Always ready to talk shop

BACK in 1955 when the FUW was formed, the National Eisteddfod of Wales was held in Pwllheli and it’s hard to imagine that the welcome back then on the FUW stand wasn’t as warm and embracing as it was this last week in Tregaron.

We ensured we had a full programme of events to suit all tastes across the eight days and we hope you found the time to join us on the stall.

Welcoming visitors to our stand, staff were available for a chat over a cuppa and a biscuit and our Presidential team were always ready to talk shop and discuss the hot topics that are bothering farmers and those in the rural economy.

Everything we do at FUW is underpinned by our slogan ‘Farming Matters’.

We realise that farming matters not only to farmers who produce our food, but is also the cornerstone of our rural communities and farming families who play a huge role in conserving the Welsh language. Having a presence at such an important Welsh cultural event as the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol is hugely important to the FUW, its staff and our members.

Ever-present on our stand was the late poet and former Archdruid Dic Jones, whose awdl Y Cynhaeaf won him the Chair at the Aberavon and District Eisteddfod in 1965.

Dic was born in Tre’r Ddôl, Ceredigion, but farmed later on in life at Blaenannerch in the south of the county. His legacy as well as his words will carry on in his memory, with the words from y Cynhaeaf ringing true for the FUW today, as they did when they were written…” tra bo dynoliaeth fe fydd amaethu, a chyw hen linach yn ei holynu.”

At the FUW, our stand is not just about farming; it is about the wider recognition of how #Farmingmatters, where supply chains are involved, how money circulates in the local economy, where people survive, where profits are made, communities are sustained and our Welsh culture continues to thrive.