NFU President, Meurig Raymond, will be guest speaker at the NFU Cymru Carmarthenshire County Conference on Thursday, 29 January 2015.
Held in the Halfway Inn, Nantgaredig, the meeting will commence at 7.30pm. NFU Cymru members are invited to listen to Mr Raymond and will have an opportunity to take part in a question and answer session afterwards.
Meurig Raymond farms 3,400 acres in Pembrokeshire in partnership with his twin brother, eldest son and nephew. The farm grows 2,200 acres of combinable crops and 300 acres of potatoes. There are 620 dairy cows, with 300 followers.
The farm also has 600 head of beef cattle and around 2,500 store lambs, fattened during winter. Meurig, born in 1952, was elected local branch Chairman of the NFU in 1979 and Pembrokeshire County Chairman in 1989. In 1992 he became the Welsh NFU Treasurer and served as the Pembrokeshire delegate on NFU Council between 1995 and 2004.
He was elected as Vice President of the NFU in 2004, became Deputy President in 2006 and President last year.
Rhys Jones, the County Chairman for NFU Cymru in Carmarthenshire said, “We are very fortunate that Meurig Raymond has agreed to come and speak at our conference and we are grateful to HSBC Bank PLC for sponsoring the event. I hope we will get a good turnout of local NFU Cymru members. Please also encourage your friends and neighbours to come along.”
