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The roundtable will prioritise looking at ‘further and alternative proposals' to achieving additional carbon sequestration within SFS

NFU Cymru president, Aled Jones said whilst he applauded Welsh Government's 'ambitious' time frame, he was resistant to launching an SFS scheme that was 'not ready', adding he felt there was a lack of comprehension on ‘the enormity' of what is still left to be done, including piloting and an up-to-date impact assessment

Leaders from the farming unions said there must be a closer partnership between farmers and politicians

Commissioners say schemes should be ‘efficient, effective and economically viable for farmers’

Welsh farmers set out 5,500 wellies at the Senedd in Cardiff to warn that thousands of jobs would be lost under current SFS proposals

NFU deputy president Abi Reader said: "It is vitally important that there is a voice around the Cabinet table who is able to make the case for the necessary budgetary allocation for Welsh farming"

The display of 5,500 wellies will depict the 5,500 agricultural jobs that are predicted to be lost based on 100 per cent take up of the Sustainable Farming Scheme

NFU Cymru said the projections from Welsh Government's latest SFS impact assessment predicted a 'shocking scenario' for Welsh farming

It is after comments made by Senedd members, including Joyce Watson MS suggesting farmers with perpetual bovine TB should ‘find another business' and Mike Hedge's MS saying 'there was no reason to subsidise agriculture'

Farmer Glenda Crawshaw said the Rural Affairs Minister was treating farmers ‘very poorly', criticising the lack of clarity over the future of organic funding