Wrth edrych i’r dyfodol rwyf wedi gofyn i Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) asesu ac ystyried goblygiadau penodol y tywydd garw ar y cnwd oen eleni, y ddiadell fridio genedlaethol, a’r gadwyn gyflenwad cig coch ehangach ac i gynnig cyngor. Rwyf wedi cynnal trafodaethau cychwynol gyda Kevin Roberts am ei adolygiad o hydwythedd y diwydiant, parodrwydd y Llywodraeth i ddelio gyda’r mathau yma o sefyllfaoedd, a grymusder y modelau busnes creiddiol o fewn ein sector ffermio. Mae Kevin eisioes wedi dechrau ar ei ganfyddiadau ffeithiol ar lawr gwlad a byddaf yn gwneud datganiad pellach am ei gylch gorchwyl penodol a materion eraill yn ymwneud a’i adolygiad gyda hyn. Ni yw’r unig wlad yn y DU i gomisiynnu’r fath adolygiad ac rwyf mewn trafodaethau yn barod gyda Llywodraeth y DU am gymhwysiad pellach posib y gwaith yma.
Looking to the future, I have asked Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) to assess and consider the detailed implications of the severe weather for this year’s lamb crop, the national breeding flock, and the wider red meat supply chain, and to provide advice. I have had initial discussions with Kevin Roberts about his review of the resilience of the industry and preparedness of Government for these sorts of contingencies, and of the robustness of the underpinning business models in our farm sectors.  Kevin has already begun work and I will make a further statement about his terms of reference, and other matters relating to his review. We are the only country in the UK to have commissioned such a review and I am already in discussion with the UK Government about the potential wider application of this work.