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2024-12-15

  Stock numbers and a Country Diary

Falling numbers of livestock ....new figures show the Welsh sheep flock has fallen to just 8.75m in 2024 - down from 12m in the 1990s. We hear how it's of prime concern for the Chair of Hybu Cig Cymru-Meat Promotion WalesThe rural gallery, MOMA - or t... 		  BBC Radio Wales author
2024-12-08

  Sheep Milk Cheese

Using natural ingredients and traditional methods - and a little bit of patience....this week we're at an award-winning dairy in Gwynedd that specialises in cheeses and creamy yogurt - made from sheep's milk. Dr Carrie Rimes used to make cheese on he... 		  BBC Radio Wales author
2024-12-01

  Sustainable Farming

A revised version of the Welsh Government's Sustainable Farming Scheme - "Tree planting and hedgerow creation" replaces the 10% tree cover requirement and the checklist of actions farmers would have to sign up to in order to access the scheme's univers... 		  BBC Radio Wales author
2024-11-24

  Farmers Protest and a Christmas Tree

Farming news - we look back at the farmers' protest in London over the Agricultural Inheritance tax and look forward to the changes the Welsh Government will announce at this year's Royal Welsh Winter Fair on the Sustainable Farming Scheme.Cegin y Bobl... 		  BBC Radio Wales author
2024-11-17

  The Prison Dairy

Overcrowding and lack of capacity in prisons has been dominating the headlines recently but at the UK's only prison dairy farm, state of the art milking machines have been installed, in the hope of improving the chance for prisoners to gain employment ... 		  BBC Radio Wales author
2024-11-10

  Creating Hope and Biodiversity

Climate Change: as world leaders gather at Baku, in Azerbaijan for COP 29 in the next two weeks we take a look at projects focused on tackling the impacts of climate change. We take a look at efforts to conserve a rare lichen at Dinefwr Park in Carma... 		  BBC Radio Wales author
2024-10-27

  River Health and Polder Fields

Restoring Welsh Rivers summit - we speak to the Archbishop of Wales about why the Church in Wales is getting involved in tackling our waterways and we hear how the Dean of St David's in Pembrokeshire is "doing the little things" and caring for a small... 		  BBC Radio Wales author
2024-10-27

  The Nuffield Scholarship

Open to applicants between the ages of 25 and 45, each year the Nuffield Foundation offers people working in farming, horticulture, forestry or other countryside industries an opportunity to study and travel overseas. Scholars are selected with a view... 		  BBC Radio Wales author
2024-10-20

  Bark Beetle and Gregorian Chanting

The eight-toothed spruce bark beetle - landowners across Wales are urged to be on the lookout for signs of a pest that has been found in Monmouthshire for the first time.Agricultural pollution - a three month ban on muck-spreading came into force acros... 		  BBC Radio Wales author
2024-10-13

  Welsh Veg in Schools

This term a project is underway to redesign and build a resilient food supply. Called Welsh Veg in Schools it's a pilot project, co-ordinated by Food Sense Wales, that aims to get more organically produced Welsh veg into primary school meals across Wa... 		  BBC Radio Wales author