UK fruit and flower growers threatened by new Brexit border checks
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) in the UK has expressed concern over the potential existential threat to the country's fruit and flower growers due to new post-Brexit border checks. These checks, scheduled for introduction in April, could cause extensive delays and damage to nearly all young plants imported into the UK.
Martin Emmett, the NFU's chair of the horticulture and
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