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Farmers face having to shoot dead hundreds of thousands of pigs because staff shortages at abattoirs have left too many packed in sheds on farms. The National Farmers' Union warned as many as 150,000 animals are under threat of being culled in...

MASSES of super-fat pigs face being “shot on the farm” and dumped because of a shortage of butchers, it was revealed yesterday.Pig farm leaders sa

British retailers are being urged by pig producers to prioritise domestic pork to help resolve the current supply chain crisis impacting the sector.

The National Pig Association has urged retailers to prioritise British pork to help ease a backlog of thousands of pigs on East Anglia's farms.

LONDON, Oct 1 — Visa restrictions could be eased for hundreds of foreign butchers, British media reported today, after industry warnings that a shortage could hit Christmas food supplies. The Times quoted the British Meat Processors Association as saying the sector is short of 15,000 workers, and...

National Pig Association fears ‘acute welfare disaster’ within weeks if farmers unable to get stock processed

Ministers have been accused of "burying their heads in the sand" over supply chain disruption, which has led to a new warning over stagflation.

Britain's pig farmers on Friday warned of a pork crisis unless the government urgently eased an acute shortage of abattoir workers and butchers that has left up to 150,000 pigs backed up on farms and facing a costly cull.

Pig leaders have issued a desperate plea to retailers to prioritise UK pork as thousands of pigs face being culled due to the labour crisis.

The Yorkshire stockman, who has not been named, took the drastic measure because they were not killing the animals fast enough (file photo).