Farmers’ protest in Carmarthen

Farmers held a convoy in Carmarthen town centre on Thursday, February 21 to protest changes to farming subsidies.
It was a demonstration against the subsidy policy that the Welsh Government plans to bring in next year, whereby farmers would have to turn over 10 per cent of their land to plant trees and a further 10 per cent to wildlife habitat.
A large number of vehicles took to the streets with placards saying ‘enough is enough’ and ‘no farmers, no food, no future’.
The Welsh Government’s proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme has been deemed by unions to be “unworkable”, involving more red tape and paperwork, and putting many jobs at risk.