"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 04/03/2020 12:47, newshound wrote:
I was sort of assuming that dropping the lower duty meant it would revert
to road rates. I thought that on the whole ordinary farmers were very
anti-brexit.

No, that is the impression created by the BBC.
In fact by and large farmers are neutral.
As long as they get state assistance to transition to whatever mix of
products makes a profit, they dont really care.

Chicken farmers will for example benefit as unhygienic rule breaking east
European chicken will be taxed .

Lamb farmers may face tariff free imports from New Zealand.

Lamb imports to the EU have always been tariff free.

Arable farmers may or may not switch crops. Rape to meet Germany's
biodiesel commitments and field beans for Turkish houmous may give way to
malting barley for beer, and oats for vegans :-)

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Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

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