Royal Welsh Show: EU aid 'not going into farmers' pockets'

Questions over how rural Wales would be affected should the UK leave the European Union are likely to be a key feature at the Royal Welsh Show.

Phil Hogan, the European Commissioner responsible for farming and rural development, is visiting on Monday's opening day near Builth Wells, Powys.

Welsh farmers receive, on average, £13,000 every year from the EU to produce food.

Wales' deputy farming minister has said an EU exit would be "catastrophic".

Farmer Lorraine Howells, who rears Welsh black cattle in the Rhymney Valley, wants the UK to stay in the EU but said even with European money, they were just breaking even.

She told BBC Wales economics correspondent Sarah Dickins it was a struggle.

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