28/08/21 Farming Today This Week: Food industry calls for Covid relief visas, lack of funding for rural youth, ragwort

Farming Today

• Episode: 28/08/21 Farming Today This Week: Food industry calls for Covid relief visas, lack of funding for rural youth, ragwort
• Website: Farming Today
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• Duration: 00:24:59
• Published: 2021-08-28 08:00

Labour shortages in processing mean a backlog of pigs on farms - are prisoners the answer? Meanwhile organisations across the food chain have got together to call for a Covid Recovery Visa to allow them to recruit more workers from abroad. They suggest one that would last 12 months. All that and ragwort - which is a lot more controversial than you might think. Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Beatrice Fenton.