Welsh farmers are preparing for next week's Royal Welsh Show against a backdrop of challenges and an uncertain future.
Farmers across Wales are continuing to weigh up an uncertain future against the backdrop of the Welsh Government ’s proposed changes to the way farmers are paid.
"As an upland sheep farmer, it feels like rather than encouraging us, and supporting us, the government is putting barriers in the way of us succeeding." Elements of the SFS, such as a mandatory obligation to have at least 10% of each farm dedicated to tree cover, are designed to help the sector decarbonise.“Everyone has to play their part in moving to a more sustainable future,” he continued.“We're running the risk of forgetting the social side of it, and there'll be no people left in these areas, there'll be no people speaking the language, there'll be no children in the schools.
However, this will in time be replaced by the SFS, which places far more emphasis on sustainability and environmentalism. "What we’ve said is we’ll take this preparatory stage, get the detail right, make the announcements when we are ready to make them, and then move together.Thousands of farmers took to the steps of the Senedd earlier this year in a protest over the scheme.NFU Cymru President Aled Jones said the extension of interim schemes, including the Habitat Wales Scheme and Organic Support Payments, was a "logical step forward".
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