"Farmers have been working around the clock to look after and care for their stock, bringing them down to lower ground where possible and doing whatever they can to ensure they have adequate feed and fodder available to them, " he said.

BBC: Farmers plead for snow emergency aid to Welsh government

The union leader said they had already raised issues of fallen stock, shortage of fodder and the price of buying additional feed but he feared the cost of animals losses could be enough to drive some farmers out of business.

BBC: Farmers plead for snow emergency aid to Welsh government