The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has called on all political parties to unite around the common theme of making a success of Brexit over the length of the next Parliament.
The association has said the general election has been an 'unnecessary distraction' to Brexit.
Many farmers principal concern will be the impact of the UK leaving the EU on the agricultural sector.
The TFA said 'petty party politics' must give way to a united Brexit policy framework that will put agriculture first, in terms of investment, trade, regulation and access to labour.
The terrorist incidents of Manchester and London has 'understandably created focal points for debate in the last days and weeks of the campaign', the TFA said.
TFA Chief Executive George Dunn said: “However, with all the issues that we face as a country right now we need a Government of national unity to take us forward.
“Of course it is important that the opposition parties hold the Government to account, but this needs to be purposeful, constructive and objective.
Devolution and Brexit
The TFA said that the issue of increasing UK devolution mixed with leaving the EU means agriculture will have to deal with four separate administrations with 'very different' political, social and economic aspirations.
Mr Dunn continued: “It becomes even more complicated when in effect the voice of the UK Government becomes conflated with an English centric perspective.
“At the very least we need a common UK framework, agreed collectively and collaboratively, for dealing with trade, co-operation and policy across the four parts of the United Kingdom, said Mr Dunn”.
“We must have a policy framework that will last and which will not be subject to the winds of future, short-term, political change.
“No one organisation or political party has the ability to achieve this on its own. For such a time as this, we need cooperation, collaboration and a shared vision,” said Mr Dunn.
