'I'll never walk again' - Paralysed farmer backs campaign to improve farm safety

Farm safety has been a hot topic on the Royal Welsh showground this year as recent figures suggest agriculture is the most dangerous industry in the UK.

The message from unions was not to become statistics.

Experts say the high rate of deaths is largely because of farmers working alone and operating potentially dangerous machinery.

Watch the report from Tom Sheldrick below:

Rhys is 25 years old, and has been told he will never walk again.

That is because of an accident last spring, on his family farm near Machynlleth...

Rhys Lewis is now paralysed from the waist down

Injuries to his vertebrae and spinal cord mean he's now paralysed from the waist down.

On the showground this week, the safety campaign is targeting young farmers.

The campaigners say it may take several more years to see the statistics change, but there's urgency now about the need to keep farmers like Rhys safe, each and every day.