Scottish farmer says competition from SA makes harvest 'unviable', donates entire blueberry crop

[surface]

So he is just hating on us because we are Africans?

Making SA important is N24 click-bait. BBC article mentions both Peru & SA without any stress on either country.

Bbc headline "Farmer gives away blueberries worth millions of pounds"

Farmer gives away blueberries worth millions of pounds

A Perthshire farmer says it no longer makes economic sense to harvest the fruit, which will now go to charity.

www.bbc.com

Talking about click bait, this is another headline catered for Scottish people
"Farmer donates £3 million blueberry crop to charity as SNP MP blames Brexit"

Brexit to blame for £3 million blueberry crop being donated to charity, says SNP MP

BREXIT is to blame for the conditions that have caused a Scottish blueberry farmer to donate his £3 million crop to charity, according to…

www.thenational.scot

If this was Indian news paper, it would be "UK farmer donates blueberry crop in a monumental mess by Rishi Sunak's policy"

 

[rodga]

What happened to France, did they stop production

They couldnt get it right to only call produce from their region blueberries

 

[Cosmik Debris]

If the UK used their immigrants better and not ship them off the Rwanda, they can drop their production costs

There's a labour shortage in the UK. The reason for high labour prices. There's an oversupply of labour in SA, hence the unemployment.

 

[Grant]

So he is just hating on us because we are Africans?

Not nearly as much as rvZA who despises this country - probably wistfully longing for Secunda 1976.

 

[bwana]

If the UK used their immigrants better and not ship them off the Rwanda, they can drop their production costs

Why doesn't he simply import cheap labor from SA? Lots have no jobs due to BEE - thousands on this forum.

You know that they have to pay the pickers the same £10.10 an hour regardless of where they come from, right?

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

You know that they have to pay the pickers the same £10.10 an hour regardless of where they come from, right?

Not if they are in a so called immigrant training and inclusionary organisation

 

[TheChamp]

You know that they have to pay the pickers the same £10.10 an hour regardless of where they come from, right?

Serious? So they have labour laws? Hear that @rvZA, another country where you can't set up your sweatshop.

 

[bwana]

Not if they are in a so called immigrant training and inclusionary organisation

Where did you hear that?

 

[Sensorei]

"Labour costs (for fruit pickers) meanwhile have risen from £7 an hour five years ago to £10.10 today"

That's R1700 pay per day for a fruit picker excluding pension contributions and holiday pay. Just over R35000 salary per month to pick blueberries. WTF!

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Serious? So they have labour laws?

Not overprotective labour laws that result in sheltered employment as in SA.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

Where did you hear that?

Angela Merkel

 

[Flanders]

We are killing farmers, in Scotland

bUt wHy dRaW aTteNtiOn tO iT tHo? wHaT's tHeiR aGenDa?

 

[bwana]

Angela Merkel

Is she picking berries in Scotland now? It's backbreaking work, especially at her age.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

bUt wHy dRaW aTteNtiOn tO iT tHo? wHaT's tHeiR aGenDa?

See post 21
Its all just click bait, regional news titles to blame everyone but themselves

 

[Cosmik Debris]

"Labour costs (for fruit pickers) meanwhile have risen from £7 an hour five years ago to £10.10 today"

That's R1700 pay per day for a fruit picker excluding pension contributions and holiday pay. Just over R35000 salary per month to pick blueberries. WTF!

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I was earning £400 basic a day plus allowances working out of Aberdeen, Scotland a few years ago. But then you work a 12 hour day and don't slack off like in SA and you're subject to random alcohol and drug tests. Refusal is instant termination as is a positive test. No three warning letters.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

Is she picking berries in Scotland now? It's backbreaking work, especially at her age.

Immigrants that she let into Germany went through 2 year extensive skills training and development, agriculture and farming included

 

[bwana]

Immigrants that she let into Germany went through 2 year extensive skills training and development, agriculture and farming included

That was then, in Germany. This is now in the UK.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

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I was earning £400 basic a day plus allowances working out of Aberdeen, Scotland a few years ago. But then you work a 12 hour day and don't slack off like in SA and you're subject to random alcohol and drug tests. Refusal is instant termination as is a positive test. No three warning letters.

That’s £12000 a month
Doing what

 

[TheChamp]

"Labour costs (for fruit pickers) meanwhile have risen from £7 an hour five years ago to £10.10 today"

That's R1700 pay per day for a fruit picker excluding pension contributions and holiday pay. Just over R35000 salary per month to pick blueberries. WTF!

Pension contributions and holiday pay? Now we understand why they can't keep, they are spoiling the masses.

 

[Cosmik Debris]

"Labour costs (for fruit pickers) meanwhile have risen from £7 an hour five years ago to £10.10 today"

That's R1700 pay per day for a fruit picker excluding pension contributions and holiday pay. Just over R35000 salary per month to pick blueberries. WTF!

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