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Farmer Focus: Tax changes will push families to plan sooner

Dec 10, 2024 | fwi.co.uk | Dafydd Jones

Dafydd Parry Jones © Richard Stanton Over the past few weeks, I have been involved in several events organised to voice the great concerns within the agricultural industry over the changes in inheritance tax laws. This has included an online meeting with our new Labour MP, Steve Witherden, and being part of a presence outside the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno during Sir Keir Starmer’s Saturday morning speech.
Farmer Focus: Come home safe everyone

Nov 5, 2024 | fwi.co.uk | Dafydd Jones

Dafydd Parry-Jones © Richard Stanton In recent months, several of our friends have been injured in farming accidents. Some of their injuries were extensive and required surgical intervention, and they had to spend a period in hospital. They were very fortunate that the emergency services were at hand, and help was on the scene as soon as possible.
Farmer Focus: Sheep scab hits us for third year running

Oct 10, 2024 | fwi.co.uk | Dafydd Jones

Dafydd Parry Jones © Richard Stanton In early September, a lorry load of our finished cattle headed up to Yorkshire for slaughter. These were 28-month-old heifers, which fattened a bit later than usual. We were disappointed with weight gains over the winter, so we kept them over the summer to gain weight and condition on grass. We were very pleased with the result.
A Series of Neutral Alkaline Earth Metal Hydride Complexes Supported by a Bulky, Unsymmetrical -Diketiminate Ligand, [{(Dip/TCHPNacnac)M(-H)}2] (M = Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba)

Sep 5, 2024 | pubs.rsc.org | Dominic Kennedy |Matthew Evans |Dafydd Jones |Michael Hill

A Series of Neutral Alkaline Earth Metal Hydride Complexes Supported by a Bulky, Unsymmetrical -Diketiminate Ligand, [{(Dip/TCHPNacnac)M(-H)}2] (M = Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba) A bulky, unsymmetrical -diketiminate ligand, [HC{MeCN(Dip)}{MeCN(TCHP)}]- (Dip/TCHPNacnac; Dip = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl, TCHP = 2,4,6-tricyclohexylphenyl), has been utilised in the preparation of a series of magnesium alkyl and calcium, strontium and barium amide complexes.
Farmer Focus: Grateful for advice to make time for family

Sep 3, 2024 | fwi.co.uk | Dafydd Jones

The summer months have been full of activity. The wet conditions have resulted in good grass growth during the past six weeks, with plenty of small windows of opportunity to get some silage in. Over the school holidays, having extra help on the farm ensured we could get the work done in a timely fashion. This meant we could spend more time away from the farm as a family, creating memories (of which more in a moment). And every evening, we enjoyed watching the Paris Olympics.
Farmer Focus: Getting political now silage is finally done - Farmers Weekly

Jul 30, 2024 | fwi.co.uk | Dafydd Jones

Dafydd Parry Jones © Richard Stanton The silage is all in, in what I would describe as a stop-start harvest. We’ve had a few small windows of opportunity over the past six weeks. This season could be regarded as a normal summer in west Wales, and very similar to that of last July. We’ve had much worse. The summers of 2007 and 2012 were atrociously wet and left us with very little opportunity for harvest.
Welsh Fire captain Beaumont says 2023 exit remains 'open wound'

Jul 24, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | Dafydd Jones

Welsh Fire captain Tammy Beaumont says missing out on the final in last year’s edition of The Hundred remains “an open wound.”Beaumont, 33, played a crucial role in a much-improved campaign as the Welsh franchise finished third to set up an eliminator tie against the Northern Superchargers. But their bid to reach the final at Lord’s suffered a cruel blow with heavy rain resulting in the match being abandoned, allowing the Superchargers to advance.
Farmer Focus: Hoping for sunshine to help lambs finish

Jun 29, 2024 | fwi.co.uk | Dafydd Jones

Dafydd Parry Jones © Richard Stanton We started harvesting silage in early June. We put two fields into the pit. The red clover from last year’s reseedings was in more of an advanced stage compared to the other silage fields, and needed to be harvested. Further delays in cutting the red clover beyond its optimum growing stage would weaken the plant.
Farmer Focus: Composted muck makes light work of carting

May 21, 2024 | fwi.co.uk | Dafydd Jones

There is always a sense of relief here as we progress through May. I imagine everyone is glad to see the back of the gloomy winter and benefit from the bloom of spring with its warmth and colour. Calving mainly occurred during April, and, overall, it went OK. Last year was something of a highlight for us when they all calved in six weeks. However, this year we were let down by a few stragglers.
Ultra-Trail Snowdonia: 'Savage' race to tame Eryri

May 9, 2024 | bbc.com | Dafydd Jones

Media caption, Harry Jones bids to regain the 50km Ultra-Trail Snowdonia-Eryri title he won in 2021. 'Beautiful beyond belief, savage beyond reason’. The tagline for Ultra-Trail Snowdonia (UTS), which takes place this weekend on 10-12 May, says it all. Some of the world’s best endurance athletes will take on Eryri by exploring its rugged peaks and epic landscapes, which makes for one of the world's most scenic yet gruelling running events .