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A lack of abattoir workers meant 10,000 pigs were culled in the region in the run-up to Christmas, East Riding of Yorkshire Council was told.

Guy Poskitt grows hundreds of thousands of carrots every year for some major retailers, but he says he's now facing a 'crisis' because of the shortage of staff.

The National Farmers Union is pressing the government and water companies to do more to protect their crops against the effects of climate change.