In the wake of the Brexit vote, farmers are urging Parliament to deliver a system of financial support that will equal the Common Agricultural Policy provided by the EU.
Farming minister George Eustice and former Defra minister Owen Paterson, both of whom campaigned to leave, said CAP negotiations were at best 'deeply unsatisfactory'.
During the campaign, Mr Eustice himself said the UK government will be able to give more to farmers than they do now.
He drew attention to non-EU nations like Switzerland and Norway and how their governments gave more to farmers than the UK does.
"Farmers want to earn their profit from the market but they need a helping hand when things go wrong," he said.
"I want us to explore the potential for government backed insurance schemes like they have in Canada and futures markets like they have in the US to help mitigate risk."
But EU agricultural commissioner Phil Hogan said there was no guarantee British farmers would be able to get money elsewhere.
National Farmers Union President Meurig Raymond said the Brexit vote would need to usher in a new British agricultural policy.
"We will be looking for guarantees that the support given to our farmers is equal to that given to farmers in the EU, who will still be our principal competitors."
'Mad not to continue supporting farmers'
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was established more than fifty years ago to increase agricultural productivity, thereby ensuring that farmers received a fair level of income and that consumers had access to safe and secure sources of food at reasonable prices.
Former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, when appearing on the BBC programme Countryfile, said the government would be 'mad' not to continue supporting farmers if the UK voted to leave.
However he stopped short in saying whether that post-Brexit support would be the same or greater than what is currently available.
Former NFU President Peter Kendall said it was "typical bluff and bluster from Boris, who failed to answer and key questions that are vital to the British farming industry.
"He was unable to guarantee that farmers would receive the same support as their key competitors in the European Union.
Post-Brexit proposals
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) issued a draft of potential agricultural policies which could be implemented by the government post-Brexit.
One of the proposals was allocating £1 billion to a new Farm Business Development Scheme to provide an annual grant of up to £25,000 per farm per year to assist with the implementation of approved five-year plans for farm development.
And maintenance of the current budget of £3 billion allocated to agricultural support.
