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In the lush country of southern Ontario, Waterford, a town of 3,000 or so, may soon be welcoming British farmers pushed out by Brexit.

“We will see some British farmers coming,” says local realtor Murray Gibbons, a specialist in rural property. “We’ve had inquiries from them.”

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It is not surprising that farmers are not yet fleeing Britain’s rolling meadows en masse. The way of life in the U.K. is different from that in Canada — vast spaces and bitter winters aside. But the financial incentives of leaving the U.K. are likely to be large, and the costs of staying are even larger. For many farmers, it will be a departure forced by loss of income.

So, a trickle of inquiries now, Gibbons says, and more to come.

Lucia Zitti, an economist for the National Farmers Union, the largest farm research and lobby group in the U.K. says the numbers tell the story: 55 per cent of U.K. farmers’ total income comes from support from the European Union’s Common Agriculture Policy.