About 40,000 pigs have had to be culled and "thrown away" because of a lack of butchers to process themThe National Farmers' Union said 40,000 pigs have had to be culled and "thrown away" because of a lack of butchers to process them.
Part of the problem has been caused by Covid, which led to markets for pork, particularly in the Chinese market, drying up.But Brexit has also been a big factor because to get foreign workers back in time involves visas and lots of paperwork. Mr Mutimer, who farms at Swannington, near Aylsham, Norfolk, said: "This is the biggest crisis I've seen in the 25 years I've been in the pig industry."But other countries are managing a lot better than we are to get their pigs processed.
"These sows for example, they'll be eating about 10.5kg of food a day. Because we have had to hang on to them for another 14 days, they have eaten just over a quarter of a tonne of extra food and food at the moment is at an all-time high," he said.Farmers in the UK have said there is a crisis in British pig production
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