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Cereals 2016: Arable farmers back Brexit in Cereals EU poll final count

Oliver Hill 17 June 2016
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Three farmers drop tokens into ballot boxes, one for remaining in the EU, one for UK leaving the EU and one box for undecided

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Arable farmers and agronomists at this years Cereals event shared their voting intentions ahead of the EU referendum, with a majority wanting Britain to leave the EU.

Over the two day event a total of 2,025 people cast their vote in Farmers Weekly’s poll, with 56% voting leave, 32% backing remain and 12% still unsure of how to vote in the referendum next Thursday (23 June).

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This poll tallies with the results of Farmers Weekly’s earlier EU referendum survey, which found that 58% of farmers plan to vote to leave the EU.

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