Mae’n hanfodol bod ffermydd Cymru’n diogelu’r amgylchedd naturiol trwy weithio’n gynaliadwy.  Rwyf wedi cefnogi dyhead cyffredinol y Comisiwn mai trwy fesurau gwyrdd y mae delio â hyn ond rwy’n poeni am eu diffyg hyblygrwydd ac mai’r un mesurau sydd i bawb, a’r cymhlethdod mawr a ddaw yn sgil hynny. Ceir amrywiaeth eang o amgylcheddau a hinsoddau yn Ewrop sy’n dylanwadu’n drwm ar ddulliau ffermio.  Rwy’n falch bod y Cyngor yn sylweddoli bod posibilrwydd y gallai bron pob fferm yng Nghymru fod yn gymwys am daliad gwyrdd gan fod bron pob fferm o dan borfa barhaol.  Mae’r Cyngor wedi ehangu’r cysyniad ‘gwyrdd’ trwy ei gwneud yn bosibl i Aelod-wladwriaethau neu’r rhanbarthau, ddefnyddio ‘cynlluniau ardystio’; mewn geiriau eraill, cynlluniau sy’n rhoi manteision amgylcheddol sydd o leiaf mor fawr â rhai’r mesurau gwyrdd.
It is essential that Wales’ farms safeguard the natural environment by operating sustainably.  I have supported the Commission’s general desire to address this through its ‘greening’ proposals but I have been concerned by their rigidity and ‘one size fits all’ approach, with much attendant complexity.  Europe has a diverse range of environments and climatic conditions which have great bearing on farming practice.  I welcome the Council’s stance which maintains the possibility that nearly all Welsh farms would qualify for greening by virtue of being mostly permanent grassland.  The Council has also expanded the greening concept by introducing the possibility for Member States, or their regions, to use ‘certification schemes’; in other words schemes judged to provide environmental benefits at least equivalent to the greening criteria.