Wales

The Welsh Government has been accused of seeking to slash compensation payouts to farmers whose cattle go down with bovine TB.

The Welsh Government has been urged to review the cap on compensation for animals slaughtered under the bovine TB eradication programme.

The Welsh Government has set out plans to introduce its new Sustainable Farming Scheme in January 2025.

An organic dairy farmer from Flintshire has warned increasing numbers of badgers are putting lapwings on his land at risk.

Farmers have reacted angrily to a threat from Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths to ‘close’ chicken sheds in order to tackle water pollution.

Farmers have issued a plea to the new Welsh Labour Government not to leave rural Wales behind.

The former chairman of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) has apologised for the group’s failure to demand the UK Government seek agreement from the devolved nations to sign trade deals.

A pair of Glamorgan beef farmers have said they will be forced to give up keeping cattle if the Welsh Government’s new Nitrate Vulnerable Zone rules are not amended.

A leading mental health farming charity in Wales has said controversial new regulations which introduce closed periods for slurry spreading are ‘likely to cause stress’ for farmers.

NFU Cymru has instructed its lawyers to challenge the lawfulness of the Welsh Government’s new water regulations.