NFU Scotland’s Horticulture Committee chairman and Angus Soft Fruits (ASF) grower James Porter last month met UK Migration Advisory Committee chair Professor Alan Manning and Defra secretary Michael Gove to put the sector’s concerns over labour availability post-Brexit. "For a major soft fruit area like Angus, the importance of seasonal workers cannot be underestimated," he says. "There are only 1,400 long-term unemployed in Angus, yet ASF needs a seasonal workforce of 4,000 to pick crops."

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