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News correspondent Peter McCann was in Belfast for the NI Institute of Agri-Science conference on the implications of Brexit on agri-food. There he spoke with David Porter, a farmer from New Zealand, about what happened in his country when subsidies were removed. David said New Zealand might be seen as a shining beacon of hope now, but at the time it was brutal and some farmers were even forced to walk away from their farms.
News correspondent Peter McCann was in Belfast for the NI Institute of Agri-Science conference on the implications of Brexit on agri-food. There he spoke with David Porter, a farmer from New Zealand, about what happened in his country when subsidies were removed. David said New Zealand might be seen as a shining beacon of hope now, but at the time it was brutal and some farmers were even forced to walk away from their farms. read more read less

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