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Wales' First Minister echoes farmers' concerns over 'Barnettisation' of agricultural funding

Prior to the Budget, the Farmers' Union of Wales previously warned a worse case scenario of full 鈥楤arnettisation' of Wales' agricultural funding could equate to a 鈥榙rop of around 40% in funding for Welsh farming - a cut of around 拢150m a year'

Rachael Brown

14 February 2025 鈥� 2 min read

Wales' First Minister echoes farmers' concerns over 'Barnettisation' of agricultural funding

Prior to the Budget, the Farmers' Union of Wales previously warned a worse case scenario of full 鈥楤arnettisation' of Wales' agricultural funding could equate to a 鈥榙rop of around 40% in funding for Welsh farming - a cut of around 拢150m a year'

Wales' First Minister, Eluned Morgan said the Welsh Government was 鈥榥ot very happy' with the UK Government's decision to move towards a Barnet formula-based allocation of agricultural funding for Wales,...

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