Packages members. It is not the plan of the group to focus solely on CCW, according to spokesman Gareth Jones. He adds that the protest is aimed at the government, local authorities and environmental organisations.

The author focuses on the new farming strategy introduced by the Welsh Assembly Government in 2009 to help the farming, food and land-based industries until 2019. She states that under the plan, farmers will be given support to develop new products, improve farm performance and encourage tourism. She cites the efforts of the Welsh assembly to be more proactive on farming. She also compares the Welsh farming strategy with that of the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in England.

The article reports on the dispersal of the Gerlan farm owned by D. E. Jones that is located in Welshpool, in Powys, Wales, held in May 2009. Among those several merchandise for sale are a range of agricultural machinery and tools, in addition to a selection of pedigree Holstein milkers and beef cattle.

The article reports on a warning from Welsh farm leader Gareth Vaughan that the effects of the bad weather on farms in the summer of 2008 will be felt well into 2009. Vaughan said he was especially concerned about farmers who normally sold store lambs to buyers who depended on forage crops such as rape and stubble turnips. Producers have been urged to identify problems early and make plans to deal with an expected shortage of winter fodder, and the impact of poor quality hay and silage.

The article reports that a farm owned by David Harries at Hundleton in Pembrokeshire, west Wales is proving a fertile source of fungi. The object of David' interest is a mystery waxcap which has popped up in the fields of his farm. In Pembrokeshire, the interest of David and his wife Holly in fungi is shared by others through the Pembrokeshire Fungus Recording Network. It is noted that discovering a species new to Somerton Farm is always a eureka moment for David, who shares his keen interest in fungi with his wife, Holly.