With Brexit on the horizon, farmers will no doubt be starting to think about how they need to shape their business over the next few years to ensure they can ride the wave of a changing market and the consequential volatility, reduced direct support and a changed regulatory framework to work within.
There is plenty of commentary from leading trade organisations such as the NFU and CLA as well as economists and consultants about what the next few years might look like, but for most farmers, the ‘macro’ environment is too much and too big to think about. What they are thinking about however is the day to day stuff – ‘what should we be putting into place on our farms or in our businesses to ‘get through’, or for those feeling ambitious, ‘to thrive’ over the next few years.
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There is plenty of commentary from leading trade organisations such as the NFU and CLA as well as economists and consultants about what the next few years might look like, but for most farmers, the ‘macro’ environment is too much and too big to think about. What they are thinking about however is the day to day stuff – ‘what should we be putting into place on our farms or in our businesses to ‘get through’, or for those feeling ambitious, ‘to thrive’ over the next few years.
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