Environment

Plans for new electricity infrastructure could result in miles of pylons and overhead cables being installed across thousands of acres of land

Livestock sustainability consultant Prof Jude Capper raised concerns over the children's book and its 'oversimplified' portrayal of livestock farming and its role to play in climate change

With Defra targets of increasing agroforestry to 10 per cent of all arable land by 2050, farmers are concerned about the finances and practicality of this for the farm business

The Rhug farm estate near Corwen aims to reach net zero across all business operation in the future

George Eustice has compared the proposed ban on new oil boilers to the controversial Ultra Low Emissions Zone and highlighted 1.7 million rural homes would be affected

An environmental campaign group, River Action has released a series of videos across social media that seek to blame agriculture for river pollution

Recently the Farmers Guardian reported on a Wales civil service document which claimed ‘big emissions numbers in the Welsh agricultural inventory will always come from ruminants' and that ‘the elephant in the room is always livestock numbers'

Farmers' Union of Wales claim grid capacity and planning permission are the two main barriers preventing Welsh farmers being able to invest in small renewable projects. They said the Welsh Government must do more to ease the process

HCC said it is critical to ‘cut through to consumers' and ensure they understand what PGI sustainable Welsh beef and lamb is all about

The Welsh Government has been criticised over its proposals for farmers to commit to 10 per cent tree cover and are urged to listen to farmers concerns