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Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change Huw-Irranca Davies spoke with our chief reporter Rachael Brown about updates to the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), Hybu Cig Cymru facing allegations of 'toxic culture', IHT changes and impact on Welsh farmers, and the upcoming budget in Wales and what this means for SFS

The farm-level 10% tree cover figure has been removed and will be replaced by a scheme-wide target, which will be agreed after discussions with the Ministerial Roundtable

Welsh Conservatives set to launch its 'Welsh Farming and Countryside Scheme' at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair, as an alternative to the Welsh Government's 'damaging' Sustainable Farming Scheme

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change Huw Irranca-Davies said: "What we are doing is bringing forward a scheme that is right and accessible to all farmers, in order to do that we need lock the doors, bury ourselves away, and crunch through some serious matters"

Our chief reporter Rachael Brown gives her analysis on this week's announcement from Welsh Government to delay the launch of Sustainable Farming Scheme to 2026

The roundtable will prioritise looking at ‘further and alternative proposals' to achieving additional carbon sequestration within SFS

Wales' new First Minister Vaughan Gething shares his farming roots and how a combination of traditional farming culture alongside cutting-edge innovation and diversification was the route for a successful future for Welsh agriculture

Farmer confidence in Wales' new Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change Huw Irranca-Davies will come down to whether her can deliver change. Chief reporter Rachael Brown sat down with him to find out how he hopes to launch the SFS in time for January 2025

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