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A group of Welsh farming and environmental organisations have written a letter to the First Minister, asking for budgetary certainty for the rural affairs portfolio ahead of draft budget being published later this month

In a letter sent to the First Minister, NFUS president Martin Kennedy highlighted a series of 'hollow promises', received from both the previous and current deputy first ministers, that withdrawn money for agriculture would rightly be returned to the sector

Mr Drakeford said ‘no single part of the Welsh Government can regard itself as immune', including agriculture

Industry leaders give their views on how agriculture stands following the latest fiscal announcement

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said his new budget was designed to 'turbo charge' the economy

All eyes are now on the Welsh Government to continue the stability of payments for Welsh farmers going forward. Future financial certainty being questioned now more than ever following the cuts made to the rural affairs budget

With warnings from the Senedd about tighter future budgets, farmers were left questioning how they could expect to deliver on both environmental and food production targets

New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has raised several political careers from the dead just in time for Halloween. But will Chancellor Jeremy Hunt take his reaper’s scythe to the farming budget? Abi Kay explores.