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Our business correspondent, katy austin, reports. so, this is the last hatch of the season and these chicks are going out to farmers throughout the whole country. this turkey producer in essex hatches chicks for other farmers and rears 32,000 to sell to butchers for christmas, but to pluck and prepare the turkeys, they need 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. because of brexit, we don't have that guaranteed labour that we've had for the past 30 years. the brits don't want to do that six—week seasonal work at christmas. the bigger companies that supply all the supermark...

Storm of issues including brexit changes and the pandemic, could threaten availability at christmas. the government is facing growing calls for a temporary visa scheme to try to fill the gap. our business correspondent katy austin reports. preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. because of brexit we don't have that guaranteed labour that we've had for the past 30 years. the bigger companies that supply all the supermarkets, they had made the decision to cut their production by between 20% and 25%, which is huge. so there will ab...

From that is christmas. _ he supports calls for a temporary visa scheme to bring in food workers and lorry drivers from europe. isn't it more important to build a sustainable workforce from within the uk, and ultimately pay them more? i'm more than happy to do that. but if the era of cheap labour is over, so tool is the era of cheap food. the government says the supply chain is resilient and it wants to see employers invest in the domestic workforce. but some firms are getting increasingly worried about their ability to keep our shelves and plates full. katy austin, bbc news. now it's time for...

Living in areas where the manufacturing plants are, they don't have the right skills, and i suspect a lot of them wouldn't want to go and work in food manufacturing plants. food industry trade bodies warn there's now a chronic labour shortage across the whole supply chain. this business grows, imports and distributes fresh fruit and veg. there's everything here from carrots to pomegranates, and a lot of it ends up in high street restaurants. but here at this distribution centre, they're 20% short of staff. we are definitely going to start seeing more i supermarket shelves empty, restaurant pla...

And then the big concern ongoing from that is christmas. he supports calls for a temporary visa scheme to bring in food workers and lorry drivers from europe. isn't it more important to build a sustainable workforce from within the uk, and ultimately pay them more? i am more than happy to do that. but if the era of cheap labour is over, so too is the era of cheap food. the government says the supply chain is resilient, and it wants to see employers invest in the domestic workforce. but some firms are getting increasingly worried about their ability to keep our shelves and plates full. katy aus...