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May. 31, 2022Escocia: productores de berries enfrentan falta de recolectores y alza de costos
The industry is also braced for a surge in costs, with fertiliser and energy bills doubling from last year.
Many farmers are now considering reducing the amount of produce they plant next season, which would lead to less choice but higher costs for customers.
Iain Brown, of Easter Grangemuir Farm at Pittenweem in Fife, is without a quarter of the pickers he needs to harvest his crop of strawberries.
The war in Ukraine is adding to a problem already exacerbated by Brexit.
He said: “Fertiliser prices have doubled from last year. Energy prices have doubled from last year. About 50% of our staff came from Ukraine and Russia last year, that’s now disappeared.”
Mr Brown sponsored a number of Ukrainians to come to Scotland, who are now working on the farm.
See full article here: https://news.stv.tv/east-central/soft-fruit-farms-face-another-year-of-rotting-berries-and-rising-costs
news stv/May 29, 2022
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