N-TV brought up this topic today.
Basically, in a normal agricultural year.....300,000 non-Germans arrive in the spring, and do two to three months of work. The German system has been developed like this, and works.....normally.
This year? Because of the virus, there's a mess brewing. Control of borders is being practiced.
First, there was a limit......80,000 instead of the 300,000. You could review this idea and predict that a major problem was going to occur.
Second.....even with the 80,000 'limit'.....the Germans only had 30,000 show up. So they are missing 90-percent of the normal worker load for the crop system.
Some people are suggesting that it'll pick up in May, and maybe hit that 80,000 limit.
Making up for the problem? Some German farmers are trying to interest German students or folks out of work.....to hire up for the temp-deal. No one can say it'll make up for the losses.
Might be worth watching for the next couple of months....if products lessen in some way, and prices escalate.
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