NFU to address famers in Carmarthenshire

Alistair Mackintosh, the NFU Livestock Board Chairman, will address a meeting of NFU Cymru members in Carmarthenshire, on-farm, on Wednesday, 30 June 2010.

A beef and sheep farmer from Cumbria, Mr Mackintosh, will provide local farmers with an update on the current market situation for beef and lamb, outlining the future prospects and challenges for the livestock industry and will answer any questions.

Mr Mackintosh farms in partnership with his wife on the west coast of Cumbria, running beef, sheep and arable enterprises. The farm is divided between two units, one lowland and one within the SDA.

He runs 1,200 mule breeding ewes and a 140 cow limousin cross suckler herd. He sells finished and store stock through the local auction market. The farm also grows between 50 and 120 acres of grain which is used to feed back to livestock on the farm.

The meeting will start at 10.30am on 30 June and will be kindly hosted by Gareth and Ina Morgan at Bronglyn Farm, Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire.

Rita Jones, Head of Farm Liaison Service with the Welsh Assembly Government will also be present to give an update on the new sheep EID tagging requirements introduced from 1 January 2010 and the movement recording and movement reporting requirements. Rita will also answer your questions and explain how you can avoid cross compliance penalties from sheep inspections.

Rosemary Jones, NFU Cymru County Chairman for Carmarthenshire said, "We are very grateful to Alistair and Rita for agreeing to come and speak at the meeting and Gareth and Ina and their family for hosting it.

I hope we will get a good turnout of local NFU Cymru members. Please also encourage your friends and neighbours to come along."