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Subscriber only Granite Belt strawberry farmers are hanging their hopes for the upcoming season on an industry-first incentive to attract desperately needed seasonal workers to the region. The new initiative from the Queensland Strawberry Growers Association will give new employees the opportunity to accrue points while working on farms across the state from April to October this year. All participants will then be in with the chance to take home a $100,000 cash prize at the end of the season. QSGA president Adrian Schultz said COVID travel bans had dealt a devastating blow to all producers reliant on seasonal workers to pick and pack their crops each year, with only a handful remaining of the usual 70,000 required for the winter harvest.
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