Hybu Cig Cymru or Meat Promotion Wales recently held their conference in Cardiff. The speakers were all very good and included Dai Davies – Chairman of HCC, Gwilym Jones a member of the EU Agricultural and Rural Development Cabinet, Dr Alex Ball the Research and Development Manager for Meat and Livestock Australia, William Evans and Rob Cumine – HCC’s livestock scholars for 2010, Alun Davies the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and European Programmes and Adam Henson who is the presenter of ‘Countryfile’. Following an extremely interesting day, I had the opportunity to catch up with Adam and Dai Davies and to discuss the enthusiasm young people have in particular within the industry.
The month of May means that the Young Farmer Rally’s are soon to be in full swing. It’s Carmarthenshire’s turn tomorrow (May 4th) with the
Ffermio is taking a break for a few weeks, but will be back on S4C on Monday June 3rd.