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Queensland strawberry industry offers $100k cash prize in bid to entice harvest workers


Queensland strawberry industry offers $100k cash prize in bid to entice harvest workers
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Adrian Schultz hopes the new initiative will attract more pickers to the industry.
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The Queensland Strawberry Growers Association (QSGA) is putting $100,000 on the table in a bid to entice workers to get involved in the winter harvest.
Key points:
The industry is offering a cash prize to lure workers in
The chances of winning are increased the longer workers stay
Australian farmers have reported massive losses due a shortage of seasonal workers to pick their crops.  ....

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Strawberry prices could rise as crops are reduced due to labor shortages


Strawberry prices could rise as crops are reduced due to labor shortages
Australian growers are reducing the size of strawberry crops or not planting at all, out of fear their fruit will rot on the ground due to picker shortages. This, in turn, is expected to hike the prices at the supermarket.
Covid travel restrictions have meant a massive shortfall in farm labor, usually made up of working holidaymakers or backpackers. They pick 80 per cent of fruit in Australia, Queensland Strawberry Growers Association president Adrian Schulz told abc.net.au.
In the Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Bundaberg regions alone, 7,000 people would be needed to harvest the strawberry crop this winter, he said. There are a lot of farmers who are very worried, he added. I ve already reduced the number of plants we re going to grow by 30 to 35 per cent.” ....

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