Despite overwhelmingly being in support of leaving the EU at the Brexit referendum, farmers are increasingly gloomy now that they are staring down the reality of what leaving will entail.
Union boss Minette Batters says tariffs would price British farms out of export market.
Environment secretary warns of tariffs and delays as NFU chief calls for firm guidance
'There is a very real risk that a disorderly Brexit will lead to an immediate reliance on overseas imports, produced to lower standards, while many UK farms struggle to survive,' NFU says
NFU says UK produces only 60% of its own food and must increase production to avoid food insecurity after leaving EU.
The head of a national farming union has warned Britain will not be able to feed itself without the help of seasonal non-UK labour after Brexit.
Industry faces "disaster" as only root vegetables may be on sale, and cost of ready meals could surge.
British businesses fear the move could ruin their industries.
No-deal Brexit could see import tariffs slashed to zero under ‘extraordinarily damaging’ government plan
05/02/2019
Proposal branded ‘ultimate betrayal’ – because it would unilaterally open up UK markets to cheaper goods from across the world.
Food industry warns Gove on Brexit 'crisis'
11/02/2019
The UK food industry has threatened to stop co-operating with government policy consultations, saying it is busy trying to stave off the "catastrophic impact" of a no-deal Brexit.
US trade deal would mean ‘submitting to someone else’s wishes’, academic says.
The Environment Secretary told the National Farmer’s Union (NFU) conference that there was “no absolute guarantee” that British farmers could export any of their produce to the EU in a no-deal scenario, and would face punishing tariffs even if they could.
EU official confirms farmers may be unable to sell milk to buyers in Irish Republic from day one. / Northern Ireland is facing a Brexit “milk lake” in the event of a no-deal departure, it has emerged.
The vote to leave the EU has sparked a clash between sugar-cane importers and farmers producing homegrown sugar beet. Is this bitter skirmish a microcosm of the big battles to come?
“That means that you will have many farmers going out of business and indeed you would have to look at slaughtering quite a large percentage of the national sheep flock.”
The warning comes after similar cautions from the country's leading supermarkets.
No-deal Brexit could cause mass slaughter of UK lambs as end of European trade spells ‘disaster’ for farmers
08/07/2019
No deal ‘cannot be allowed to happen’, Minette Batters says.
No-deal Brexit is ‘fraught with risk’ and ‘everybody should be worried’, says former top civil servant
08/07/2019
‘Everybody should be worried about what happens in a no-deal situation,’ Philip Rycroft says in interview with BBC Panorama.
EU subsidy loss 'could wipe out farms'
09/07/2019
With three months to go before the UK could leave the European Union (EU), farmers say they still face uncertainty about future subsidy levels. / "We could be wiped out like the coal industry."
Farmers call for fresh referendum as they warn half of farms will go bust after no-deal exit
14/08/2019
More than half of farms will go bust if Boris Johnson forces through a no-deal Brexit, farmers are warning, as some join the campaign for a fresh referendum. / Farmers for a People’s Vote group is unveiled, as latest arm of the movement demanding a Final Say referendum.
No Deal could put more than 50% of UK farms out of business - New report launches 'Farmers for a People's Vote'.
A new report sounds the death knell for Britain’s farms in the event of no deal. It’s not the vision our farmers were sold
The NFU has said everything must to be done to avoid a no deal Brexit, and the catastrophic impact this could have on British farming.