Coming up @bbcr4today – why some farmers are flying in pickers on chartered flights. Big push for Brit workers on farms, 36,000 expressions of interest. But of 900 people offered jobs in last 10 days, just 112 have taken them. Farm locations, hours, not always easy but…
… also, view of one farmer: If someone's willing to travel across Europe they’re quite dedicated… whereas a UK resident perhaps wouldn’t want to travel four or five miles to start work at half past four in morning and pick fruit
Price rises and some shortages possible if labour problem not sorted say the NFU. But no one thinks Brits are going to replace the entire 70k or so seasonal workers needed
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