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Farmers are suffering from labor shortages and food waste as workers are suffering from new Brexit visas

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Due to a shortage of workers, crops remain unpicked, losing millions of pounds and inflating food. It is said that it has increased by up to 20%. In the agricultural sector. Not only is the issuance of seasonal work visas after the Brexit affecting farms, but the invasion of Ukraine also means that there is a shortage of workers who want to come to the UK to make money.

Last year, more than 60% of people who started working on seasonal visas came from Ukraine, 8% from Russia, and men leave either country. By law prohibiting these workers are no longer available.

Delek Wilkinson, Managing Director of Sandfield Farms, said the workforce after his company usually hired more than 750 foreign workers to select fresh produce on his farm in Worcestershire. I told Sky News about the shortage.

Wilkinson said the delay in visa processing had a negative impact on the business as about £ 250,000 of spring onion and asparagus crops grown in Worcestershire had already been sacrificed. I have already noticed.

He states: "Without people, we can't harvest crops.

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Farmers waste crops and seasonal workers do not arrive(Image: Getty)

asparagus farm

Wilkinson's farm has lost thousands of pounds so far this season(Image: GEtty)

Not just the people there.

"British people don't want seasonal jobs. If you live in the UK , I need a full-time job. We try to hire, but it's almost unacceptable. "

Due to the delay of the" ridiculous "visa, the processing time takes about 6-7 weeks. , In other European countries it takes a few days.

Wilkinson said the delay in the UK was "ridiculous in my opinion," adding: It's only a few days, so I don't know why it takes so long.

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Boris Johnson visiting a farm

Prime Minister's Brexit contract is due to a shortage Yes(Image: Getty)

Farmer labour shortage

The labor shortage is also due to the invasion of Ukraine(Image: Getty)

"That is, at the beginning of May, 40 % People were missing. Should be here.

"They were hired, but the visa wasn't processed."

This is It is clear that Brexit's impact has been due to the decline in UK seasonal workers since the introduction of the post-Brexit seasonal worker visa program in 2018.

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Market stall

Food inflation reached a high of 20%(Image: Getty)

Due to Wilkinson's labor shortage The company consumed 40-45,000 kilograms of asparagus. That's about £ 150,000, or about £ 100,000, which is equivalent to 750,000 lots of spring onions.

The government is believed to phase out seasonal work visas by 2024 to allow robots and domestic workers to regain the slack criticized by people in the industry. increase.

Tom Bradsaw, Vice President of the National Farmers Union, said: When there are many lasting roles.