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Farming Today: Tree planting in Wales, Hill farmers, Winter vegetables

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Tree planting in Wales, Hill farmers, Winter vegetables

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Welsh farmers fear losing their livelihoods if a large tree-planting scheme goes ahead

Farmer in Wales say a scheme aimed at planting thousands of hectares of trees could threaten their livelihoods and way of life.

Farmers in Wales fear losing their livelihoods if a planned scheme to plant thousands of hectares of trees goes ahead. The Welsh Government hopes the trees will help combat climate change, farmers want assurances they won’t have to make way for forests. A cross party amendment to the Agriculture Bill is being tabled aimed at ensuring hill farmers will continue to receive tax payers’ subsidy after Brexit. And the challenges faced by those growing and harvesting winter vegetables.

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