McCain report finds 51% of farmers are considering leaving the industry

A wide angle of a farm owner doing daily tasks on his farm and looking after a herd of cows in a barn at a farm in Northumberland in the North East of England.

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The report’s key findings revealed 51% of farmers have considered leaving the industry due to financial strain, and only 4% believed current government support was adequate

More than seven in 10 farmers are “pessimistic” about the future of British farming, according to McCain Food’s inaugural Farmdex report.

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