Industry works to find harvest worker solutions

Gregor Heard
Updated July 21 2021 - 1:18pm, first published 12:00pm
There are likely to be shortages of harvest workers this summer.
There are likely to be shortages of harvest workers this summer.

GRAIN Producers Australia, one of the nation's peak bodies for grain growers, says it is heeding warnings from harvest contractors that the skill shortage leading into this year's harvest could be even worse than last year.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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