Farmers from all over Wales enjoyed a constructive meeting with Cabinet Secretary Lesley Griffiths, focusing strongly on the recently launched Welsh Government consultation paper on post-Brexit agricultural and land use policies.
FUW President Glyn Roberts said: “This was a constructive meeting and we have raised numerous concerns about what is being proposed in this consultation document and our members have been quite outspoken about some of the proposals.
“We also discussed funding and the possibility of direct support being a thing of the past and highlighted the worry the current weather conditions are still having on fodder. We therefore were pleased to hear that our call for a summit has now been heeded.
“I look forward to consult further with our members all over Wales to ensure that the voice of our Family farms across Wales is heard loud and clear in Cardiff Bay and am hopeful that we can find a positive way forward to secure the immediate and long term future of our industry in terms of fodder supplies, trade deals and frameworks.”