Two of the Brexit's largest agricultural companies have told the industry that automation will be key to offsetting a declining workforce due to UK. Hertfordshire-based Noble Foods told delegates at the Egg and Poultry Industry Conference that it is investing £100m ($127m) to improve automation across the business as 60% of its workers are from overseas and half of these are expected to leave the country within five years. PD Hook Hatcheries, at the same conference, announced it has closed smaller facilities and bought machinery such as hatchery separators and egg packers which require fewer workers to operate.
Two of the UK's largest agricultural companies have told the industry that automation will be key to offsetting a declining workforce due to Brexit. Hertfordshire-based Noble Foods told delegates at the Egg and Poultry Industry Conference that it is investing £100m ($127m) to improve automation across the business as 60% of its workers are from overseas and half of these are expected to leave the country within five years. PD Hook Hatcheries, at the same conference, announced it has closed smaller facilities and bought machinery such as hatchery separators and egg packers which require fewer workers to operate.