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Ym mis Gorffennaf, cyhoeddais ganlyniad fy astudiaeth pwyso a mesur Glastir. Bwriad y datganiad hwn yw diweddaru Aelodau ar yr hyn sydd wedi digwydd ers Gorffennaf a’n cynigion ar gyfer 2013\.  

Dechreuodd y cytundebau Glastir Sylfaenol ar 1 Ionawr eleni ac rwy’n falch o allu cyhoeddi fod taliadau gwerth £3,565,323 eisoes wedi’u gwneud a disgwylir talu gwerth hyd at £1,636,000 eto cyn y Nadolig. Bydd rhyw 700 o gontractau hefyd wedi’u rhoi i ffermwyr sydd wedi gwneud cais i ymuno â’r cynllun o 1 Ionawr 2013, a hynny eto erbyn y Nadolig. Yn unol â’r addewid a wnes i wrth bwyso a mesur, y flwyddyn nesaf, o 1 Ionawr ymlaen bydd ffermwyr yn rhydd i wneud cais i ymuno â Glastir unrhyw bryd.  O’r dyddiad hwnnw, bydd ffermwyr yn cael gofyn am ffurflen gais a chaiff pob ffurflen gais a ddaw i law cyn diwedd Medi 2013 eu hystyried ar gyfer contract fydd yn cychwyn ar 1 Ionawr 2014\. Bydd hwn yn gyfnod pwysig gan y daw’r rhan fwyaf o gytundebau estynedig Tir Gofal a Thir Cynnal i ben ar 31 Rhagfyr 2013 ac rwy’n awyddus i weld cymaint o’r ffermwyr hyn â phosibl yn ymuno â Glastir Sylfaenol flwyddyn nesaf.  Mae dros 4,500 o’r ffermwyr hyn wedi dangos diddordeb yn Glastir ac rwy’n gobeithio y gwnaiff y rhan fwyaf ohonyn nhw ymuno â Glastir Sylfaenol er mwyn i ni weld parhad yn y ddarpariaeth o nwyddau a gwasanaethau gwerthfawr a geir ganddynt.  

Gwnaeth dros 209 o ffermwyr gais am grant Effeithiolrwydd Glastir yn 2012 ac rydym eisoes wedi cymeradwyo dros 100 o gontractau. Mae’r taliadau cyntaf yn cael eu gwneud nawr am offer a chyfleusterau pwysig fydd yn helpu ffermwyr i foderneiddio’u hisadeiledd busnes a sicrhau canlyniadau amgylcheddol.  

Mae grantiau ar gyfer offer chwistrellu slyri, isadeiledd fel storfeydd slyri a pheiriannau rhatach ar ynni yn golygu bod ffermwyr yn gallu rheoli maethynnau’n well a gwneud eu hadeiladau’n fwy ynni effeithlon.  Rwy’n falch o gael dweud hefyd bod 611 o ffermwyr eraill wedi cael gwahoddiad i wneud cais am grant Effeithiolrwydd flwyddyn nesaf.

Bydd y contractau Glastir Uwch cyntaf hefyd yn cychwyn ar 1 Ionawr 2013\.  Bydd y rhan flaengar hwn o gynllun Glastir yn defnyddio arian y Cynllun Datblygu Gwledig yn fwy effeithiol trwy ganolbwyntio ar y manteision amgylcheddol sydd fwyaf tebygol o allu cael eu gwireddu. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn amcangyfrif y bydd rhyw 350 o gontractau yn cychwyn o 1 Ionawr 2013\.  At hynny, mae 1,100 o ffermwyr wedi cael cynnig ymweliad gan reolwr contract flwyddyn nesaf gyda’r nod o arwyddo contract Glastir Uwch erbyn 1 Ionawr 2014\.

Gwnaeth yr Elfen Glastir – Tir Comin lawer gwell na’r disgwyl yn ei flwyddyn gyntaf ac mae’n mynd o nerth i nerth.  Roedd 107 o gytundebau mewn lle ddechrau eleni ac rydym eisoes wedi gwneud taliadau gwerth £2,038,426 a chaiff £312,365 pellach ei dalu cyn diwedd y flwyddyn.  Byddwn wedi dyfarnu 52 o gontractau newydd erbyn y Nadolig, fydd yn golygu y bydd 94,000 o hectarau o dir comin yn rhan o’r cynllun.  

Mae 441 o gontractau wedi’u harwyddo o dan Gynllun Creu Coetiroedd Glastir, sy’n cynrychioli ymrwymiad i blannu 1,452ha o goed newydd.  Mae tua £1\.8 miliwn wedi’i dalu hyd yma.  Mae’r contractau Rheoli Coetiroedd Glastir cyntaf hefyd wedi’u harwyddo ac erbyn dechrau 2014, rwy’n rhagweld y bydd 270 o gytundebau ar waith.  

Mae gwelliannau mawr wedi’u gwneud yn y chwe mis diwethaf i wneud y cynllun yn hwylusach.  Bydd newid cyfnod ymgeisio Glastir Sylfaenol flwyddyn nesaf yn rhoi llawer mwy o amser i ffermwyr gynllunio a pharatoi ceisiadau.  Mae’r newidiadau y gofynnais amdanynt i leihau’r baich biwrocratiaeth hefyd wedi’u cyflwyno.  Nid oes angen i ffermwyr godro gadw cymaint o gofnodion, ac mae’r cynllun yn eu had\-dalu am y cofnodion sy’n dal i fod.  Bydd Swyddogion Datblygu Tir Comin yn dal i fod ar gael i helpu i ffurfio Cymdeithasau Pori ac i lenwi ffurflenni cais Glastir Tir Comin flwyddyn nesaf. Rwyf hefyd wedi penderfynu ehangu eu gwasanaeth. Rydym wedi bod yn eu hyfforddi ynghylch agweddau eraill ar y cynllun ac o fis Ionawr, byddan nhw’n cynnal sesiynau cymorth i ffermwyr yn ogystal â sesiynau hyfforddi ar ffermydd i ffermwyr sydd am ymuno â Glastir Sylfaenol.  Mae gennym hefyd strategaeth gyfathrebu erbyn hyn sy’n dechrau lledaenu’r negeseuon pwysicaf y bydd angen inni eu rhoi i ffermwyr flwyddyn nesaf.  

Mae diddordeb o’r newydd yn Glastir a chydnabyddiaeth y bydd y cynllun yn cyflawni ar gyfer ffermwyr a'r amgylchedd fel ei gilydd. Mae'n bwysig bod yr holl randdeiliaid sydd â diddordeb mewn ffermio a'r amgylchedd yng Nghymru yn gweithio gyda'i gilydd i sicrhau bod ffermwyr yn cael gwybodaeth gwrthrychol a chywir am y cynllun i’w helpu i wneud penderfyniad gwybodus ynghylch ceisio i ymuno.

Rwy’n hyderus ein bod wedi gosod y sylfeini ar gyfer cynllun llwyddiannus ac y bydd 2013 yn rhoi rhagor o dystiolaeth fod Glastir yn cyflawni dros Gymru.  


  
  


  
  


  






Translation:


 
In July I announced the outcome of my stocktake of Glastir. This statement is intended to update Members on progress since July and our proposals for 2013\.


The first Glastir Entry contracts started on 1 January this year and I am pleased to announce that payments amounting to £3,565,323 have been made already with additional payments of up to £1,636,000 expected to be made before Christmas. Around 700 contracts will also have been issued by Christmas to farmers who applied to join the scheme with a start date of 1 January 2013\. Next year, in line with my stocktake commitment, there will be an “Anytime” application process that will open on 1 January. From this date, farmers will be able to request an application form and all signed applications received by the end of September 2013 will be considered for a start date of 1 January 2014\.  This is an important period as the majority of existing Tir Gofal and Tir Cynnal extension agreements will expire on 31December 2013 and I am keen to see as many of these farms join Glastir Entry as possible next year.  Over 4,500 of these farmers have expressed an interest in Glastir and I would hope that we would sign up a majority of these farms to Glastir Entry to ensure the continuity of the valuable environmental goods and services the farmers involved have delivered so far.  


Over 209 farmers applied for a Glastir Efficiency grant in 2012 and we have already approved over 100 contracts with the first payments being made now for important equipment which will help farmers modernise their business infrastructure and provide environmental outcomes.


Grants for slurry injectors, infrastructure such as slurry stores, and improved energy efficient machinery are enabling farmers to improve their nutrient management and make their farm buildings more energy efficient. I am also very pleased to announce that invitations have been sent out to a further 611 farmers to submit applications for an Efficiency grant for next year.


The first Glastir Advanced contracts will also begin on 1 January 2013\.  This pioneering part of the Glastir scheme will target Rural Development Plan money more effectively to where the highest potential for environmental benefits can be realised. The Welsh Government anticipates 300 contracts will be commencing from 1 January 2013\. Furthermore, 1,100 invitations have been sent out to farmers to receive a visit from a contract manager with the aim of a Glastir Advanced contract being in place by 1 January 2014\.


The Glastir Commons Element exceeded expectations in its first year and continues to go from strength to strength. In total, 107 contracts were in place at the beginning of this year and we have already made payments worth £2,038,426 with up to a further £312,365 due to be made before the end of the year.  An additional 52 contracts will be issued by Christmas which when signed would bring the total area of Common Land in the scheme to 94,000 hectares.  


There are now 441 signed contracts for the Glastir Woodland Creation scheme committing to planting 1,452ha of new woodland and payments made so far total around £1\.8million. The first Glastir Woodland Management contracts are being issued and by the beginning of 2014 I expect there to be around 270 contracts in operation.


The last six months have also seen continued improvements to make the scheme more accessible.  The changes to the Glastir Entry application window next year will give farmers considerably more time to plan and prepare their applications.  The changes I requested to cut the red tape associated with the scheme have also been introduced.  The amount of diary records farmers are required to keep has been reduced and remaining records are all reimbursed within the scheme payment rates. Commons Development Officers will continue to be available to facilitate the formation of Grazing Associations and the completion of Glastir Commons applications next year. I have also decided to utilise their services more widely next year. They have been receiving training across other aspects of the scheme and from January they will begin to deliver farmer surgeries and on farm training for those considering signing up to Glastir Entry. We now also have a communications plan in place that is starting to deliver the key messages we need to get across to farmers.


There is a renewed interest in Glastir and a recognition that the scheme will deliver for farmers and the environment alike. It is important that all stakeholders with an interest in farming and the environment in Wales work together to ensure that farmers have objective and accurate information about the scheme to help them make an informed decision on applying to join.


I am confident that we have built the foundations for a successful scheme and that 2013 will provide further evidence that Glastir will deliver for Wales.