Welsh Government approves emergency aid for weather-hit farming sector
Targeted financial support for agricultural producers across rural Wales follows unseasonable flooding and prolonged heavy rain that severely damaged arable crop yields and livestock feed supplies.
In a symbolic flooded Welsh field, a weary farmer is supported by a substantial orange lifebuoy labelled ‘WELSH AID’. From the dry bank, a government official presents a sheet headed ‘UK CARBON PLAN’: an unfinished technical drawing of a lifebuoy, marked ‘REVISE’ in red. The farmer gives the paper version a magnificently unimpressed look. Flattened crops and a waterlogged feed bale surround them.
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