Visit The Royal Welsh Show during your cottage
holiday in Wales. It is the biggest agricultural show in Europe. It
is organised by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, and takes place
in July of each year, at Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells in mid-Wales.
The show lasts for four days and attracts more than 200,000 visitors
annually, making it one of Wales's major tourist attractions. A visit
to the show makes for a great day trip from our self catering cottages.
Builth Wells is just over 55 miles from our holiday cottages in Pontardawe.
for further information please see the official Royal
Welsh Agricultural Show website.
Agriculture in Wales SOUTH WALES TRAVEL
GUIDE
Welcome to our Welsh farming
news pages. Approximately 80% of the land in Wales in used for agriculture.
The Welsh countryside is grassy and hilly making Wales more suited
to livestock farming than crop cultivation. The country is famous
for its sheep, of which there are more than 10 million, outnumbering
people by more than three to one. Cattle farming for beef and dairy
products is also common. About 13% of the land is covered by forestry
and woodland. Wales's fishing industry is concentrated mainly along
the Bristol Channel. Agriculture, forestry and fishing only contributes
to 1.5 % of the economy.
Our self catering holiday cottages are situated on Plas Farm, a
mixed sheep and beef cattle farm of 120 acres. There are also areas
of forestry and woodland on the farm.
For the latest Welsh farming news, please see below. For other Welsh
news, follow the links on the right hand side of the page.
Welsh Farming News
FROM BBC NEWS
Farm scheme 'missed opportunity' A scheme to pay farmers to manage the environment misses the chance to aid effects of climate change, says a union. Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:47:36 GMT
Sheep tags cost will hit farmers Welsh Conservatives warn compulsory electronic sheep tagging will have dire consequences for the industry. Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:18:03 GMT
Farming 'must make big changes' Farming in Wales must make fundamental changes before 2020 or deteriorate, says an independent report. Publ.Date : Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:59:51 GMT
Farming vote looking for support With more than 25,000 working farms, the agricultural vote remains important at the Welsh assembly election. Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:34:23 GMT
Women in battle for farming award Three mid Wales women are in the running for a prize highlighting the female role in farming. Publ.Date : Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:11:21 GMT
