Pig/Poultry
'No shortage here' says turkey farmer
A farmer from Lancashire has taken to Twitter to share what he says is the “truth about the turkey shortage”...
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Pig/Poultry
UK faces egg shortage amid rising production costs - BFREPA
A survey by the British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) concluded that the UK’s egg supply and the “long-term...
Dairy
Research: Labour is second highest input cost on Irish dairy farms
The acute shortage of labour on dairy farms is undeniable at the present time. And the problem is intensifying. This...
N.Ireland
DEFRA's labour shortfall survey - deadline approaches
The closing date for completion of a Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) survey that will assess...
Dairy
HGV driver shortage: West Midlands farmers dumping milk
Farmers in the UK are having to offload their milk in their own ways, due to the current lorry driver...
Agri-Business
70,000 pigs backing up on UK farms amid worker shortage
Healthy pigs will end up being destroyed and wasted - with an estimated 70,000 pigs backing up on farms -...
Agri-Business
UK meat industry to look to prisoners to help staff shortages
The UK meat industry is set to look towards recruiting prisoners to help ease chronic staff shortages in processing plants...
Dairy
Farming Minister’s response to RABDF labour survey 'offers hope'
A response to the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) labour survey from Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has sparked fresh...
Dairy
New survey reveals a third of dairy farmers have considered leaving due to staff shortages
Dairy farmers are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit staff, with some producers potentially being forced to leave the industry...
Dairy
Dairy industry facing a shortage of workers after government decision
A last-ditch attempt to get dairy workers included on the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) Shortage Occupation List (SOL) has been...
Agri-Business
Seasonal worker shortage sees eastern Europeans flown into UK
Several large UK farms are taking drastic steps to cope with the seasonal labour shortage chartering flights for eastern European...
Agri-Business
Calls for 'Land Army' to fill UK labour shortfall for harvest
Calls have been made for a modern ‘Land Army’ to help save harvests across the country as the agricultural industry...
Agri-Business
16 million apples go unpicked as UK horticulture suffers seasonal worker shortages
The National Farmers’ Union is calling for the Government to immediately expand its Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme, as worker shortages...
Agri-Business
'Government must deliver farm labour solutions before Brexit'
The Government is being called on to put solutions in place to tackle farming labour issues before Brexit by the...
Agri-Business
Herefordshire horticulture firm to lead on labour productivity
A Herefordshire based business will lead the way in demonstrating labour saving techniques to help the horticulture industry offset the...
Agri-Business
Shortage Occupation List review criticised for not including farm workers
Publication of the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) review into the Shortage Occupation List does little to address NFU Scotland’s concerns...
Agri-Business
Shortages, delays and lower standards likely in no-deal Brexit, vets warn
British Veterinary Association (BVA) president Simon Doherty has warned of the significant risks a ‘no-deal’ Brexit could bring to the...
Arable
Millennials could 'hold the answer' for horticulture's labour woes
Work needs to start now to inspire young people to take up careers in horticulture and reduce agriculture’s reliance on...
