Abattoir labour shortage sees Yorkshire farmer kill piglets
A lack of butchers has resulted in the supply chain between farm and supermarket becoming blocked. …
Nick Allen, from the BMPA, said the workforce in large abattoirs would normally be 10-15% above average ahead of Christmas, but instead it is 15% down. Because centres are unable to process pigs at the usual rate, live animals are mounting up on farms and some farmers were “quietly starting to cull”, he said.
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