Martin Haines says he has tried to recruit local staff but has had no applications in three years.
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Martin Haines, who runs WR Haines in Gloucestershire, needs 80 people to pick crops across his farms.Seasonal Agricultural Workers SchemeIt means UK farmers like him could stop growing produce that needs to be hand-picked, such as peas and beans. "We've been working with all the job agencies around the area, and we haven't had anybody [apply] in the last three years," he said.
But he found it needed so many people to operate and maintain the machinery that it was not worth the expense of buying it.Mel Squires, director of NFU South, said it was difficult for farmers to "plan ahead" and urged the government to enable as much migrant labour to be utilised as possible, alongside recruiting UK workers.
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