Tomorrow, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) will be introducing their new regulatory fees and charging regime which will see dramatic rises in costs charged to farmers. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Rural Affairs Minister, Samuel Kurtz MS said:
“Wales’ agricultural industry has been hit hard by inflationary costs following Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine. So now is not the time to burden them with increased regulatory fees and charges.
“A better solution would have been a gradual increase, one which takes into account the pressures facing the industry rather than ploughing on, hitting the industry hard. If these are full cost recovery charges, then the Minister needs to clearly demonstrate how these huge increases have been calculated.
“Farmers could now be disincentivised from best practice as a result of this decision which is surely an outcome the Welsh Government want to avoid.”
