03/10/19: Northern Ireland trade post-Brexit, Seasonal workers, Flooded farms

Farming Today

• Episode: 03/10/19: Northern Ireland trade post-Brexit, Seasonal workers, Flooded farms
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:39
• Published: 2019-10-03 07:02

Boris Johnson has revealed his final offer to the EU to get a Brexit deal that essentially sees Northern Ireland staying in the European single market for goods, but leaving the customs union along with the rest of the UK - so there would be new customs checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Trade expert Dmitry Grozoubinski explains what this would mean say if you wanted to export your beef from Scotland to the Republic of Ireland which he says will involve a fair amount of paperwork. On the subject of Brexit it's of course 'Four Weeks 'till Brexit' week on Farming Today and what will happen to the seasonal migrant labour from EU that has for some time picked fruit and vegetables is still a question on many a farmer's mind. Phil Maiden has been along to the farm in Worcestershire to meet farmer Paul Southall and seasonal worker Desislava Hadzhiyska to ask what the future might hold. The heavy rains this week have caused problems for many farmers. Tom Duffin farms beef, pigs and sheep in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire and Ben Jackson joined him to search for some marooned cattle. Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced in Bristol by Toby Field.