Why Lamb Chops Could Be on the Menu in a No-Deal Brexit
The U.K. is the world’s third-largest lamb exporter and farmers will have a lot to sell if there’s no European trade deal.
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For the sheep on Alan Hutton’s farm outside Basingstoke, the outcome of Brexit will mean life or death.
Hutton, who farms about 1,000 acres (405 hectares) on grassy, rolling hills in southern England, specializes in raising ewes for other farmers to breed. Like many farmers and business owners, he’s grappling with the risk that Britain leaves the European Union without a trade deal, potentially throwing his livelihood into chaos.