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Brexit and UK farming - shall we stay or shall we go now? Wagyu beef, Land prices

Brexit and UK farming - shall we stay or shall we go now? Professor Alan Buckwell on the devil lurking in the detail. Also Wagyu beef and factors currently affecting land prices.

Brexit & UK farming - shall we stay or shall we go now? Professor Alan Buckwell, author of a new report on the subject, tells Charlotte Smith that the devil's lurking in the detail, whichever way the vote goes.

Wagyu beef from Japan is renowned for its exceptional flavour and tenderness. Sarah Falkingham meets Yorkshire Wolds farmer Jonathan Shepherd who rears more than a thousand of the cattle.

Land prices in the UK are holding up, despite many areas of farming losing money and the uncertainty created by the upcoming referendum on EU membership. (more on that in a moment) But the big growth in the price of land is slowing. George Chichester, partner in the farming department at Strutt and Parker, told me there are many pressures on price.

Produced by Mark Smalley.

13 minutes

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  • Mon 8 Feb 2016 05:45

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