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Britain tightened its immigration rules after the countrys full departure from the European Union in January, which ended free movement of people and workers across the bloc.

The president of the National Farmers' Union Minette Batters called on the government to act to avert an "animal welfare crisis"

BRITAIN-TRUCKERS/PIGS (UPDATE 3, PIX):UPDATE 3-Save our bacon, British farmers demand as pig cull looms

The National Pig Association (NPA) has urged British retailers to prioritise domestic pork to help alleviate the supply chain crisis that has led to an

Visa restrictions could be eased for hundreds of foreign butchers, British media reported on Friday, after industry warnings that a shortage could hit Christmas food supplies.

LONDON — 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…

A "potentially disastrous" backlog of pigs is building up on East Anglian farms due to post-Brexit labour shortages at meat factories, said industry leaders.

Published: 4:42 PM April 8, 2021    The National Pig Association is calling for £3.2m of compensation for farmers who lost money due to Covid-19 processing delays. - Credit: James Bass The pig industry has called for a £3.2m government compensation package for farmers whose animals grew too fat when Covid-19 hit processing factories. Earlier this year, there was an estimated backlog of more than 100,000 pigs on farms across the country, after a wave of coronavirus outbreaks at meat ...

A "perfect storm" of Brexit and Covid-19 have left pig farmers facing their biggest crisis in decades - with thousands of animals stranded on farms.

Why these three little piggies ARENT going to market: EU intransigence, arrogant pen-pushers and endless red tape have hammered Britains pork exports, with 100,000 pigs in limbo There is now a vast back-log of more than 100,000 unsold pigs now languishing in limbo on farms across Britain due to Brexit bureaucracy, according to farmers Each consignment of pork shipped out of the UK requires 72 pages of paperwork Before Brexit, they required two documents which took just minutes to complete New ...