PROTESTERS who are against the Government's Agriculture Bill were outside Jesse Norman's office in Hereford yesterday (Friday).

The bill sets out the UK’s approach to farming as it prepares to leave the European Union.

Protestors attended Mr Norman's office in Broad Street with placards, some read: "Save standards, no 2 no deal; don't pander to low food standards."

There is concern that Herefordshire’s largest industry is facing an uncertain future and could lose a large ‘chunk’ of its farmers in the next few years.

Herefordshire National Farmers’ Union chairman Bill Quan, is working with the union to safeguard the industry and champion all it delivers in terms of food, to our economy, communities and environment.

Herefordshire’s diverse agriculture industry produces some of the best quality produce in the country, including enough apples for 700 million pints of cider each year, and is at the forefront of diversification and innovation.

Mr Quan also fears current Government plans to replace EU subsidy will involve asking Herefordshire farmers to do more for less, something that has the potential to put them at a disadvantage when others abroad are not producing to the same regulations or controls.

He fears that if Britain does not get these policies right then ‘we could lose a good chunk of our farmers, especially in livestock, and the tenanted sector could be decimated’.