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Help Harvest NSW – Linking People with Available Farm Work

Farmers will be able to capitalise on what is predicted to be the best harvest in many years, with the launch of the Help Harvest NSW website. The website is a new one-stop resource which will help the agriculture industry overcome a COVID-induced labour shortage and get unemployed Australians into critical work.

With NSW at the forefront of this year’s big winter crop comeback after drought and horticulture about six weeks from harvest, Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall said it was critical to act now as there would be a shortage of between 3,500 and 5,000 workers needed in the state.

“Farmers are desperate to find contractors and employees willing to work to make the most of the bumper harvest we’re about to have,” Mr Marshall said. “A high volume of primary industries labour generally comes from overseas and due to COVID-19 international travel restrictions there simply isn’t the number of farm workers the ag industry needs at the moment.”

“The Help Harvest NSW website will help to overcome this challenge by connecting job-seeking Australians with agricultural work opportunities in NSW. I want to see more Aussies climb off the couch and get out into the regions where there’s plenty of good paying work on until the end of the year.”

“At a time when we are just beginning to emerge from drought, our State’s farmers cannot afford to miss out on the financial uplift that comes from a strong harvest.” With higher than average unemployment due to COVID-19, Mr Marshall said that ‘Help Harvest NSW’ was a way to get the State’s workforce moving again."

“Never before and never again will Australians have a better chance to take up farm work, earn a decent wage and see first-hand our beautiful regions where the food we buy every day from the supermarket is produced. Take a look at Help Harvest NSW and see what job opportunities are around the corner.”

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