PRIMARY school pupils from all over Wales are being invited to enter a Christmas card design themed around farming for a special Christmas card competition.

The Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW) is asking children aged from four to 11 to design a Christmas farming scene for its Christmas cards, which will be sold to raise money for the union’s charity The DPJ Foundation.

The competition will be split into Welsh language and English language categories. Children can use any media in their entries, such as crayons, coloured pencils, felt tipped pens or paint which must be completed on an A4 sheet of paper and emailed in jpeg format.

The only stipulation is that it must be a Christmas card showing a farming scene. The competition has been a huge success in the past and the FUW hope it can once again count on the support of primary schools all over Wales.

The winner of each category will receive a £30 gift voucher for themselves, a packet of the Christmas cards depicting their design, one day’s free admittance to the 2022 Royal Welsh Winter Fair to receive their prizes and a £50 cheque for their school.

The closing date for entries is Friday, 28 October, 2022.

The pupil’s name, age, class number, school name and home address must be included on all entries, which should be e-mailed to ytir@fuw.org.uk

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Meanwhile, the FUW is once again looking to recognise an individual who has made a great contribution towards the development of the dairy industry and has become an integral part of the dairy industry in Wales.

To recognise such a person the Union is seeking nominations for its FUW outstanding service to the Welsh dairy industry award.

The winner will be announced, and the presentation made, at this year’s Welsh Dairy Show on Tuesday, October 25.

Nominations should be in the form of a letter or citation giving full details of the work and achievements of the nominee and need to be emailed to the FUW Carmarthen office at carmarthen@fuw.org.uk

Alternatively, they can be sent by post to FUW Carmarthen, 13A Barn Road, Carmarthen, SA31 1DD by Friday, October 7.