Repercussions of Britain leaving EU: Future Farmers meeting at Great Yorkshire Show

The repercussions of Britain voting to leave the European Union was the main talking point during a meeting of Future Farmers at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate.

Speaking at the event Meurig Raymond, NFU president, said that there was a lot of work ahead and that the task in hand the was to turn the challenges into opportunities.

He said that although Britain is leaving the EU, Europe will remain a major export market and that any tariffs added to British exports would be a big disadvantage. He said he was concerned that a cabinet could negotiate trade deals where British exports into Europe are heavily tariffed while at the same time the doors were opened to cheaper imports from around the world.