Politics

A claim from the director of Wildlife Trusts Wales that ‘growth hormones’ from livestock are found in Welsh waters has been slapped down by a Member of the Senedd (MS).

Farming issues are at the top of the agenda for voters in the North Shropshire by-election, according to the Liberal Democrats.

Farming issues are at the top of the agenda for voters in the North Shropshire by-election, according to the Liberal Democrats.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said Government subsidies and interventions do nothing to support food security.

Farm and environmental groups have warned the new payment rates for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), published this week, are too low and ‘lack ambition’.

Cefin Campbell MS, Plaid Cymru’s Spokesperson for Agriculture and Rural Affairs writes.

With major farming policy changes in Wales set for next year there was one clear message emerging from this week’s Royal Welsh Winter Fair – sustainability.

Labour’s Shadow Farming Minister, Daniel Zeichner, has committed the party to backing a food self-sufficiency target.

Jim McMahon, MP for Oldham West and Royton, has been appointed Shadow Defra Secretary by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer in a reshuffle.

The Welsh Conservatives have urged Ministers to ban foreign multinationals from ‘greenwashing’ their emissions by using public money to plant trees.