Wales

Welsh Government says adjustment to controversial 10 per cent tree planting will enable more farmers to sign-up

Mr Drakeford will stand down as Welsh Labour leader in March, triggering a leadership contest for a new first minister

The controversial requirement to join the Sustainable Farming Scheme in Wales, to have 10 per cent tree cover excluding hedgerows, has resulted in ‘trees’ becoming a swear word among some farmers and it shouldn’t be

Erin Fflur McNaught is probably most well-known for her successful appearance on BBC hit show, One Man and His Dog. Gaina Morgan visits her to find out more about her passion for dogs, farming and family

A group of Welsh farming and environmental organisations have written a letter to the First Minister, asking for budgetary certainty for the rural affairs portfolio ahead of draft budget being published later this month

Dr Richard Irvine, who started the role in March 2023, said an expected assessment of the bTB target next year will serve as a ‘formal checkpoint' and an opportunity to ‘take stock' on the issue

The poll of over 1,000 adults in Wales, conducted by YouGov found 82 per cent support the Welsh Government providing financial support to farmers to produce food

Dairy farmer Susie Mottershead said Joyce Watson's MS comments that dairy farmers with chronic TB should find another business was a kick in the teeth. "Never have I felt the mental health of farmers be so completely disregarded. We are that chronic bTB farm," she said

Samuel Kurtz MS, is the Welsh Conservatives Shadow Rural Affairs Minister in the Senedd

Joyce Watson's comments in the Senedd last week that dairy farms with perpetual TB 'should find another business' sparked fury amongst Welsh farmers and unions