UK: NFU concerned over new organic regulations
Presenting evidence to Assembly Members, at the National Assembly for Wales Environment and Sustainability Committee Inquiry on the issue, NFU Cymru Organic Sector representative, Haydn Evans, highlighted the European Commission’s proposals will have significant consequences for organic producers here in Wales.
Mr Evans said, “Proposals, introduced from 2017, would see an end to mixed farming (part organic and part conventional) and also a ban on the use of conventional seeds so that organic farmers will have to use 100 per cent organic seed. Supply of organic seed is extremely limited as few seed producers risk producing them as they are more susceptible to disease. Availability of the seed in the best or latest varieties is also likely to be constrained.”
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