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28/08/21 Farming Today This Week: Food industry calls for Covid relief visas, lack of funding for rural youth, ragwort
Labour shortages in processing mean a backlog of pigs on farms - are prisoners the answer?
Labour shortages in processing mean a backlog of pigs on farms - are prisoners the answer?
Meanwhile organisations across the food chain have got together to call for a Covid Recovery Visa to allow them to recruit more workers from abroad. They suggest one that would last 12 months.
All that and ragwort - which is a lot more controversial than you might think.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio in Bristol by Beatrice Fenton.
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