Victor Chestnutt said the pedigree livestock trade between Britain and NI is 'all but finished'. Proposals to help facilitate the movement of pedigree livestock across the Irish Sea have been put forward by the president of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU). Speaking to Westminster MPs on Wednesday, Victor Chestnutt said the rules that came into effect on 1 January mean that the pedigree livestock trade between Britain and NI is “all but finished”. “We are now faced with the possibility that if we go to a sale [in Britain], and for some reason don’t sell, we are not allowed to take the animal home for six months,” he said.