Following a written statement from the Labour Government on the number of Basic Payment Scheme advances coming tomorrow, Welsh Conservative Shadow Rural Affairs Minister Samuel Kurtz MS said:
“It is welcome that farmers in Wales are getting an advance on their support payments, but with rising input costs, farmers are being offered little flexibility when claiming their BPS.
“Welsh Conservatives were calling for the option of these payments to be brought forward to July, back in the spring. This flexibility in payment times could have allowed farmers in Wales to buy resources before inflation continued to rise.
“We must not forget the reason for this prince inflation for Welsh farmers is Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine. To secure our own food security the Welsh Government must be far more willing to offer our important agricultural industry the flexibility it needs to compete on a world market.
