NFU Cymru, the leading agricultural organization for farmers in Wales (UK), has organized two events for tenant farmers to consider government proposals for agricultural reform in Wales.
At these events, the Government of Wales will consider proposals for a number of specific changes to the rental law, both in the 1986 Farmland Act and the 1995 Farmland Rent Act.
The changes proposed by the government are aimed at:
- Reform and modernization of agricultural lease rules in order to create favorable conditions for sustainable increase in productivity and investment;
- Facilitating structural change and supporting new entrants and the next generation;
- Providing tenant farmers with access to new agricultural and land management schemes.
NFU Cymru President John Davis said: “A thriving rental sector is vital to a productive, profitable and progressive agricultural industry in Wales. Considering that about a third of agricultural land in Wales is leased under formal and informal agreements, this is a critical moment to think about how proposals for rental reform will allow farmers who do not own the land they cultivate to access future agricultural and land management schemes after Brexit. "
“Equal access for farmers who do not own the land that they cultivate to schemes that replace the EU's Common Agricultural Policy remains a key priority for NFU Cymru,” added NFU Cymru President.
The events will take place on June 10 at Abergavenny Road and June 17 at the Holt Lodge.
