Welsh Gov review into Control of Agricultural Pollution regulations a 'missed opportunity', says union

NFU Cymru said Welsh farmers had waited four years for the review and it had failed to reflect ‘the sheer desperation of farmers in Wales in grappling with the impracticality of the regulations'

Rachael Brown
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Welsh Gov review into Control of Agricultural Pollution regulations a 'missed opportunity', says union

Farming unions have voiced their 'frustration' over the Welsh Government's 'missed opportunity' to deliver urgent changes to the Control of Agricultural Pollution (CoAP) regulations, following a statutory...

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