UK Farmers
It's not just the weather freezing British farms as Brexit bites
British farmers worry about attracting the migrant labour they need to harvest their crops
Ben Drummond, a third-generation farmer in the west of England, says Brexit is throwing up unprecedented problems for his business.
Plans to expand his family’s 150 acres (60 hectares) of strawberry patches in Herefordshire are now on hold. The UK’s decision to leave the European Union means growers like him don’t know if they’ll be able to attract the migrant labour they need to harvest their crops.
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