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Farming Today This Week

Charlotte Smith searches for farming land workers as rules for migrant labour change. Can British farmers rely on Bulgarians and Romanians to do the work British nationals won't?

Charlotte Smith searches for farming land workers as the rules for migrant labour change.
It's estimated that farming will need another 60,000 workers in the next ten years at a time when skilled labour shortages may worsen. Can British farmers rely on Bulgarians and Romanians to do the work young British nationals won't?
She meets a dairy milker from the Philippines and hears from fruit pickers from Bulgaria. Will a British scheme to encourage more local people to learn farming skills ? And what difference could the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board make ?

Presented by Charlotte Smith, Produced by Emma Weatherill.

27 minutes

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Sat 27 Apr 201306:30

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  • Sat 27 Apr 201306:30

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