Debbie James
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- Sep 26, 2026
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Looking on the bright side is a winner for top stockperson Kathy (opens the original)
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Kathy Joules is an optimist who enjoys a challenge, two traits which have worked to her advantage in an industry characterised by tight profit margins, government regulation and diseases that challenge livestock and crops. Never one to shy away from the trials and tribulations of running a farm, that mindset has served her well in the eight years she has managed her 650-acre business since the death of her husband. Andrew had motor neurone disease and died when their dairy herd was on the point
What's YOUR biggest red tape bugbear? - Regulations rethink (opens the original)
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A new survey launched in Wales as part of a drive to make farming regulations more “proportionate, workable and better co-ordinated” could lead to a rethink. NFU Cymru is urging Welsh farmers to name the regulations they believe are the biggest burden to their businesses. The union is seeks examples of unnecessary paperwork, duplication and complexity, and also suggestions from farmers on how regulation could be more practical and proportionate. The survey findings will inform the union’s submis
What's YOUR biggest red tape bugbear? - Regulations rethink (opens the original)
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A new survey launched in Wales as part of a drive to make farming regulations more “proportionate, workable and better co-ordinated” could lead to a rethink. NFU Cymru is urging Welsh farmers to name the regulations they believe are the biggest burden to their businesses. The union is seeks examples of unnecessary paperwork, duplication and complexity, and also suggestions from farmers on how regulation could be more practical and proportionate. The survey findings will inform the union’s submis
What's YOUR biggest red tape bugbear? - Regulations rethink (opens the original)
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A new survey launched in Wales as part of a drive to make farming regulations more “proportionate, workable and better co-ordinated” could lead to a rethink. NFU Cymru is urging Welsh farmers to name the regulations they believe are the biggest burden to their businesses. The union is seeks examples of unnecessary paperwork, duplication and complexity, and also suggestions from farmers on how regulation could be more practical and proportionate. The survey findings will inform the union’s submis
Hopes grow of more flexible approach to slurry spreading (opens the original)
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Fixed dates dictating when farmers in Wales can spread slurry could be axed in favour of a more flexible approach. Rural resilience minister Llyr Gruffydd has committed to ending the closed period for spreading governed by the Control of Agricultural Pollution regulations but so far details on how and when that will happen have not been revealed. The closed spreading period for grassland on sandy or shallow soils kicked in on 1 September. A government Task and Finish group met in July to discuss
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