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Ministers failed to bring in butchers from overseas in time to avoid a labour crisis because they were expecting furloughed workers who had been laid off to fill the shortfall, according to Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association.

Today marks the launch of the fourth, and potentially most important, year of our #ThisIsAgriculture campaign, at a moment in time when showcasing careers throughout the industry has never been more crucial.

Virgin Money has launched a new £9 million partnership with Plumpton College, East Sussex to develop the future of agricultural and horticultural education across south-east England.

Women now make-up the majority of students studying agriculture at Aberystwyth University, a record first in the institution’s history.

With only 17 per cent of prison leavers entering employment within a year of release, Hannah Binns spoke to New Futures Network’s Lance Harris about how agricultural business can access this labour pool.

A growing number of female auctioneers were helping to drive trade through a successful career behind the rostrum. Farmers Guardian reports.

With the uptick in students looking to study agricultural related subjects since the Covid-19 pandemic, a land-based college in Warwickshire has seen more than double the enrolments it expected for its agriculture course.

With the Government’s vision to quadruple the number of ’green’ jobs by 2030, Olivia Midgley looks at new research by e-railer Bower Collective which shows environmental-related job roles are on the rise.

Today marks the launch of the fourth, and potentially most important, year of our #ThisIsAgriculture campaign, at a moment in time when showcasing careers throughout the industry has never been more crucial.

Maybe the lack of KFC chicken and McDonald’s milkshakes has focused minds in Government, but it seems the reality of staff shortages within the processing and supply sectors, as well as a lack of HGV drivers, have sparked serious concern.