Fruit Picking Victoria Government
. The industry has found itself with 26000 missing pickers thanks to international border closures and millions of dollars in rotting unpicked produce. Pickers are needed to ensure all this quality fruit does not go to waste.
Grower Peter Hall says it has been challenging to find people to work in fruit harvesting. The federal government is set to announce a package to reduce unemployment and help short-staffed farms fill thousands of jobs left vacant by backpackers during the coronavirus pandemic. Fruit grown in Victoria that requires harvesting this season includes nectarines peaches plums pears and apples.
Young Australians will be handed generous one-off cash incentives to pick fruit under a new plan to reduce labour shortages on farms.
Most jobs required skills that can be learnt on the job. The cash stimulus is part of a new government incentive for Australians to. Pruning and thinning fruit trees. Pickers are needed to ensure all this quality fruit does not go to waste.
