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Farm labour in the U.K. Accessing the workforce the industry needs
  CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................ iii FOREWORD .................................................v 1. INTRODUCTION........................................1
1.1 METHOD .............................................2 1.2 A HISTORY OF FARM LABOUR
SHORTAGES .............................................2 2. RESUL TS. THEME 1 .................................. 4
2.1 LABOUR SHORTAGES IN AGRICULTURE TODAY.................................................... 4
2.2 THE CURRENT AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE ........................................... 6
2.2.1 LABOUR EMPLOYED BY SECTOR ........... 6 2.2.2 WAGES IN AGRICULTURE ................... 10 2.2.3 LABOUR SHORTAGES BY SECTOR ....... 10
HORTICULTURE ..................................................10 DAIRY ....................................................................10 P I G S ....................................................................... 11 A R A B L E ................................................................. 11 EGGS .....................................................................17 P O U L T R Y .............................................................. 17 BEEF AND SHEEP ...............................................18
2.3 DRIVERS OF LABOUR SHORTAGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY ....................................... 18
2.3.1 WHAT IS DRIVING THE SCARCITY OF PERMANENT FARM WORKERS? .................. 18
MIGRANT WORKERS...........................................18 2.3.2 WHAT IS DRIVING THE SCARCITY OF
SEASONAL FARM WORKERS? .................... 15 2.4 THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF FARM LABOUR
SHORTAGES ........................................... 17 3.RESUL TS: THEME 2. ................................. 20
3.1. SOLUTIONS TO THE FARM LABOUR CRISIS. .................................................. 20
3.2. ENSURE THAT THE NEW UK SEASONAL WORKER PILOT SCHEME IS FIT FOR PURPOSE.
............................................................ 20
3.3. MAKE UK FARMS MORE ATTRACTIVE AS PLACES OF WORK FOR ALL WORKERS. ....... 21
3.4. MECHANISATION ........................... 24
3.5. WIDEN POOL OF DOMESTIC LABOUR..25
3.5.1 ENCOURAGE YOUNG ENTRANTS ....25
3.5.2. OTHER NEW ENTRANTS (CAREER CHANGERS) ........................................ 29
C R I T E R I A ..............................................................30 R E C R U I T M E N T .................................................... 31
BARRIERS TO NEW ENTRANTS – YOUTH
AND CAREER CHANGERS .................................31
3.5.3. ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF MILITARY VETERANS/SERVICE LEAVERS ...............33
S U I T A B I L I T Y ........................................................ 33
LIKELIHOOD EMPLOYED BY FARMERS .............. 34
RECRUITMENT ....................................................36
BARRIERS .............................................................37
3.5.4. ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF EX-OFFENDERS ......... 38
SUITABILITY.......................................................... 39
RECRUITMENT ................................................... 46
CRITERIA ..............................................................47
LIKELIHOOD THAT EX-OFFENDERS WILL BE EMPLOYED BY FARMER....................................47
HOW MIGHT IT WORK? .................................... 48
BARRIERS TO RECRUITMENT OF EX- OFFENDERS TO FARMS ................................... 49
3.5.5. HOMELESS ..................................50 3.6. RESPONDING TO A CRISIS: THE PICK
FOR BRITAIN SCHEME...........................45
HOW ARE OTHER COUNTRIES
APPROACHING THE SAME PROBLEM?..........47
4. WHAT NEXT? ......................................... 48 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................. 49 5. REFERENCES ..........................................51
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