Fruit and vegetable growers’ mental health declines with no end in sight to worker shortage, new data reveals

International travel restrictions are not only costing Queensland’s horticulture industry millions, they are also impacting the mental health of fruit and vegetable growers, a new report has revealed.

Crop losses from the labour shortage have more than doubled in the last month, now totalling more than $43 million, according to the National Farmer’s Federation’s Lost Crop register.

Now, a new analysis by peak body GrowCom has found 25 per cent of growers…