Country Focus - Sunday 27th May at 0700; presented by Rachael Garside and repeated Monday 28th May at 0530

It's tumultuous times in the Dairy industry..... Most of the country's largest milk processors - who buy milk from dairy farms and sell it on to retailers - will cut the amount they pay farmers by 2 pence per litre at the start of next month. It means that Britain's 10,700 dairy farmers will receive around 26 pence per litre for their milk - and many claim that their businesses are becoming unsustainable. The announcement comes in the same week that dairy farmers supplying Llandyrnog creamery in Denbighshire welcome the news that two processors plan a merger which if successful would become the largest operator in the UK dairy market.

Now have you seen any Bee Boles recently - indeed, would you know if you had? The Merioneth Historical and Record Society and the local Beekeepers Association have got together to launch an appeal to find and record bee boles in the area before they are lost altogether. You can contact the project using the links or via email at merioneth.beeboles@gmail.com ; Telephone: 01341 430262

It's that garish time of year with blooming rhododendrons, the most prolific of which is the purple ponticum. Not everyone realises what a pest it is and how difficult it is to control but the Snowdonia Society is working on it.

Taking inspiration from her rural childhood home in the Ystwyth Valley - award-winning shoemaker Ruth Emily Davey hand makes stylish and comfortable footwear. Based at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre her bespoke shoes have both a local and international market, but what she does need is some more Welsh leather for her unique craft.