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The UK general election is being seen in some quarters as a second vote on the British decision to leave the European Union.

Farmers who have enjoyed financial subsidies for decades from Brussels are suddenly fearing those funds could be cut, which would have a devastating impact on rural communities.

Hill farmers in Wales worry if trade barriers lock them out of the EU they will be unable to find new markets for meat exports like Welsh lamb, or dairy products.

New immigration rules could also make it harder to find casual labour, notably workers from Eastern Europe, as the 麻豆约拍鈥檚 Fergus Nicoll heard from farmers on the border between North Wales and England.

(Picture: Sheep and lambs on a farm in Wales. Getty Images.)