"We never really had a problem with people wandering off and going to different jobs," Mr Ottewell said. "Generally, food is quite cheap anyway if you looked at people's percentage spend compared to other parts of the world," Mr Ottewell said. Farmers are growing frustrated with the lack of government guidance on how it plans to allow seasonal workers into Britain after Brexit. The government ended the scheme in 2013, saying there were enough British and EU workers to fill the jobs. "The political instability going on is just pushing back any real action being taken," Mr Ottewell said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 27, 2017 06:00 UTC