european union

A poll to find out how many farmers have left the National Farmers' Union in the past two years

My name is Charles Twinberrow and I am a final year BSc (Hons) Agriculture student at Harper Adams University. As part of my final year studies, I have decided to carry out research into farmers and agronomists’ views on what impact the loss of Glyphosate would have to their businesses and what...

Hello all, I am a Harper Adams student, and I'm looking at EU migrant labour in the broiler supply chain post Brexit for my honours research project. I would be grateful if you could complete this questionnaire as part of my research. It should not take longer than 10 minutes. Please follow...

A ‘no-deal’ Brexit could see food retailers and their suppliers facing a £9.3 billion blow. A new report from Barclays Corporate Banking has revealed that a failure to reach any Brexit deal will create an average tariff of 27% on products imported from the EU for food and drink supply chains...

The average number of job applicants per vacancy has dropped in the past year, according to the latest Labour Market Outlook from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. The CIPD report concludes that demand for labour remains robust but that labour supply is failing to keep pace...

If no agreement is reached during Brexit negotiations between the UK and the EU, small businesses will suffer. A study by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found that 59% of SMEs that export goods to the EU Customs Union say trade would be impacted if overall costs increased as a...

Direct farm subsidies worth £235 million to Welsh farmers look set to end by 2025. Under proposals issued on Tuesday 10 July, the Welsh government aims to scrap the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), which in 2017-18 paid subsidies to 15,520 farm businesses, along with Pillar 2, financial support for...

The government will not water down food safety and animal welfare standards in the pursuit of trade deals after Brexit, according to Defra minister George Eustice. Speaking at the CLA breakfast on the first day of the Royal Bath & West Show, Mr Eustice insisted that the government would stand...

Dear TFF members My name is Eliot Jones, I am from Dorset, England. I obtained a first class BSc in International Agriculture from Greenwich University in 2016. I am now undertaking an MSC at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. I am currently beginning research for my thesis and am...

Hello, I am currently researching for my dissertation project and the aim is to explore if Brexit will have an effect on EU students finding employment in the UK. This survey is for non-UK EU national students that are studying at a British university. I would really appreciate if anyone could...

If you voted to LEAVE the EU in last year’s referendum, please give up 2 minutes of your time to complete a very short survey conducted by the University of Bedfordshire (demographics and two questions only) on the effect of the Greek crisis on your decision to vote leave. If you can, please...

Hello, I am not a farmer, but having spent a bit of time on them, I know it's a tough, demanding job and a necessary one for the welfare of the land. How will Brexit affect you? I suppose none of us are really sure, but I'm keen to find out how being outside the EU is likely to affect key...

Hi, I am not a farmer but I have made this short video explaining why I believe Britain should leave the EU. Hope it helps!!!