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Worker shortage taking a heavy toll on farmers, as well as on their crops
Thursday February 04, 2021
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.
Mitch Brimblecombe manages a family farm on the Scenic Rim in Southern Queensland. Photo: ABC
Crop losses from the labour shortage have more than doubled in the last month, now totalling more than $43 million, according to the National Farmers’ Federation’s Lost Crop register.
Now, a new analysis by peak body GrowCom has found 25 per cent of growers are…
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