National Lost Crop Register surpasses $45 million in losses at farmgate value due to worker shortage – ABC News

The deterioration of the seasonal workforce is having devastating impacts on the Australian horticultural industry, and with the worse yet to come, it is consumers who will wear the cost.
Key points:

• Seasonal workforce numbers are dwindling due to pandemic border closures
• The new National Lost Crop Register reported $45 million in losses in its first eight weeks
• Supermarket prices are tipped to increase as the cost of the shrinking food supply is passed on to consumers

Last week, the National Lost…

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