Wales farming pollution rules row set for Senedd vote
A long-running row over plans to limit the use of slurry and fertiliser on farmland in Wales in a bid to tackle agricultural pollution is set to culminate in the Senedd later.
Opposition parties will try to scrap strict new rules the Welsh Government hopes to bring in from April.
Farmers expressed "fury" and unions say it could cost the industry £360m.
But the fishing community and environment groups say it is vital the plans go ahead.
The Welsh Government says it has to act as there are on average three agricultural pollution incidents a week that kill fish and other wildlife, as well as threatening public health.
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