Report: 25 per cent of vegetable producers leave stock to rot due to labour shortages

Johanna Baker-Dowdell
Updated May 24 2017 - 7:26pm, first published May 19 2017 - 3:15pm
HARVESTING HEADACHES: Brassicas, such as broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, need manual labour for harvest.
HARVESTING HEADACHES: Brassicas, such as broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, need manual labour for harvest.

While a report published this week found a quarter of Australia’s vegetable producers left stock to rot because they did not have enough workers for harvest, Tasmanian producers were not in the same boat.

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Johanna Baker-Dowdell

Johanna Baker-Dowdell

Senior journalist

Johanna has more than 22 years experience as a journalist for newspapers, magazines and online publications.

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