of a pork crisis. they see huge labour shortages at abattoirs will lead to a backlog of as many as 120,000 pigs left stranded on farms long after they should have gone to slaughter. they have argued that the government needs to react visa laws quickly some more workers can assist them with a crisis. however the government is currently offering just 1000 temporary visas to fill the shortages. i am joined now by patrick holden, chief executive of the sustainable food trust. good morning, what are people saying to you about this problem in the industry? it is a desperate situation these farmers find themselves in. we can only hope that the government do everything possible to relax the situation where more of these workers can be brought in, at least for the time being. the truth is, we created an economic underclass of people who are brilliant