Crops will be ploughed under, if workers can't be found

Andrew Miller
Updated September 22 2020 - 12:41pm, first published September 21 2020 - 10:26pm
NERVOUS WAIT: Mitch McNab, HV McNab and Son says growers are facing a nervous wait, on seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands.
NERVOUS WAIT: Mitch McNab, HV McNab and Son says growers are facing a nervous wait, on seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands.

A Bacchus Marsh vegetable grower says her farm will have to plough crops back into the ground, if sufficient workers can't be found as harvest ramps up.

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Journalist

I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special interest in irrigation issues. I completed my cadetship, with the Age, in 1980. Over my career, I've worked for ABC radio news (Mt Isa, Qld) and at provincial and suburban newspapers.

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