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²ÝÁñÉçÇø have joined with residents in the fight to save local farmland from being turned into a festival site.

NFU Cymru has used Welsh Farming Week to unveil a raft of key policy demands that it says should be addressed in the upcoming Agriculture (Wales) Bill.

The horticulture sector has long been dependent upon foreign pickers and packers, but Home Office Ministers are keen to wind down the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS).

²ÝÁñÉçÇø are no longer encouraging their children to follow in their footsteps as they do not want them to suffer the same pressures they are currently facing, MPs have been told.

Concerns have been raised about the ‘clarity’ and ‘practicality’ of Government guidance in relation to how the Sustainable Farming Initiative (SFI) will apply to areas of common land.

The Welsh Government should seriously consider reintroducing a derogation allowing grassland farms to spread up to 250kg per hectare of nitrogen, Senedd members have said.

A £30 million-drive to boost on-farm innovation and productivity in England has been announced by Defra Secretary George Eustice.

Supermarket chain Morrisons has launched a support programme for beef and lamb farmers to help them reach net zero by 2030.

MPs have backed farming union demands for a single authority to deal with the issue of fly tipping.

The race to secure farmland for mass tree planting in Wales could lead to an irreparable rift between the agricultural community and Government, a rural group has warned.