Welsh Conservative Shadow Rural Affairs Minister James Evans has written a blog for Íæż½ã½ã outlining his party's backing for the farming community, agriculture's vital role to Wales and Labour's Sustainable Farming Scheme
The Welsh Conservatives leader has written a blog for Íæż½ã½ã on the importance of farming communities, the Sustainable Farming Scheme and how his party will back farmers ahead of the General Election
The Welsh Government said the roundtable will provide the next opportunity to work collectively with the sector on the design of the Sustainable Farming Scheme, following the recent consultation
This week from Íæż½ã½ã head of news and business Alex Black
The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs Huw Irranca-Davies confirmed that BPS would continue to be available in 2025
The roundtable will prioritise looking at ‘further and alternative proposals' to achieving additional carbon sequestration within SFS
Huw Irranca-Davies wants to work out the 'knotty issues' with the Sustainable Farming Scheme rather than delay its rollout
As a glass-half-full person, I am hopeful that the new Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, will bring with him new insight, new vigour and new ideas
NFU Cymru president, Aled Jones said whilst he applauded Welsh Government's 'ambitious' time frame, he was resistant to launching an SFS scheme that was 'not ready', adding he felt there was a lack of comprehension on ‘the enormity' of what is still left to be done, including piloting and an up-to-date impact assessment
Growers will need to pin down costings and consider benefits before committing to either of the maize under-sowing/winter cover options within the English Sustainable Farming Incentive