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Farming Today: A Hard Brexit and Agriculture

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21/01/2017

A Hard Brexit and Agriculture

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How a 'hard' Brexit could impact UK agriculture.

Charlotte Smith hosts a panel discussion on the possible implications of a 'hard' Brexit on the UK's agriculture industry.

Charlotte Smith hosts a panel discussion to assess the possible implications of a 'hard' Brexit on the UK's agricultural industry. Guests are: Barclay Bell, farmer and President of the Ulster Farmers Union; Richard Hirst, farmer and chair of G's Growers; Peter Hardwick, head of trade development at the farmers' levy board, the AHDB; and Professor Allan Buckwell, an agricultural economist. 
With 72% of the UK's agricultural produce currently being exported to the EU, how will the possibility of new trade barriers and tariffs impact farmers' profits?
And how can farmers and businesses prepare for the uncertainty ahead? 
We also hear from the Farming Minister George Eustice, and some of the farmers at the UK's biggest agricultural machinery show, Lamma.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Sally Challoner.

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