Protests

Tractors out in force as politicans urged to show agriculture the same support as Port Talbot steel workers

There is growing frustration amongst industry, but the Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths insisted the Sustainable Farming Scheme would not undermine food security and that she was ‘listening'

North Wales Police said they had received a report about a blockade on Rhosddu Road in Wrexham - outside the office of the Rural Affairs Minister on Monday (February 12).

Farmers turned up in their tractors outside the office of Lesley Griffiths to protest against Government policies

Growers and farmers from Kent are latest to say 'enough is enough' as they take to the streets

The anguish among the Welsh agricultural sector led 3,000 farmers standing shoulder to shoulder in Carmarthen market was clear on February 8

Thousands of tractors block roads across the country in anger at cheap imports and EU environmental policies

Our French counterparts are often noted, and lauded by many, for their willingness to get out and protest, and their tactics have certainly been effective in causing chaos

Farmers said rural budget cuts, increased taxes and production costs, the emotional and financial impact TB had placed on business, alongside proposals to take agricultural land out of production for tree planting had taken its ‘toll' on the emotional and financial well-being of farmers

The last week has seen social media flooded with the European farmer protests