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Marshall reports. pig farmers say they're desperate and in despair at the impact of the staffing crisis facing many abbatoirs. if mature pigs can't be taken away, it leads to overcrowding on farms, which could cause serious animal welfare and hygiene issues. 0nce pigs get too big, retailers don't want to buy them. a friend of the farmer who was forced to slaughter his piglets on his farm said he'd 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 uk's biggest meat processing centres were from easter...

Tens of thousands of pigs may have to be culled if the government doesn't take urgent action to ease a labour shortage which is creating backlogs on farms across the country. that's 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 they're desperate and in despair at the impact of the staffing crisis facing many abbatoirs. if mature pigs can't be taken away, it leads to overcrowding on farms, which could cause serious a...

It leads to overcrowding if mature pigs can't be taken away it leads to overcrowding on farms which could cause serious animal welfare and hygiene issues. once pigs get too big retailers don't 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 uk's biggest meat processing centres were from eastern europe. this is a growing problem and has been growing for some time really. we have tried all the things ...