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²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian's Chief Reporter Rachael Brown discusses this week's announcement of the Welsh Government's new design for the Sustainable Farming Scheme

Kate farms alongside her husband Jim on their farm near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Farming 122 hectares (300 acres), the main enterprise consists of 800 breeding ewes and cider made on-site from their orchards. She is a mum of two, runs Kate’s Country School on-farm and is the woodland creation officer for Stump Up For Trees

This month, Roger Evans discusses the situation in rural communities, delves into the world of politics and recounts a tale about rats and chainsaws

Savills senior woodland consultant Luke Hemmings said there were many landowners who were keen to increase their carbon storage and habitat potential of their land, but the ‘approval process' for planting new woodland was an issue

The Environmental Audit Committee has expressed concerns that the Government's ambitious tree planting target for the UK was significantly off track and there was no clear path for the private sector

The benefits of feeding willow to livestock should become more widely known thanks to a newly formed Innovative ²ÝÁñÉçÇø group

Welsh Government says adjustment to controversial 10 per cent tree planting will enable more farmers to sign-up

New project designed to show how agriculture can help boost nature and biodiversity

Speaking at the Plaid Cymru conference, the FUW president said if all current Welsh emissions were to be offset by tree planting, this would require an area around twice the size of Wales to be planted with trees

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