The regulations, brought in following foot-and-mouth disease, are expected to be cut to six days.
Then in July came foot-and-mouth, a highly contagious virus that affects cows, sheep and pigs.
The foot-and-mouth crisis is also seen as likely to cut UK economic growth this year.
No cases of foot-and-mouth have been confirmed in the area since the end of May.
But even critics of the government say the countryside will not recover until foot-and-mouth is beaten.
The NFU has set up a new dedicated helpline to answer queries on foot-and-mouth: 08000 646363.
"The bureaucracy has increased dramatically during the last decade, and especially after foot-and-mouth, " he said.
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Foot-and-mouth disease causes blisters on the mouth and feet, fever and loss of appetite.
Meanwhile, the province's farmers are waiting to see whether further cases of foot-and-mouth disease emerge.
Defra now says foot-and-mouth free status will not be declared until "next Monday at the earliest".
It was the rapid unrecorded movement of livestock which caused foot-and-mouth disease to spread out of control.
"The sad fact is that, as things stand today, we could import foot-and-mouth again tomorrow, " he added.
Carwyn Jones said the cull was unplesant but vital to try to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth.
He added that visitors had happily accepted security precautions against foot-and-mouth, such as walking over disinfectant-soaked mats.
Police seal off a farm in County Louth as the Irish Republic maintains a full foot-and-mouth alert.
Beef export volumes rose by 86% last year, thanks partly to efforts to stamp out foot-and-mouth disease.
This threatens beef exports: European Union rules bar mixing cattle with beasts that may have foot-and-mouth disease.
With current foot-and-mouth vaccines it is difficult to distinguish between immunised livestock and those which have been infected.
Millions of animals had to be destroyed in the UK's last foot-and-mouth outbreak, which took place in 2001.
The restrictions aimed at preventing foot-and-mouth spreading are causing disruption to many areas of life in the province.
Scotland's tourism industry has been badly affected by the restrictions imposed in the wake of the foot-and-mouth disease.
Even so, a points victory on foot-and-mouth is hardly likely to save the Tories' electoral bacon in May.
The development has worried farming unions and politicians in Wales, as the scale of the foot-and-mouth crisis deepens.
Twelve months ago the first case of foot-and-mouth in Wales was confirmed at an abattoir on Gaerwen on Anglesey.
The number of cases of foot-and-mouth in the UK has reached 1, 744, with four new cases confirmed on Thursday.
Already her overseas business has been affected this year by people's reluctance to travel because of fears over foot-and-mouth.
They said some attractions - already reeling from the blow of foot-and-mouth - would not be able to compete.
Not all of them will be as unthreatening to human health as foot-and-mouth.
The ONS analysis suggests that the foot-and-mouth crisis has had a "minimal" impact on output in the first quarter.
Foot-and-mouth disease affects animals with cloven hooves such as pigs, sheep and cows.
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