Well obviously, its supporting local produce and ensuring a sustainable farming industry, unless you're in the camp of flooding the UK with cheap low quality produce and running our own industries into the ground? Taking back control equals passing more our wealth out of the country?

Never ceases to amaze me the raft of negative things leavers knowingly voted for with no positive balancer

I'm not saying that, I just dislike lazy retorts and throw away remarks to discredit a good debate where one has presented a credible article to support their argument

Just accept its a goal for our side and try and find an equaliser

Edited by Pussay Patrol (17 Apr 2019 10.34am)

The current system is acreage based, so not eco friendly at all.

Why would a business want less income?

Yes

I need to understand how farmers are better off without subsidies

80% of subsidies are paid to 20% of farmers. Small farms don’t receive much whereas the Queen receives around €500,000.