Doesn't matter what they pay, locals don't want to do the hard all weather work involved. Dairy farming is not seasonal like growing things although it involves field work as well. Trades pay really well but there is a shortage of tradespeople because physical work is no longer in style. Farmers are a business like anything else, they have to operate within their revenues. Things like feed prices are going through the roof and the increases in milk prices aren't keeping up with the farm costs.
Exactly. So they want cheap labour to try and make up for it.
It’s bad government policy to allow this to happen, but it’s understandable why a farmer would bring in TFWs to save money on labour costs.
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