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like yours, labour is a huge need for agricultural producers. can your members, the farmers across the united kingdom, can they get the seasonal workers they need, that they used to get very easily from the eu? when we were in europe, we were the preferred country for seasonal workers to come to. we were ahead of germany and everybody else. people wanted to come here. that s all gone now, so we are bringing people in from very, very challenging parts of the world. there s a lot of cost attached to coming here and it is very, very different landscape for growers now and seasonal workers. we have had to battle really hard with the home office. we started with a figure, five years ago, of 10,000. that s now 45,000. it still has to be agreed on an annual basis. we re saying we ve got to have a five year rolling programme. the dexterity of this human hand is absolutely essential. we haven t got a robot yet that can pick anywhere near the pace of a human hand or cut
can they get the seasonal workers they need, that they used to get very easily from the european union? when we were in europe, we were the preferred country for seasonal workers to come to. we were ahead of germany, we were ahead of everybody else. people wanted to come here. that s all gone now. so we are bringing people in from very, very challenging parts of the world. there s a lot of cost attached to coming here and it is a very, very different landscape for growers now and seasonal workers. we ve had to battle really hard with the home office. we started with a figure, five years ago, of 10,000. that s now 45,000. it still has to be agreed on an annual basis. we re saying we ve got to have a five year rolling programme. the dexterity of this human hand is absolutely essential. we haven t got a robot yet that can pick at anywhere near the pace that a human hand, or cut or do anything else. last year, it was claimed by the nfu that tens of millions of pounds worth of crops were le