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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Joanna Partridge

Dairy farmers say worker shortage is threatening UK food security

Dairy cows on their way in for milking
Dairy cows on their way to milking. Photograph: John Eveson/Alamy

Dairy farmers have warned that a long-running shortage of workers, exacerbated by Brexit and the pandemic, has put the UK’s food security under pressure.

Five in six farmers who have looked for workers said they have received very few or zero applications from qualified people for their job vacancies, according to a survey of dairy producers by Arla, the UK’s largest dairy cooperative and the owner of the Lurpak and Cravendale brands.

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