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Farming Today: The future of UK agriculture, environmental farming and incomes outside the EU

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27/06/2016

The future of UK agriculture, environmental farming and incomes outside the EU

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, The future of UK agriculture, environmental farming and incomes outside the EU

British farming outside the European Union. Will Brexit be good news or bad?

What's in store for UK farming when we leave the EU? Experts and campaigners are discussing the economic picture for farmers and how the rural environment will be safeguarded.

What does the future hold for British farmers after Brexit? The environmental journalist George Monbiot says he has real concerns for UK waterways and wildlife without a guarantee of safeguards from Brussels. Meanwhile the Country Land and Business Association insists that landowners and farmers could prompt better environmental laws for Britain in the long term.
At the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester, the vote to leave is the only topic under discussion at the moment. The next intake of students will have to face the reality of working in a post-Brexit industry. Senior Economics Lecturer Dr Allan Butler has been assessing how the markets and farm incomes could be affected by leaving the EU.
During the referendum campaign, Farming Today heard a range of opinions on how agriculture would fair in or out of the European Union. Now we know we're turning away from Brussels, UKIP's Agriculture spokesman Stuart Agnew claims that British producers will have the 'whip hand' on the global markets.
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