Farmers 'alarmed' by Welsh Government's budget pressures

With warnings from the Senedd about tighter future budgets, farmers were left questioning how they could expect to deliver on both environmental and food production targets

Rachael Brown
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Farmers 'alarmed' by Welsh Government's budget pressures

Increased uncertainty has been piled on Welsh farmers following an announcement made by Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford last week, which declared this was the ‘toughest financial situation' the Welsh...

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