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  • 18/07/2025
Peter Fox talks about big news for farmers
Transcript
00:00Yesterday's announcement on the revised SFS signalled another important event for the farming industry.
00:13All farmers across Wales have been waiting for its announcement with trepidation.
00:19I say trepidation as the last iteration of the FSS was a disaster, as we all know,
00:25leading to thousands of farmers protesting on the steps of the Senate.
00:30I'm pleased that the Deputy First Minister did revisit the scheme
00:34and reopened the opportunity for stakeholders to input with a view to co-create something better.
00:42I do thank the people who have been engaged in trying to make the best out of this.
00:48I doubt very much if this final SFS is what everybody wanted.
00:55But probably was more of a compromise, recognising time pressures and probably other pressures brought to bear.
01:03I wonder how the general farmer will see this.
01:06I doubt they will see it as the panacea for all things,
01:10as the Deputy First Minister would have us believe.
01:13This revised scheme may be simpler than the last, but it's still laden with bureaucracy.
01:25Let's see.
01:32T Im do
01:36It's a big deal.
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