NFU Cymru Council re-elects President and Deputy

John Davies and Stephen James
John Davies and Stephen James

Stephen James, a dairy farmer from Pembrokeshire, has been re-elected President of NFU Cymru and John Davies, a beef and sheep farmer from Powys, has been re-elected as Deputy President.

Stephen James farms in partnership with his wife, Joyce and his son, Daniel, they have a 500 acre farm with 300 dairy cows. Stephen is a former NFU Cymru County Chairman for Pembrokeshire and is the Union’s bovine TB spokesman.

John Davies farms with his family in Merthyr Cynog, near Brecon. He is married with two children. He has 100 suckler cows, 1,000 ewes, and runs a silage contracting business and holiday accommodation. John is also Wales YFC Finance Chairman, Club leader of his local Pontfaen YFC and a community councillor.

In his thank you speech, Mr James said, “The past two years have been rewarding, interesting but also challenging. I am indebted to Welsh Council for its support and I will endeavour to do my very best over the next two years as we still have some tough challenges to face as an industry.”

Both will now serve another two years in their positions.