The Farmers’ Union of Wales has cautiously welcomed the agreement between the UK and Welsh government on changes to the EU Withdrawal Bill.
The Welsh and Scottish governments have previously spoken of their concerns about the potential for a Westminster "power grab" once the UK leaves the EU.
The powers cover areas such as agriculture support and food labelling.
In March, legislation to protect devolved powers was overwhelmingly passed by the devolved governments in a bid to stop a power grab.
The Welsh government has this week announced that “significant changes” to the Bill have now been secured so that “areas already devolved remain devolved”.
It will now recommend that AMs give their consent to the Bill.
'New funding mechanism'
FUW President Glyn Roberts said the farming union is “pleased to see progress that goes some way to respecting devolution settlements.”
Mr Roberts said: “As a next step we expect to see this positive relationship develop the necessary appropriate frameworks that will help deliver the best possible results, whilst also fully respecting the need to work constructively in a spirit of cooperation and mutual respect. We have highlighted the need for frameworks from the outset.
“The true test of this relationship will be the development of a new funding mechanism for agricultural support that guarantees that Wales is no worse off out of the EU.”
The FUW President said Wales expects at least 9.4% of any future UK agriculture budget.
“That is the nub of our #FairFarmFunding campaign that is gaining such strong support in Wales and in Westminster,” he added.
