Sunraysia grower says labour disaster demands ‘big solution’

Brooke Littlewood

“THIS is the bubble that is finally bursting and it requires a big solution.” Sunraysia’s agriculture sector has battled labour shortages for several years, according to Budou Farms owner Enrique Rossi. And COVID-19 international border and travel restrictions have heightened pre-existing problems for growers in trying securing a workforce. For Merbein South table grape grower […]

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