AGRICULTURAL landlords and tenants are urging MPs to avoid a no-deal Brexit.

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) have joined together to warn MPs of the dangers of a no-deal Brexit both for landowners and tenants across the south.

This comes after it was announced that on January 15 MPs will be asked to vote on the Brexit deal negotiated by the Prime Minister.

Now both CLA and TFA have teamed up to write to MPs urging them to ensure that a no deal Brexit is removed from the negotiating table.

The claimed a no deal Brexit would leave all farmers facing significant tariffs on exports or potentially the inability to trade with the EU.

In 2017 this accounted for 60% of all UK food and drink exports, according to CLA.

The organisations said a lack of a secure supply of migrant labour would also leave the danger of crops being unpicked this summer and food rotting in the fields.

CLA president Tim Breitmeyer said: “The UK’s future relationship with the EU must include the free and frictionless trade on which so many rural businesses depend. A no deal scenario would throw this into doubt.”

TFA chief executive George Dunn added: “Both landlords and tenants need the confidence to invest for the future and the ramifications of a no-deal Brexit would put that in jeopardy. Farm tenants are proud of the high-quality output for which they are responsible and the thought that these standards could be undermined by cheaper, lower quality imports in a no-deal Brexit is a major concern.”