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Marshall reports. pig farmers say theyre desperate and in despair at the impact of the staffing crisis facing many abbatoirs. if mature pigs cant be taken away, it leads to overcrowding on farms, which could cause serious animal welfare and hygiene issues. 0nce pigs get too big, retailers dont want to buy them. a friend of the farmer who was forced to slaughter his piglets on his farm said hed been destroyed by it. according to the british meat processors association, before brexit and the pande...

Tens of thousands of pigs may have to be culled if the government doesnt take urgent action to ease a labour shortage which is creating backlogs on farms across the country. thats the warning from farmers and farming unions, who are calling for more visas to be issued to allow skilled workers from mainland europe to enter the uk. our rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall, reports. pig farmers say theyre desperate and in despair at the impact of the staffing crisis facing many abbatoirs. i...

It leads to overcrowding if mature pigs cant be taken away it leads to overcrowding on farms which could cause serious animal welfare and hygiene issues. once pigs get too big retailers dont want to buy them. a friend of the farmer who was forced to slaughter his pigs on his farm said he had been destroyed by it. according to the british meat processors association before brexit and the pandemic around 80% of the staff in two of the uks biggest meat processing centres were from eastern europe. t...