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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

In a letter sent to the First Minister, NFUS president Martin Kennedy highlighted a series of 'hollow promises', received from both the previous and current deputy first ministers, that withdrawn money for agriculture would rightly be returned to the sector

Rural Payments Agency said 97 per cent of applicants had recieved their share of £525m

"I just want to make other people aware of the risks when out enjoying popular footpaths such as this one"

Organisation encouraging everyone to get down on the land in honour of the soil

North Yorkshire Police said they found nine goats in Thorpe Underwood

The report recommended the Government to fund the widespread, standardised testing of soil through its Environmental Land Management schemes and to work with industry on an agreed set of metrics of soil health by next year

The show will be broadcast live from Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley with farmers Rob and Dave Nicholson

The Black and White sale at Carlisle recorded buyers from 23 UK counties and six countries including Australia

Manor Farm said the fire had ruined the hard work of preparing for winter