GWCT News Blog

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee have produced a survey aimed at gathering insights from farmers in England regarding their efforts to enhance soil health.

Are you heading to Ragley for the Game Fair on 28-30th July? We would love to see you there and have lots of interesting things planned. Our stand is H805 and you can find us just down from the Carter Jonas Theatre across the weekend.

Will ELMS plug the ‘funding’ gap that the withdrawal of BPS exposes the farming industry to? 

The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show takes place 24-27 July at Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells. GWCT Wales will be at Tent 883 in the Countryside Care Area and we would love to catch up with you.

Louise completes her 170km solo hike.

Louise provides an update from a foggy day 9 of her hike.

Defra’s Higher Tier of Countryside Stewardship program offers multi-year management options and capital items for the most environmentally important sites, including commons and woodlands. In this guide, we'll walk you through the application process and provide updates on the current status of applications.

Lesley Griffiths’ statement on the recent episode of BBC Countryfile that she would revisit the ban on snares in Wales, if curlew numbers continued to decline, leaves a glimmer of hope for the species. However, the fact remains that in refusing to accept the amendment to the Agriculture Bill, which would have permitted the use of HCRs under licence, the Welsh Government has put the survival of the curlew and other ground nesting species in doubt.

The prize in our 2023 Gun Draw is an exquisite Beretta SL3 Premium Shotgun worth £21,350. Watch this short video showcasing the perfect marriage of performance and beautiful deisgn.

GWCT South East Wales Annual Clay Shoot.