Yorkshire farmers meet to debate Brexit effect on UK agriculture

Farming subsidies were the main subject of discussion when farmers met to debate the forthcoming referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union.

Prime Minister David Cameron has been touring Europe trying to come up with a deal to persuade British voters to vote to remain within the EU.

Recent opinion polls suggest that the mood amongst the electorate has been moving towards breaking the United Kingdom’s ties with the other 27 EU nations.

Nearly 200 farmers gathered at a meeting organised by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society to look at the implications of leaving the EU.

Academics and farmers’ leaders outlined what could happen if the country was to leave the union, and answered farmers’ questions about the options.

FarmingUK TV was there at what is thought to have been one of the first discussions of its kind in the United Kingdom.