UK and Scottish ministers addressed their traditional receptions at the Royal Highland Show, marking Brexit’s one-year anniversary.

Recurring themes included market access, the future of support and convergence, freedom of movement, devolution of agricultural decision-making and the need for the industry to come forward with ideas for the post-Brexit landscape.

Speaking at the president’s breakfast, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that, as the UK is a significant net contributor to the EU, there should be a positive balance in the Treasury after Brexit and that it is up to UK agriculture to argue for that cash and to help the Scottish Government create key priorities.

Key to this is securing tariff-free access to the EU single market for beef, lamb, cereal, fruit and vegetables, she said.

The first minister is still not convinced by the UK Government’s approach to Brexit. She warned of the “double whammy of losing trade on the altar of freedom of movement”.

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity Fergus Ewing upheld the importance of tariff-free access to the EU single market and freedom of movement, noting in particular the red-meat processing sector’s dependence on EU nationals, critically vet inspectors.

Ewing also called for the UK Government to treat devolved administrations as “partners, not strangers”, criticising their unilateral cancellation of scheduled Brexit meetings.

New Defra secretary Michael Gove spoke of his ideal of “free and frictionless trade”. He said he is looking at the evidence for convergence funding “to see why it’s been allocated in the way it has, and make sure I can defend the way it is allocated in future”.

Gove also said that the UK Government is looking to increase the power that all devolved administrations have and that he wanted to have regular meetings on Brexit back up and running.