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

CLA Cymru said it worked out at a '12.9 per cent reduction in the rural affairs budget', hollowing out around £50 million in support for farming. But the Welsh Government said Basic Payment Scheme payments would be maintained at £238m for 2024

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

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

Mr Drakeford said ‘no single part of the Welsh Government can regard itself as immune', including agriculture

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

NFU Cymru has criticised the scheme, which is aimed at bridging the funding gap until the Sustainable Farming Scheme is introduced, citing a lack of clarity around the budget and what farmers can hope to receive

It was after the Minister, Lesley Griffiths was put on a spot at the NFU Cymru Conference by Welsh organic dairy farmer Haydn Evans who criticised the Welsh Government for providing a cliff edge in funding for organic farmers in Wales

Warnings the removal of support will lead to farmers quitting the organic sector