About the South West
If tourism is the South West’s jam and clotted cream, farming is the scone upon which that luscious concoction perches.
Regional News
South West Farmer Facts - June Editions
3 July 2009
Click here to find out what's happening both Nationally and here in the South West region.
Ragwort Control
19 June 2009
It’s the time of year when I’m staring to get queries from regions and members on the control of ragwort. Defra have recently updated their web pages on Ragwort and injurious weeds, but here is a quick summary
Regional media releases
Gloucestershire Farmers could gain from South West Meat Status Boost
Many Gloucestershire livestock farmers could benefit from a potentially powerful marketing boost if an NFU-backed application for a prestigious European designation for their meat is successful.
Dairy Farmers in Doldrums to meet NFU President at Royal Cornwall
NFU president Peter Kendall will be outlining the Union's forthcoming campaign to beef up contracts providing the confidence and stability necessary for dairy farmers to continue in the industry when he visits the Royal Cornwall Show at Wadebridge on its opening day, Thursday (4th June).
DEFRA’S GOT TO KEEP UP IN FAST CHANGING WORLD WARNS NFU SW
1 June 2009
Defra, the government department responsible for farming, has been accused of inhibiting South West farmers and warned that it faces extinction because it is failing to adapt to events in the real world where security of food supplies is rising rapidly on everybody else's agenda.
