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For bankers it will be as though Brexit never happened, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins Via Graham Watson 
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The "worst-case scenario" would cut average farm profits from £38,000 per year to just £15,000, says the research.
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Almost all Welsh meat exported from the UK goes to EU countries. Ceredigion farmer Wyn Evans fears trouble ahead Via Graham Watson
Graham Watson's curator insight,
January 24, 2019 4:12 PM
A headline that says it all.
"No deal would be horrific".
It certainly would for Welsh farmers whose largest export market, by a considerable margin, is the EU.
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When Common Agricultural Policy payments come to an end, what will they be replaced with? And what should that be spent on?
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It's difficult not to agree with Simon Jenkins' assessment of the way in which Brexit is being played out - with the City and farming getting treated in a way that is different to other sectors.
For me, the killer line is the assessment that agriculture accounts for 0.5% of British GDP, and manufacturing nearly 19%. But you'll never guess which sector has been promised an overwhelming level of post-Brexit support.