Contractors' challenges: What they are and how to solve them

摘要

Contractors are used on 90% of UK farms and are vital to agriculture's success. Andrew Meredith and Adam Clarke joined top operators at New Holland's factory in Bruges, Belgium to discuss how the versatile sector can adapt and strengthen in future.Contractors are having to modernise their working practices in order to attract more staff after suffering another challenging year for recruitment, widely described as the biggest problem facing the industry.Speaking at the second Farmers Weekly Contractors' Roundtable event at the New Holland factory near Bruges, Belgium, business owners described the challenge of recruiting both full-time and part-time staff.