Studies of space weatheraid in the development of early warning systems for solar storms and help to minimize the damage from turbulent solar activity, researchers said.
"The meeting on Thursday will be an opportunity to raise with the minister the need of emergency aid for affected farmers in the immediate aftermath of this severe weather and to explore how the longer term impact can be managed to ensure the viability of livestock farming in the hills and uplands of Wales, " he said.
Alongside the Welsh government's strategic stock holdings and "mutual aid" agreements between authorities it gave "greater resilience" to winter weather at a national level, he said.