I hear the latest meeting of Austria’s equivalent of the beef forum was highlighting the threat of a Mercosur trade deal, until a major player in the processing industry warned the other participants that the real risk was now Ireland.

In a hard Brexit, Irish beef will lose its main outlet and land more beef on mainland Europe, destabilising the EU market, he said. This has been well-flagged in other major EU beef producing countries, such as France. I hope their governments are listening.