#fruitcrops — Public Fediverse posts

'I make a lot more money here than Tonga': Grateful workers saving Queensland's harvest The first international farmworkers to join the Australian fruit harvest — without completing hotel quarantine — are saving central Queensland farmers millions of dollars. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-20/tongan-seasonal-workers-emerald-complete-on-farm-quarantine/12897008 #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #Horticulture #FarmLabour #Harvesting #FruitCrops #Rural #Fruit

Growers plead for pickers as $150k worth of food ploughed into mulch A farmer ploughs her crops back into the ground and might not grow vegetables next year as backpacker seasonal labour leaves, possibly for good. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-28/growers-plead-for-farm-labour-as-food-ploughed-into-mulch/12814450 #GovernmentandPolitics #AgriculturalCrops #Horticulture #FruitCrops #FarmLabour #Rural

Farmers vie to keep staff as 'tables turn' putting backpackers in demand From flexible work to recreation, farmers are finding innovating ways to keep seasonal workers and backpackers on the payroll for longer, as the estimated 26,000 staff shortage looms. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-15/queensland-farmers-find-solutions-bridge-worker-shortage-covid/12767410 #FederalGovernment #Horticulture #FarmLabour #FruitCrops #Fruit #Work