Flame_Marketing_Logo_Trans_Dark_SmallFlame_Marketing_Logo_Trans_Dark_Smallflame-mobile-logoFlame_Marketing_Logo_Trans_Dark_Small
  • Home
  • Our Marketing Solutions
    • Firestarter Marketing Strategy
    • Firecracker Social Media Strategy
    • Create YOUR Bespoke Marketing Solution
  • Shop
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • FAQ
Farm diversification
5 Profitable farm diversification for pork farmers
August 30, 2021
Agri marketing
Agri-marketing news: Advertising body backs farming
September 1, 2021

Pig Farming: Farms left with 70,000 surplus pigs amid labour crisis

August 31, 2021
Categories
  • News
Tags
Pork Farming

Pork Farming: Farms left with 70,000 surplus pigs amid labour crisis

The pork farming industry is facing significant challenges, and pig farmers are left with rising costs and negative profit margins. At Flame Marketing it saddens us to see this impact, and we know so many pork farmers arepork diversification now considering pork farming diversification as a way to protect themselves for the future of their farms. Check out our recent blog on pork farm diversification for inspiration. 

Labour shortages at abattoirs have resulted in a surplus of 70,000 pigs on farms across the country, the National Pig Association has warned. The lack of available workers at processing plants is causing a significant surplus of pigs stuck on farms, the trade body said. Most plant workers – the majority being eastern European – have gone back to their home countries following Covid-19 travel restrictions and Brexit uncertainty.

Meanwhile, pig producers are continuing to struggle with record costs and negative margins that have persisted since the start of the year. Speaking to the BBC, the National Pig Association (NPA) warned that the processing plants were running as much as a quarter below usual capacity. Zoe Davies, the body’s chief executive said: “If the government doesn’t do something soon there will be a lot of perfectly healthy pigs on farms that will have to be destroyed.

“We need access to skilled labour now and we need the government to be able to supply us with the means to find these staff.”

Responding, a Defra spokesperson said the government understood the ‘importance of seasonal labour’ and was ‘aware of the challenges’ that the industry faced.

“Defra has been working closely with the pig and processing sectors during this time,” the spokesperson said. “We will continue to work closely with the sector and are keeping the market under close review, recognising the pressures industry is currently facing.”

Pork FarmingIt comes as the wider food and farming sector called for a new 12-month Covid-19 recovery visa this week, to help alleviate the workforce shortages. In the cross-industry report, the sector warned that the shortage was also significantly increasing the cost of getting food to the public. The report was sent to ministers, highlighting the impact the pandemic and the UK’s Brexit immigration policy was having on the sector’s ability to recruit key workers.

It highlighted an average vacancy rate of 13 percent and estimated there were more than 500,000 vacancies across food and drink businesses. In order to ensure continuity, quality and choice in UK food supply both in the immediate and medium-term, the report set out ways government could help the industry overcome the challenges. These included the introduction of a Covid recovery visa, which would enable all involved throughout the supply chain to recruit critical roles, such as HGV drivers, as a short-term response to labour shortages.

NFU vice president Tom Bradshaw said that businesses throughout the supply chain in a wide variety of roles were ‘really feeling the impacts’ of the workforce shortages.

“Horticulture farms are struggling to find the workforce to pick and pack the nation’s fruit and veg, with some labour providers seeing a 34% shortfall in recruitment,” he said. “Farm businesses have done all they can to recruit staff domestically, but even increasingly competitive wages have had little impact because the labour pool is so limited – instead only adding to growing production costs. It is simplistic to argue that the end of furlough will see many more people meeting this shortfall, but furloughed workers are concentrated in urban areas and not where many agri-food roles are located. A solution to this crisis will need the right people with the right skills and training available in rural areas where many roles are based.”

Article taken from Farming UK

Share
0

Related posts

Farm Diversification
January 21, 2023

Farm Diversification: How lockdown gardening hobby turned into veg business


Read more
Farm Diversification
January 15, 2023

Farm Diversification: Top tips for diversifying your farm business


Read more
farm business
January 11, 2023

Farm Business: How beef farmers are coping with the loss of BPS


Read more

Get in touch

Book a call with us today
Phone & Email
01803 814 147
info@flamemarketingltd.org

Location

Office Address
Clennon,
Denbury Cross,
Ipplepen,
Newton Abbot,
TQ12 5TP.

Privacy Policy

Instagram


5 Instagram Reel ideas to market your artisan-spir
5 Instagram Reel ideas to market your artisan-spirit farm business

🍸 Why do we use [insert unusual ingredient] to make our [insert spirit]?
🍸 A tour of our distillery! What system do we use?
🍸 3 ways we are making our [insert spirit] carbon-neutral!
🍸 How do we make [insert spirit]? See our behind-the-scenes process!
🍸Cocktail Masterclass
🍸 Which spirit should I choose for my cocktail?

Do you use reels for your business?


Alternative meat products to add to your farm busi
Alternative meat products to add to your farm business - Charcuterie 

Charcuterie can be an excellent option for extending a product range as the products can be made from your existing meat supplies, or you could choose to team up with a local charcuterie business. 

Additionally, the shelf life of charcuterie products is often significantly longer than other meat-based products. Charcuterie also often uses less desirable parts of an animal, such as in the case of using cheaper cuts in salamis.


Instagram Reel ideas for your dairy diversificatio
Instagram Reel ideas for your dairy diversification

🧀 What happens to male calves on our farm?
🧀 A tour of our milking parlour! What system do we use?
🧀 Why do we use mob grazing for our cows? And what is it?
🧀 How do we make our ice cream? See our behind-the-scenes process!
🧀 Cheese tasting masterclass
🧀 Which cheese should I choose for my cheese board?
🧀Why should you buy milk from vending machines rather than from the supermarket?

 #cheese #britishcheese #dairy #dairyuk #britishdairy #milk #milkvendingmachine


8 farm diversification options for livestock farme
8 farm diversification options for livestock farmers

1. Milk vending machines – for dairy diversification
2. Crop mazes – for kid-friendly farm diversification
3. Shepherd Huts – the classic farm diversification
4. Glamping – the agritourism option
5. Ice cream – the tasty farm diversification
6. Storage containers – the commercial farm diversification
7. Clay pigeon shooting – for estate diversification
8. Growing truffles – the high-end farm diversification

If you are planning a farm marketing strategy to promote your farm diversification then we would also recommend you book a consultation with us.

 #lamb #hogget #beef #organicfarming #pork #rarebreed #highwelfaremeat #agrimarketing #backbritishfarming #farmdiversification #ukfarming  #farmmarketing #farmbusiness #agriculturemarketing #buybritish #organicfarming #agribranding #farmbusinessinnovationshow #farmlife #ruralpowerhouse #CountryLandandBusinessAssociation


Diversification idea – wool business!
Why choose a

Diversification idea - wool business!
Why choose a wool business?

A wool, yarn or fibre business can be an effective farm diversification for adding value to something that is often a by-product of the sheep farming sector. But there are also lots of other types of fibre to consider, from alpaca to plant-based fibres. Fibre businesses are useful for bringing in additional income on a smaller scale and tend to work well alongside a wider farm business strategy or even as a way to make money from your smallholding.

Fibre businesses can range from selling raw fleece through to spinning yarn and even dying yarns. 

Do you sell wool or fibre from your farm?

 #wool #yarn #knittinguk #felting #sheep #rarebreedsheep #britishwool #handspunyarn


How much would you need to sell to invest £600 pe
How much would you need to sell to invest £600 per month in your business? 

Is it 20 veg boxes? 2 glamping holidays? 100 bars of soap? 
How many new clients would we need to bring you?

With packages starting from as little as £200 and most under £675 per month, why not? 

#glamping #agrimarketing #backbritishfarming #farmdiversification #ukfarming #agribusiness #britishfarming #farmmarketing #farmbusiness #socialmediamarketing #contentmarketing #agriculturemarketing #devon #rurallife #rbst #agristudent #buylocal #supportfarmers #buybritish #shopsmall #dairy #organicfarming #agribranding #youngfarmers #farmbusinessinnovationshow #farmlife #thisfarminglife #ruralpowerhouse #CountryLandandBusinessAssociation


Video content for wool businesses needn’t be har
Video content for wool businesses needn’t be hard. Some ideas could include:

🐑 How is it made videos – show the processes within your business, such as spinning
🐑  Why do we do … – explain your practices and educate your audience
🐑  Product reveals – show your new products dressed and displayed in the best possible light
🐑  Before and after – show your goods before and after processes: from sheep to yarn,
🐑  Meet the team – show yourself or your team behind the business.


Want to transform your farm business?
Are you read

Want to transform your farm business?
Are you ready to take your agri-business to the next level?

Instalment option - 6 monthly instalments of £1250
One time payment - We offer a 10% discount making it just £6750

Find out more on our website - go to the link in bio

 #glamping #agrimarketing #backbritishfarming #farmdiversification #ukfarming #agribusiness #britishfarming #farmmarketing #farmbusiness #socialmediamarketing #contentmarketing #agriculturemarketing #devon #rurallife #rbst #agristudent #buylocal #supportfarmers #buybritish #shopsmall #dairy #organicfarming #agribranding #youngfarmers #farmbusinessinnovationshow #farmlife #thisfarminglife #ruralpowerhouse #CountryLandandBusinessAssociation
http://ow.ly/UGvu50DYWn4


© 2020 Flame Marketing. All Rights Reserved.
0

£0.00

✕

Login

Lost your password?

Create an account?

  • →
  • Phone
  • Email