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31/03/20 Nationwide scheme to recruit British crop pickers

The National Farmers Union is having urgent talks with the DEFRA secretary later today to discuss a nationwide scheme to recruit UK agricultural workers.

The National Farmers Union is having urgent talks with the DEFRA Secretary later today to discuss a nationwide scheme to recruit UK agricultural workers. We hear from an asparagus farmer who's struggling to find people to pick his crop, and from NFU Vice President, Tom Bradshaw.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

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Tue 31 Mar 2020 05:45
蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

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