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You are here: Home / ‘They’re deluded if they think Brits are going to work on the land’: Farmer who took on 50 English workers to pick crops just has 7 left as union warns applicants need to be ‘fit’ and it’s not like working in an office

‘They’re deluded if they think Brits are going to work on the land’: Farmer who took on 50 English workers to pick crops just has 7 left as union warns applicants need to be ‘fit’ and it’s not like working in an office

A farmer who started the asparagus harvest with 50 British workers but now has just six left has blasted the Government as ‘deluded’ for not doing more to help.  Seasonal workers from Romania were due to fly out to help UK farmers pick their asparagus crop this weekend, but had their flights cancelled when their government enforced stricter lockdown measures. It has left one East of England farmer, who wanted to remain anonymous, facing an ‘absolute nightmare’. Despite 50 furloughed British workers and students signing up to help at the farm, just seven remained as the asparagus harvest continued this weekend.  The anonymous farmer told MailOnline: ‘The Government who think British people are going to work on the land are deluded. It’s not successful employing British workers. It’s not a success.’  Ali Capper, the Horticulture and Potatoes Board Chairman for the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), revealed furloughed office workers might not be physically fit enough if they haven’t used the necessary muscles before. She said: ‘These jobs are hard work. You have to be physically fit. For people used to an office or computer-based working life they will find they’re using muscles they haven’t used.  Seasonal workers from Romania were… Read full this story

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