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At 11 pm on 29 March all exports of live animals from the UK to the EU would cease under a no-deal Brexit. Unweaned calves would no longer be trucked hundreds of miles from Scotland to Spain, sheep would no longer be loaded onto boats at Ramsgate. The trade would be killed – stone dead. Other types of trade would dry up too. Exports of meat, cheese and other animal products to the EU would immediately be rendered as nil. Without a deal the UK would immediately be classed as a third country. It would then need to acquire ‘listed status’ before any such trade in live animals or animal products could take place. How long would that take? Defra admits there’s no way of knowing, while the National Farmers’ Union says the process, which …