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CLA Cymru has welcomed the Welsh Government’s announcement of over £1b in multi-year funding for the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), which provides much-needed stability for farming businesses right across Wales. Published on 20 Jul 2026
CLA Cymru Welcomes Funding Certainty for Welsh Farmers but Stresses Need for Practical Delivery
Feature article- Authors
- Steven Crane-Jenkins
- Regions
- Wales
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- CLA Cymru has welcomed the Welsh Government’s announcement of over £1b in multi-year funding for the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), which provides much-needed stability for farming businesses right across Wales.
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- CLA Cymru Welcomes Funding Certainty for Welsh Farmers but Stresses Need for Practical Delivery
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Country Land andCymru has written to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability, Llyr Gruffydd MS, asking him to make an urgent statement on the emerging water shortage crisis on farms across Wales, due to the pre-longed hot weather.
Published on 14 Aug 2026
- Authors
- Steven Crane-Jenkins
- Regions
- Wales
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- We have written to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability, Llyr Gruffydd MS, asking him to make an urgent statement on the emerging water shortage crisis on farms across Wales, due to the pre-longed hot weather.
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- CLA Cymru Writes to the Rural Resilience Minister Warning of Emerging Water Shortage Crisis for Farms
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Steven Crane-Jenkins joins the CLA Cymru team from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Wales.
Published on 29 Jun 2026
- Authors
- Sarah Wells-Gaston
- Regions
- Wales
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- Steven Crane-Jenkins joins the team from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Wales.
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- CLA Cymru appoints Senedd and External Affairs Manager
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Royal Welsh Week is also Farm Safety Week - and we show our full support.
Published on 14 Jul 2022
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- Wales
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- We're supporting Farm Safety Week which runs during Royal Welsh Show Week
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- CLA Cymru backs the plea for improved farm safety
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"A reset will only succeed if the inheritance tax changes threatening farms and family businesses are fully reversed," says CLA Cymru
Published on 29 Jun 2026
- Authors
- Rob Hackney
- Regions
- Wales
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- "A reset will only succeed if the inheritance tax changes threatening farms and family businesses are fully reversed," says CLA Cymru
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- CLA Cymru calls for bold rural reset in Wales as Prime Minister resigns
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Unsafe, hazardous for hours after use, and polluting; a cause of wildfires damaging to life, property and crops: it's time they were banned.
Published on 4 Aug 2022
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- Wales
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- In a call to action for all major retailers across the UK, the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is calling for an immediate ban on the sale of disposable barbecues in an effort to prevent more wildfires damaging the countryside and threatening rural communities.
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- CLA Cymru calls for cease to the sale of disposable barbecues
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Wales' official fly tipping figures come out this week: they don't show the full extent of the problem - and the sheer cost of dealing with it
Published on 13 Dec 2021
- Campaigns
- Rural Crime
- Regions
- Wales
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- Figures released this week reporting the recorded incidents of fly tipping in Wales, are expected to show a worrying increase in the problem. We call for a more determined strategy and the right resources to tackle the scourge of the countryside, and deter householders from using illegal waste
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- CLA Cymru calls for tougher action to deter fly-tippers
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CLA Cymru represented members in a £1m collaborative research project on the river Wye
Published on 28 Jul 2026
- Authors
- Steven Crane-Jenkins
- Regions
- Wales
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- CLA Cymru has been representing members in a £1m collaboration between the UK Government, Welsh Government and the University of the West of England
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- CLA Cymru engages with Wye Living Labs project
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As Welsh policy-makers examine how best to safeguard one of our most vital natural assets - soil - CLA Cymru will present evidence calling for a scheme that is fair, well-funded, and fit for the future of rural Wales
Published on 9 May 2025
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- Wales
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- As Welsh policy-makers examine how best to safeguard one of our most vital natural assets - soil - CLA Cymru will present evidence calling for a scheme that is fair, well-funded, and fit for the future of rural Wales
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- CLA Cymru evidence to the Senedd on Soil Health and Farm Support
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An update following CLA Cymru's first meeting with Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability Llyr Gruffydd.
Published on 26 May 2026
- Authors
- Sarah Wells-Gaston
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- An update following CLA Cymru's first meeting with Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability Llyr Gruffydd.
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- CLA Cymru meet with new Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
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As the May Bank Holidays approach we call on the public to take extra care in the Welsh countryside amid the increasing risk of wildfires.
Published on 27 Apr 2021
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- Wales
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- As the May Bank Holidays approach, the CLA (Country Land and Business Association) is calling on the public to take extra care in the Welsh countryside amid the increasing risk of wildfires.
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- CLA Cymru pleads for vigilance as threat from wildfires continues
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"Government in Wales and England must understand the important role livestock plays in environmental management, and it needs to avoid succumbing to the false narrative set by campaign groups that meat is inherently bad"
Published on 15 Jul 2021
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- Wales
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- Responding to the launch of the UK National Food Strategy, Mark Bridgeman, President of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), said:
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- CLA Cymru responds to National Food Strategy launch