Worker shortages leave UK farms with 70,000 surplus pigs

Number rising by 15,000 each week, with fewer staff at abattoirs and meat-processing plants, says NPABritain's pig producers are warning that as many as 70,000 extra animals are stranded on UK farms as a result of shortages of workers at abattoirs and meat-processing plants.The excess numbers of pigs on UK farms is growing by 15,000 each week, with about a quarter fewer pigs leaving for slaughter than would be expected in normal times, according to the industry trade body the National Pig Association (NPA). Continue reading...