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Farming Today: 30/06/22 - A shortage of labour in the fruit sector

30/06/22 - A shortage of labour in the fruit sector

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 30/06/22 - A shortage of labour in the fruit sector

Charlotte Smith is on a fruit farm in Kent, finding out about a shortage of labour.

Charlotte Smith visits a fruit farm in Kent to find out what the shortage of labour means for the business.

The government's Seasonal Workers Scheme has been extended to provide 40,000 six-month visas for people coming to work in the UK on fruit, veg and flower farms as well as in food processing - but will it be enough? Charlotte Smith is on a fruit farm in Kent, asking how they've been effected by a shortage of labour.

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