Ask anyone what will happen when the UK leaves the EU and they will shrug their shoulders. Seven weeks out from 29 March and we are still in the dark.
Some farmers along the border fear they could also be faced with challenges they never expected to see again. Closed roads, long delays at border crossings and constant checks as they go about their everyday lives.
The Irish Farmers Journal spent a day travelling in a LacPatrick milk lorry to meet farmers in their own yards.
Driver Brian Patterson took us from LacPatrick’s head office in Monaghan town, through Keady and on to Bessbrook in Co Armagh.
Farmers on both sides of the border are concerned about potential road closures and border checks
Fellow driver Reggie Hall covered the horseshoe of Monaghan that is surrounded by Co Fermanagh, taking in Ballinode and Scotstown, northwest of Monaghan town.
There is a maze of roads that may need to be patrolled in the event of a hard border.
Our drivers pointed out just some of the roads that were closed in the past.
Farmers on both sides of the border are concerned about potential road closures and border checks.
They want the normality of the past 20 years maintained. They want to go about their business in an efficient manner.
As well as border disruption, farmers were worried about cheap imports, long-term support from the UK government, implications for leased land and how they would trade across the border.
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'We're doing four loads a day across the border' - LacPatrick lorry driver
Brexit border: farmer views from Northern Ireland
Brexit border: farmer views from the Republic
LacPatrick facing collection and processing challenges due to Brexit
Ask anyone what will happen when the UK leaves the EU and they will shrug their shoulders. Seven weeks out from 29 March and we are still in the dark.
Some farmers along the border fear they could also be faced with challenges they never expected to see again. Closed roads, long delays at border crossings and constant checks as they go about their everyday lives.
The Irish Farmers Journal spent a day travelling in a LacPatrick milk lorry to meet farmers in their own yards.
Driver Brian Patterson took us from LacPatrick’s head office in Monaghan town, through Keady and on to Bessbrook in Co Armagh.
Farmers on both sides of the border are concerned about potential road closures and border checks
Fellow driver Reggie Hall covered the horseshoe of Monaghan that is surrounded by Co Fermanagh, taking in Ballinode and Scotstown, northwest of Monaghan town.
There is a maze of roads that may need to be patrolled in the event of a hard border.
Our drivers pointed out just some of the roads that were closed in the past.
Farmers on both sides of the border are concerned about potential road closures and border checks.
They want the normality of the past 20 years maintained. They want to go about their business in an efficient manner.
As well as border disruption, farmers were worried about cheap imports, long-term support from the UK government, implications for leased land and how they would trade across the border.
Read more
'We're doing four loads a day across the border' - LacPatrick lorry driver
Brexit border: farmer views from Northern Ireland
Brexit border: farmer views from the Republic
LacPatrick facing collection and processing challenges due to Brexit
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