'Frictionless' EU trade is vital post-Brexit for UK farming to survive

Farming union president Meurig Raymond takes veiled swipe at Liam Fox's 'cheap food policy' at NFU conference

Trade with the EU after Brexit needs to be "frictionless" if the UK's food and farming sectors are to survive the transition, the president of the National Farmers Union has said at the opening of the NFU's conference.

Meurig Raymond, who farms a large acreage of mixed arable and livestock in Wales, said: "We must have frictionless trade with the EU. Everything else, including the final shape of any domestic agricultural policy, is dependent on that."