The Environment Secretary Gove has been talking to farmers in Oxfordshire (HERE) about the future of farming after Brexit. We are still at the generalised, warm words and consultation stage with agriculture and his speech hasn't really moved things much further forward but it has raised its profile. Farming is one of the areas where Brexiteers will need to tread a very fine line.
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Showing posts with label Agriculture. Show all posts
Friday, 4 January 2019
Friday, 4 August 2017
NEW AGRICULTURAL POLICY Will anyone be happy?
A few days ago the think tank Policy Exchange produced a report (HERE) about the future of farming calling for a phasing out of subsidies by 2025. Policy Exchange is a centre right free market think tank and like a lot of economists on the leave side, they are keen to see consumer prices fall. Now the NFU has responded (HERE) cautioning against exposing the farming sector to very low world prices. On the Today programme on Friday morning an NFU representative was asking the government for clarity on future policy and for an assurance that we will get a transitional period after March 2019 and do not default to huge WTO tariffs with our largest trading partner. This she said would be disastrous.
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