by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 30, 2024 | Agriculture, Land management
The Legislation, Roles and Government Fora FollowFollow Agriculture and environment are devolved to the Senedd and Welsh Government and Wales has its own legislation covering both areas. In Natural Resources Wales, it also has its own regulatory body whose role it is...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 30, 2024 | Agriculture, Land management
Agricultural Pollution FollowFollow Agricultural pollution is a long-standing issue in Wales. In the three years prior to 2021, agricultural pollution incidents averaged three per week. More recently, agriculture has been identified by NRW as contributing 62% of the...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 30, 2024 | Agriculture, Land management
Welsh Agriculture – Facts & Figures FollowFollow Economics In 2021, the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector accounted for for 1.1% of total gross value-added (GVA) to the Welsh economy. This compares to, for example, tourism at 5% of Wales’s GVA,...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 19, 2022 | Land management
Nutrients FollowFollow A number of rivers in Wales are currently suffering catastrophic impacts from high levels of nutrients. These nutrients enter from two main sources: agriculture and sewage discharges. In 2021, NRW published revised assessment of monitoring data...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 19, 2022 | Land management
Soil Loss FollowFollow The loss of soil and poor soil management present a significant impact to watercourses AND a loss of income to farmers (through loss of organic matter, compaction etc). Afonydd Cymru would like to have specific standards for soil and are working...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 19, 2022 | Land management
Slurry FollowFollow NRW state that they will need between 60 and 200 new staff to ensure compliance with the new regulations. Slurry pollution is generated from cattle rearing (beef and dairy) and pigs. It is an especially significant issue in the dairy belts of West...
