Gwyn Jones was a dairy farmer in West Sussex for over 30 years, running a 350 cow herd, with a 1.5 Megawatt Anaerobic Digester integrated in the farm business. A Nuffield Scholar and Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Mr Jones also has a long history as an active member of the NFU holding National Office for several years as the NFU National Dairy Board chairman and then Vice President.
Gwyn was born into a farming family in North Wales and trained as an engineer before returning to agriculture in Wales. He ran the beef and sheep units at Moulton College of Agriculture, before moving to West Sussex.
Gwyn is Chairman of RUMA (Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture), Vice Chairman of EPRUMA (The European equivalent of RUMA), Chairman of the COPA-Cogeca Animal Health and Welfare Working Group, an active member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC), member of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) Welfare and Ethics Group, and a member of the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine’s External Liaison and Advisory Committee.
You can now apply for a grant to support better calf housing. In this post, Gwyn Jones provides a recap of the grant and explains how to apply. He also shares how the grant was developed with farmers, vets and other experts through co-design.
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