Abi elected as new leader of NFU Cymru

N.Wales livestock farmer Paul Williams voted in as deputy

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE Countryside and Tourism Editor [e-mail]

From left, NFU Cymru's new Deputy President Paul Williams and President Abi Reader

CARDIFF dairy farmer Abi Reader has been unanimously elected as the new President of NFU Cymru.

Supporting Abi in her new role will be livestock farmer Paul Williams of Cae Haidd, Nebo, near Llanrwst, who was elected as the new Deputy President of the union.

‘The duo were elected at a meeting of NFU Cymru Council in Cardiff Bay on ‘Tuesday 20th January.

New NFU Cymru President Abi Reader is a thirdgeneration farmer, farming dairy, sheep and arable at Goldsland Farm in partnership with her parents and uncle in Wenvoe, just outside Cardiff.

‘A passionate advocate for promoting food and farming to the next generation and the wider public, Abi is a cofounder of the Cows on Tour movement and regularly engages with schoolchildren both on farm and in classrooms. A former NFU Cymru Wales Woman Farmer of the Year, she was honoured by the Queen with an MBE in 2019 for her services to agriculture.