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Russian egg manufacturer, poultry farm Sinyavskaya, claims it lacks up to 30% of personnel due to an outflow of workers, primarily immigrants. Photo: Canva

13-09 | News

Russia: Rouble collapse exposes labour crisis in poultry industry

The number of young workers in Russia has reportedly dropped to one of its lowest levels in the country's post-Soviet history. Photo: Hans Princes

24-07 | News

Labour shortage hinders Russian agri and poultry exports

Without supervision, meat factories in Israel are not allowed to operate. Photo: Koos Groenewold

18-01 | News

Israel: poultry shortage as vet inspectors protest

“As an industry, we need to make it easier for individuals, both within the industry, as well as school-leavers, to find information about potential careers in agriculture and horticulture,” says poultry farmer, Lindsey Wedgewood. Photo: Roel Dijkstra

05-07-2022 | News

Poultry sector welcomes new skills and careers platform

“Seasonal poultry workers perform a key role in ensuring that poultry produced in this country gets onto our supermarket shelves, especially in the run-up to Christmas.” Photo: Koos Groenewold

23-06-2022 | News

Visas available to seasonal workers for UK poultry sector

“Today, slaughterhouses and processing facilities especially, have workforce issues. The farming sector has been affected by this issue to a lesser extent,” said Sergey Lakhtyukhov, general director of the Russian Union of Poultry Farmers. Photo: Vladislav Vorotnikov

05-04-2022 | Article

Labour shortages threaten growth of Eastern Europe’s poultry sector

The NFU, BPC, British Meat Processors Association, Food and Drink Federation, UK Hospitality and others call upon the UK government to create a 12-month Covid-19 Recovery Visa to alleviate labour shortages. Photo: Ruud Ploeg

25-11-2021 | Article

Labour issues and broiler health top priorities

There are 5,500 temporary UK visas being made available to the sector with the visas valid for any occupation, in both on-farm and off-farm working environments. Photo: Bart Nijs

14-10-2021 | News

Temporary visa scheme to help UK poultry

The British Poultry Council said his members were already having to cut back on production because of a lack of staff. Photo: Henk Riswick

19-08-2021 | News

Labour shortage causing crisis in UK poultry supply

Research into farm accidents found that key issue linked to fatalities were rushing (74%), tiredness (69%), working alone (60%), lack of training (52%) and long hours (52%). Photo: Koos Groenewold

03-08-2021 | News

Stress, tiredness key factors in poultry farming accidents