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With one month left in the final consultation period for the Sustainable Farming Scheme, chief reporter Rachael Brown spoke to farmers in Wales about their concerns on the direction of Welsh Government policy

Farmers said rural budget cuts, increased taxes and production costs, the emotional and financial impact TB had placed on business, alongside proposals to take agricultural land out of production for tree planting had taken its ‘toll' on the emotional and financial well-being of farmers

NFU Cymru said the projections from Welsh Government's latest SFS impact assessment predicted a 'shocking scenario' for Welsh farming

NFU Cymru deputy president Abi Reader questioned where the ‘800' figure for the amount of farms targeted for inspection had come from and what evidence it was based on, adding she hoped it was not a ‘witch hunt'

The support payments will be available to all fully-certified organic farmers, not just those who were part of the previous Glastir Organic Scheme. Applications for payments must be submitted by May 15 2024

It is after comments made by Senedd members, including Joyce Watson MS suggesting farmers with perpetual bovine TB should ‘find another business' and Mike Hedge's MS saying 'there was no reason to subsidise agriculture'

The Royal Welsh Show is set to lose £1million if proposed changes to reduce the Welsh school term by a week goes ahead

Normally the family aim to milk a herd of around 120 cows, but at the moment they are only milking 70 cows

Farmer Glenda Crawshaw said the Rural Affairs Minister was treating farmers ‘very poorly', criticising the lack of clarity over the future of organic funding

Hybu Cig Cymru's new Welsh beef campaign will feature in a series of advertising in the run up to Christmas across digital, radio and TV