Andrew RT Davies - leader of the Welsh Conservatives on the General Election: "No farmers means no food"

The Welsh Conservatives leader has written a blog for Farmers Guardian on the importance of farming communities, the Sustainable Farming Scheme and how his party will back farmers ahead of the General Election

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Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies: "We will never drive farmers to the point that they have to come to Cardiff Bay in their thousands on a rainy afternoon."
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Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies: "We will never drive farmers to the point that they have to come to Cardiff Bay in their thousands on a rainy afternoon."

I grew up farming alongside my father, and now I farm alongside my own children. I want to make sure that they can have the opportunity to farm with their children too. But farming does not just...

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