NFU Cymru members have given the Welsh government’s future farming policy plans the boot – by placing thousands of pairs of wellies on the steps of the Senedd.

On Wednesday (6 March) – the eve of the closing of the Welsh Labour administration’s consultation on its Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) proposals – 5,500 pairs of wellies were left outside the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff.

Each of the 5,500 pairs of wellies represents an agricultural job that is projected to be lost based on 100% take-up of the scheme and figures from the Welsh government’s own impact assessment.

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