One young farmer fears agriculture could decline like the steel industry without further support.
A dairy farmer fears agriculture could decline like the steel industry without more support from the next government.Mr Hawton, 26, says cuts in subsidies and shrinking profits have collided with a labour shortage and pressure from climate change.
Mr Hawton's family has been farming at Bradley for several generations, but now he is questioning whether he has a future in the industry.He says it is "absolutely essential" the next government prioritises British farming.'We need stability' He says they are being squeezed by big supermarkets because of their monopoly on the UK food industry."Production costs have gone up, and that tanker can go down the drive and can be sold at different prices.
He said: "We are at the mercy of climate change, but if the government can't help us it's a sad outlook.""You have got to be able to look after the environment but also produce food".Calving season has just begun at Mr Hawton's farm"We didn't realise a lot of farmers in the UK were dependent on EU subsidies and suddenly they were gone.
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