Brexit and Agriculture - not a pretty picture

[milanbenes]

recent headlines

CAP budget under scrutiny post-Brexit: MEP - Farming Life

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp...s-post-brexit/

Agenda: Rural Scotland is facing a post-Brexit meltdown (From HeraldScotland)

Brexit's impact on farming policy will take Britain back to the 1920s – but that's not necessarily a bad thing | The Independent


I love the positive spin on the sadness of the last article

Enjoy

Milan.

[MarillionFan]

Terrible Panorama program the other night, terrible.

[BrilloPad]

Soon the UK will be growing all its own food.

[BrilloPad]

Terrible Panorama program the other night, terrible.

I missed it? What is terrible? The program or what they were reporting on?

[milanbenes]

well it looks like the Yanks are looking forward to agricultural opportunities post Brexit

https://www.fginsight.com/news/dont-...t-brexit-22902

Milan.

[milanbenes]

this is actually why the US are so "pro" Brexit isn't it, they see the opportunity to clean up

Milan.

[sasguru]

Soon the UK will be growing all its own food.

I think it last did that around 1850

[scooterscot]

well it looks like the Yanks are looking forward to agricultural opportunities post Brexit

https://www.fginsight.com/news/dont-...t-brexit-22902

Milan.

GM crops here we come! That'll please the Waitrose fraternity no end.

[MarillionFan]

I missed it? What is terrible? The program or what they were reporting on?

It was so dumbed down. Peppa Pig is more complex.

[radish2008]

It was so dumbed down. Peppa Pig is more complex.

But surely it's exactly what the Conservatives would like - a market with market forces dictating prices. If non-competitive farmers go out of business then fair enough, instead of them being subsidised by the tax payer as they are now.

The US can't import their meat here as steroid fed meet is banned here. Unless we change the law of course when they demand it as part of their free trade deal.