Brexit

Last updated: 11 Sep 2017

Brexit Update September 2017

Included in your NFU Cymru Brexit update• UK government publishes key Brexit positions• Slow progress after third round of exit negotiations played down by UK • UK seeks to intensify Brexit talks read more...

Last updated: 04 Sep 2017

Vision for the future of farming

NFU Cymru has published four vision documents for the future of farming read more...

Last updated: 29 Aug 2017

NFU Cymru publishes new regulation report

NFU Cymru is calling for government to re-think how it does regulation, as it publishes its new report titled 'A regulatory regime that's fit for purpose' read more...

Last updated: 25 Aug 2017

Brexit documents

The Department for Exiting the EU have produced a number of policy papers recently - they can all be found on this page along with specific briefings on those most relevant to agriculture read more...

Last updated: 18 Aug 2017

Post-Brexit report is 'stark reading' for Welsh..

A comprehensive new economic report examining the impact of possible post-Brexit trade deals on agriculture in Wales is 'stark reading' for the Welsh livestock industry, NFU Cymru warns read more...

Last updated: 24 Aug 2017

NFU Cymru criticises proposals for Britain to pursue tariff-free trade at all costs post-Brexit

NFU Cymru President Stephen James has criticised claims that Britain will benefit after Brexit from pursuing global free trade at all costs and unilaterally lowering tariffs. read more...

Last updated: 04 Aug 2017

Farming Industry Calls for Commitments..

Fourteen farming organisations including NFU Cymru have come together to issue a joint statement on UK Government to provide short-term certainty for the industry as exiting the European Union and the Common Agricultural Policy draws closer. read more...

Last updated: 23 Jul 2017

NFU Cymru calls for 'vital' open and frictionless trade with the EU post-Brexit

NFU Cymru is calling for the UK Government to secure transitional arrangements to maintain open and frictionless trade with the EU member states post-Brexit. read more...

Last updated: 12 Jul 2017

Government must address labour concerns to avoid shortage, says NFU Cymru

There could be a significant shortage of people to work on Britain's farms and throughout the food and farming sector if Government does not address growing concerns over agriculture's access to workers, says a new report by NFU Cymru and the NFU read more...

Last updated: 26 Jun 2017

NFU Cymru launches vision for a new Domestic Agricultural Policy post-Brexit

NFU Cymru has released a new document outlining what the Union would like to see for a new Domestic Agricultural Policy for Wales post-Brexit read more...

Last updated: 07 Jun 2017

NFU Cymru lays out vision for trade post-Brexit

NFU Cymru is calling for a razor-sharp political focus on markets at home and abroad in order to protect and grow the UK's £13.8bn worth of food and drink exports in its new report A New Outlook on International Trade read more...

Last updated: 30 May 2017

Free trade must be maintained in Brexit

Livestock representatives from the UK NFUs and the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) have recently met in Belfast to discuss Brexit and the trade implications for the livestock sector read more...

Last updated: 03 Apr 2017

UK farming unions press for common financial framework post-Brexit

The leaders of the UK farm unions, meeting in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, have agreed to press the UK's Farming Ministers to work for a common financial framework post- Brexit read more...

Last updated: 30 Mar 2017

The Great Repeal Bill White Paper - our response

NFU Cymru has today responded to the publication by the UK Government of the Great Repeal Bill white paper, which sets out the UK Government's early thinking around the reviewing and evaluating of over four decades worth of accumulated EU legislation read more...