All Wales articles – Page 4
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NewsWelsh beef sector hopes for long-term market stability
According to Hybu Cig Cymru-Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), the Welsh beef sector may see long-term market stability and positive price growth following new calf registration numbers, which matched other statistics showing supply tightening from the end of 2024 forward.Calf registration numbers were down 2% year-on-year.The September edition of HCC's Market ...
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NewsWelsh beef industry hopes September sunshine will help raise beef prices
According to Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), the Welsh beef industry is hoping the Indian summer heat will help to further boost prices.The Welsh beef industry is hoping that warmer weather in September will encourage people to bring out the barbecues.“Prices in recent days have picked up ...
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NewsHCC hosts cooking sessions for schoolchildren
Welsh red meat promotion body Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has visited schools and events across Wales, ahead of the peak season for PGI Welsh Lamb.Schoolchildren help HCC's Elwen Roberts (back right) cook up a feast at the National Sheep Association event near Newtown, Powys.As part of ...
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NewsHCC 2023 Scholars announced at Royal Welsh Show
Two Brecon livestock farmers have been announced as this year's Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) Scholars at the Royal Welsh Show.L-R: Dan Jones, Alison Harvey, Tudor Roderick.Dan Jones from Llandudno and Tudor Roderick from Brecon have been announced as the 2023 HCC Scholars during the Royal Welsh Show in Builth Wells.The ...
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NewsWelsh meat exports up 42% from 2021 levels
Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has announced that Welsh meat exports were worth £265 million in 2022, seeing a 42% increase from 2021 figures.Welsh meat exports were valued at £265 million in 2022.Griffiths revealed at the Royal Welsh Show that meat and meat products were the highest value export categories ...
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NewsHCC chair calls for "new social contract" to promote Welsh red meat products
Plans to boost the international branding of Wales’ sustainable red meat products were unveiled by HCC chair Catherine Smith at the Royal Welsh Show on Monday 24th July 2023.HCC chair Catherine Smith.Smith explained that HCC continues to operate in a crowded consumer marketplace, where red meat products are “surrounded by ...
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NewsHCC and Welsh Athletics team up to launch 'Healthier Wales' partnership
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and Welsh Athletics have joined forces in the name of highlighting the importance of a healthy lifestyle to children across Wales.L-R: Elwen Roberts and Aled Davies OBE.HCC and Welsh Athletics will be visiting schools across Wales and teaching pupils about the importance ...
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NewsWales to restrict multibuy deals on HFSS foods
The new law, which will be introduced in 2024 and will be rolled out across Wales by 2025, builds on a Government commitment to improve diets by restricting the ways foods high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS) can be promoted.This will include volume-based promotions, such as multi-buys and restrictions ...
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News£50k blockchain funding awarded to tech consortium to unlock Welsh lamb exports
Welsh premium organic lamb producer Rhug Estate has partnered with an international consortium of tech, trade, and veterinary industry leaders on a supply chain project to enable the frictionless movement of quality lamb products to export markets.Organic lamb export from the Rhug Estate in North Wales has been severely impacted ...
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NewsEaster boost helps early year lamb sales
Strong sales over the traditional Easter season saw a 24% lift in volumes over 2022 with fresh lamb roasting joints a firm favourite with holiday buyers.The Easter boost helped lamb sales to hold up well during the first quarter of 2023, despite the pressure on household budgets caused by high ...
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NewsStudents get valuable insight at Welsh Lamb butchery demonstration
Aspiring chefs from a leading further education college were given an insight into PGI Welsh Lamb as part of a demonstration of butchery skill and technique. Following the demo, Welsh Lamb took centre stage in a six course Great British Menu meal, cooked by the students themselves. Ben Roberts gives ...
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NewsNew HCC board appointments
Lesley Griffiths, the Welsh Government Rural Affairs Minister, has announced the appointment of four new directors to the Board of Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), the statutory levy body responsible for promoting and developing the lamb, beef and pork sectors.Caroline Sanger-Davies is a marketing professional with over ...
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NewsBuoyant global demand brings cheer to beef sector
A new analysis of the outlook for the beef sector in Wales and the rest of the UK, compiled by levy board Hybu Cig Cymru-Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), has pointed to crucial global factors which may give farmers cause for optimism, despite uncertainties at home.Over the past 12 months, farmgate ...
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NewsSupport for teachers as HCC links up with Countryside Classroom
As part of its programme of work to help children to learn about farming, food and the environment, Welsh red meat body Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has linked up with UK-wide platform Countryside Classroom to make its learning resources more accessible.Countryside Classroom helps teachers to find ...
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NewsHCC’s international Scholarship open for applications
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has opened its travel scholarship for applications from 3rd April 2023 and the hunt for its 2023 Scholarship winner is now on.2022 HCC Scholar Charlie Cooper-Harding.Open to anyone above the age of 18 working in the red meat sector in Wales, the ...
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NewsBrecon Beacons farmer hosts Dutch trade delegation
A large group of food industry executives, buyers and butchers from the Netherlands embarked on a tour of Wales last week, to find out more about Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef.Dutch food industry representatives, HCC and processors at Newton Farm in the Brecon Beacons.The tour, organised by Hybu Cig Cymru ...
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NewsNutrition and cost of living impacts highlighted at teachers' conference
Food teachers from all over Wales gathered for a conference in Cardiff, to discuss latest developments in the curriculum, and hear about the latest resources available to help teach about the origin of food, the impact of the cost of living crisis on child nutrition, as well as farming and ...
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NewsWelsh Beef traceability system can offer reassurance to consumers, says HCC
The current investigation into meat products from abroad being labelled as ‘British’ highlights the value of investing in a full traceability system, according to Welsh red meat body Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).HCC says a twenty-year investment in a world-leading system of traceability backed up by the ...
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NewsHCC looks to future challenges for red meat sector
Following an extensive period of seeking the views of farmers and stakeholders, the recommendation of the board of directors of Welsh red meat body Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) to change levy rates in order to meet new challenges has been approved by the Welsh Government Minister ...
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NewsUS marketing push for lamb
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), the Welsh Government and the whole PGI Welsh Lamb supply chain are set to work together to launch a major drive to tap into the American export market.Restrictions on the import of UK lamb into the USA were finally lifted last year, ...
