UK environment secretary Michael Gove has said he is certain Britain will reach a withdrawal agreement with the European Union.

Mr Gove was speaking with reporters at the Royal Welsh Show, in Llanelwedd, where he met with the NFU Cymru farming union and farm leaders from across the UK.

The show is celebrating its centenary with a visit from Prince Charles and wife Camilla and also King Goodwill Zwelithini, of South Africa’s Zulu nation, but debate is once again dominated by Britain’s impending exit from the European Union.

When he arrived at the NFU Cymru building, on the showground, Mr Gove, who two years ago said at the show Brexit should hold no fears for farmers, again said he believed a deal with the EU, on which Welsh agriculture is dependent for exports, can be reached.

Boris Johnson, who has refused to rule out leaving with no deal, is heavily fancied to become Prime Minister this week.

But asked, by The Brecon & Radnor Express, if he still believes, as he’d previously said, a deal could be reached Mr Gove replied: "I think it’s in everyone’s interest that we get a deal and that’s what whoever is fortunate enough to be prime minister will make their top priority."

Speaking to reporters after his meeting Mr Gove was asked how confident is he, on a scale of 0-10, that Britain will get a deal. He laughed and replied: "Ten" before adding: "Sooner or later there has to be a deal."

He had also said he didn’t believe no deal would be good for farmers.

The environment secretary, who was knocked out of the Conservative leadership contest early on, was also asked how confident he was he will still be in his job in a week’s time. He said: " I don’t know if the honest answer, I hope I’m still in the same job but I don’t know. We’ll all find out on Wednesday and Thursday."

Mr Gove also called the Welsh Government’s proposals for a new farming support scheme, once Britain leaves the EU, "very interesting" and suggested there would be similarities when the UK government announces its policy for England.

The presidents of four UK farming unions called for action over a fall in beef prices when they met at the show.

Presidents John Davies, NFU Cymru; Minette Batters, NFU; Andrew McCornick, NFU Scotland; and Ivor Ferguson, Ulster Farmers’ Union have come together to agree a set of measures that need to be urgently implemented to address the situation.

Speaking at the Royal Welsh Show, the UK farming union presidents said: “The UK beef sector is at crisis point: we’ve seen downward pressure on farmgate prices throughout the year and this dire situation cannot, and must not, be allowed to continue. While we accept that this is a complex situation and there are a number of factors affecting this drop in price, beef farmers cannot continue to sustain this decrease any longer. Let’s be absolutely clear - the sustainability of UK beef production is at stake here.

“Together we are calling for action across the whole supply chain - farmers, levy bodies, processors, retailers and the food service sector – in order to bring the UK beef industry back from the brink.”The Farmers Union of Wales said it discussed the "disastrous impacts" of a no-deal Brexit, among other subjects, when it met with Mr Gove and Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns at Llanelwedd.FUW President Glyn Davies said: "We have been relentless in highlighting the grave economic impacts for agriculture, rural communities and other industries of a hard Brexit, and our concerns regarding the rhetoric of both of the prime ministerial candidates was made clear to both Secretaries of State. “The latest analysis by Hybu Cig Cymru suggesting 92.5% of our lamb export trade could disappear if we go over the Brexit cliff on 31st October highlight our concerns.”