The odds are based on opinion polls that suggest the election is already won. They need to promote the value of our home produced food. Our knowledge and standards of farming are high. Our hygiene, husbandry and abattoir conditions are the highest in Europe. Due to the difficulty of making a living out of farming, many farmers are choosing to diversify.
Legislation can be good as a guarantee of our product.
In the case of BSE we have shown that the five main control measures are working and cases have fallen. I think Britain is a key player in Europe, and the European market is important for us. But the French and German farmers obviously carry more weight in their respective countries, receiving extra money on top of the standard subsidy. On the issue of a single currency, Mr. Van Duyne said that it would be the timing of joining the euro that would be the critical factor. I like my work, the longer you work a particular area of land the more you become attached to it and protective of it.