After months of agricultural turmoil, rural leaders say changes must serve all in the countryside.
With the Royal Welsh Show under way, farmers are continuing to push for changes to planned rural reforms
Recent months have seen large protests from farmers in Wales, who have expressed anger at planned Welsh government reforms to the sector.as Welsh first minister, after just four months in the job, and weeks after Labour won a landslide in the UK general election.A key issue has been the Sustainable Farming Scheme , the Welsh government’s big plan for funding the industry after Brexit, which places emphasis on the environment.
Speaking at the Royal Welsh Show in Llanelwedd, Powys - one of Europe's biggest annual agricultural events - Mr Parry said farmers in Wales want to ensure an agricultural system that guarantees “sustainable food production”, and serves “all farmers, all farm types, all farm sizes in Wales”. Farming is a devolved issue in Wales, but decisions around funding are reached by the UK parliament in Westminster.
Last week, Mr Gething was forced to resign as first minister after three ministers and his chief legal adviser quit at the same time. Asked about the SFS on Monday, Mr Irranca-Davies said the programme was in the “preparatory phase” with a view to it being launched in 2026.“We know the areas that are knotty issues, we’re working through them and we’re doing them at pace,”
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