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With economic growth in focus for the Labour Government, Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner emphasised farming’s importance at the National Sheep Association Sheep Event

TFA chief executive George Dunn said tenant farmers needed reassurance of the direction ahead and whether the new Labour Government would appoint a Tenant Farming Commissioner

Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs Daniel Zeichner will focus predominantly on farming including Environmental Land Management Schemes, food security, animal welfare including TB, as well as trade and helping to drive innovation within the sector

During a reception at Downing Street, NFU president Tom Bradshaw had the opportunity to meet PM Sir Keir Starmer as well as Energy and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband

A letter has been written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer calling on his Government to save British horticulture by doubling the available land available to grow fruit and vegetables, promoting healthy diets, backing farmers to produce food sustainably and increase biodiversity, nature and wildlife

Ms Morgan is expected to become the first woman to lead Wales. The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change, Huw Irranca-Davies is expected to become Deputy First Minister. It has not yet been confirmed if he will remain in his current role

Wales' First Minister Vaughan Gething and Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs Huw Irranca-Davies have published the figures as part of their new 'Food Matters:Wales' policy document, which they are launching at the Royal Welsh Show

On the eve of the Royal Welsh Show, speculation is mounting around whether the Rural Affairs Minister will remain in post, after being offered a 'unity ticket' from the Health Secretary Eluned Morgan, as part of the leadership contest

FUW is calling for a 'fair, multiannual funding settlement' of £450 million per year in EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) legacy funding for agriculture and rural development in Wales

Four ministers quit the Welsh Government, citing they did not have confidence in Vaughan Gething's leadership