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Wildfires: FUW urges inquiry into future of upland farming and landscape management

Around 200 military personnel were drafted to help farmers and firefighters tackle wildfires across south and west Wales

Mia Willemsen
News and business reporter
clock 鈥� 17 min read
Wildfire blazes through the Ynysfeio Forest, above the Welsh village of Treherbert in the Rhondda Fawr valley in South Wales (Photo by Ryan Hiscott/Getty Images)
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Wildfire blazes through the Ynysfeio Forest, above the Welsh village of Treherbert in the Rhondda Fawr valley in South Wales (Photo by Ryan Hiscott/Getty Images)

August 19, 2026 Following the recent spate of wildfires across south Wales, the Farmers Union of Wales (FUW) say an urgent inquiry into the future of upland farming and landscape management in Wales is...

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