Rural Life
The ELA has launched an awareness campaign calling attention to the need to promote safe conditions for seasonal workers.
New guidance on "Safety for Seasonal Workers in Horticulture" has been published by the Health and...
Agri-Business
There is "definite concern" among Irish growers as to the availability of seasonal horticulture workers as harvest season looms.
A national horticulture recruitment campaign is currently being developed to recruit temporary workers from within this country.
Keelings has confirmed that it has flown a number of skilled seasonal workers into Ireland to pick crops over the coming weeks.
Germany is set to allow some 80,000 seasonal workers enter the country from eastern Europe amid a shortage of farm labour.
The European Commission has issued guidelines for EU member states to ensure the continued movement of seasonal agriculture workers.
Agri Politics
The supply of seasonal workers required for a successful harvest in the UK is “already in danger” for the year 2018, according to the NFU.
N.Ireland
England and Wales have suffered a 17% decline in the number of seasonal workers required for the harvesting of fruit and vegetables.
There is a need for a trial of a Seasonal Agricultural Permit Scheme for non-EU workers in the 2017 season in the UK, according to the NFU.
