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EU referendum, Liz Truss at Conservative Party Conference, Fishing apprenticeships

How would UK farming be affected if Britain left the EU, and what would change if they voted to stay in? Farming Today hears from both sides of the debate. Presented by Caz Graham.

A hot topic of debate at the Conservative Party conference has been the UK's relationship with Brussels ahead of the planned 'in-out' EU referendum. So how would UK farming be affected if we left the EU; and what would change if we vote to stay in? Agriculture accounts for about 38% of the total EU budget, many British farmers rely on the subsidies they get under the Common Agricultural Policy, and Europe is their biggest export market. But along with those financial benefits come rules and regulations which some argue farming would be better off without. We brought together the Steve Baker MP, the Co-Chairman of 'Conservatives for Britain', the group campaigning for a exit from the EU; and Peter Wilding, Director of the Pro-EU organisation 'British Influence'.

We take a closer look at the priorities laid out by the Secretary of State for Defra, Liz Truss, in her speech at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.

And Nancy Nicolson meets the new fishing apprentices taking to the sea in Scotland.

Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Sophie Anton.

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13 minutes