With the EU Referendum a matter of weeks away, and momentum building towards the vote, there still doesn’t appear to be a clear picture of what to expect come June.

Although the latest polls of the general public suggest that more people are keen to remain part of the EU than would vote to leave, the margin remains exceptionally narrow.

In the farming world, the picture is even less clear. A survey running on the Farmers’ Weekly website since February, which has attracted almost 4,000 responses, shows 67% pf respondents are in favour of Britain leaving the EU in June, with 24% wanting to remain and 9% undecided.

In April, a Farming Online poll which ran for a week and attracted 460 responses revealed 51% of those who responded were in favour of Britain exiting the EU, with 37% keen to remain and 12% not sure. The responses to this survey, broken down by sector, can be found here.

Figures released last week by the NFU from a survey of its members appear to buck this pattern though. Although a clear majority of NFU members said the union should campaign for one or other side in the Referendum debate, the largest proportion of respondents (43%) said they were unsure whether - from a farming perspective - Britain would be better served in Europe.

The number of NFU members expressing uncertainty appears to have increased since November 2015, when the union carried out a similar survey, in which a clear majority (52%) said they thought Britain should remain an EU member state.

This week, Farming Online will be re-running our April survey on the referendum to gauge any shift in opinion as the vote approaches. Farming Online’s results look at views on a sector-by-sector basis, and we will compare responses to polls we’ve conducted since February.

The EU Referendum survey can be taken by clicking here. The poll should also appear in the right hand bar on the Farming Online homepage from Thursday. Even if you took part in the February or April polls, you are still encouraged to take part in this new survey.