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Let's see what happens at next year's harvest. Farmers in the UK typically hire hundreds of thousands of seasonal unskilled labourers, with many crops (fruit,
by oliwarner 7y ago
Let's see what happens at next year's harvest.
Farmers in the UK typically hire hundreds of thousands of seasonal unskilled labourers, with many crops (fruit, asparagus) having no mechanised harvest option.
Farmers have already been struggling with shortfalls since the vote to leave the EU but this is going to kick them over the cliff edge. Tories get a lot of financial support from these land owners. Can't imagine they'll be too happy if their income rots away in a field.