British agriculture has become a less attractive place to work for EU migrants and the industry needs to be able to look outside the EU to source more labour. This was the call from the chairman of NFU Scotland’s Horticulture committee, James Porter, who pushed for the ‘urgent’ introduction of a scheme allowing 20,000 non-EU seasonal workers into the UK each year. … Mr Porter, a soft fruit grower in Carnoustie, Angus, made the call during a meeting with Prof Alan Manning, chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, a body which focuses on the impact of Brexit on the UK labour market.

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