The Farmers’ Union of Wales today urged farmers to attend two Rural Development Programme (RDP) consultation events organised by Wales Rural Network to contribute to the final draft of the RDP 2014-2020 document.
The events will be held on March 10 at St David’s Hotel, Ewloe, Queensferry, Flintshire CH5 3YB and March on 12 at Hafod a Hendre, Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Powys LD2 3SY.
FUW land use and parliamentary committee chairman Gavin Williams said: “The union is encouraging farmers to attend at least one of these events to ensure that they can express their views on where the rural development resources should be spent over the next programme.
“Following the Minister’s decision to top slice 15% of Pillar 1 payments to fund rural development measures, it is extremely important that farmers get engaged in the consultation to ensure that they can help shape the proposals to benefit their businesses.”
Those interested in attending the events need to pre-register via registration page at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wales-rural-development-programme-2014-2020-consultation-events-registration-9297804985?aff=es2&rank=2&sid=ce1d7cae927111e3973a123139104db1
Farmers can also obtain further information on the events by contacting Welsh Government senior information officer Cath Midgley on 01686 620253/ 07817 405520 or via e-mail on