Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has urged growers to pay people better. 

The first hour on an orchard is more important for a worker’s employment prospects than anything in their life previously, says successful Whangarei grower Patrick Malley.

The Australian dairy industry will need 800 extra workers on farms by 2023.

Harvest season approaches and with it the usual workforce headaches.

About 250 new employees have already bolstered the kiwifruit industry’s worker shortage.

Overseas visitors are being offered temporary work visas to help pick kiwifruit in Bay of Plenty.

Biosecurity aside, most farmers will tell you the biggest challenge facing the primary sector is a shortage of good, qualified people.

Employers aren't paying enough attention to retaining the employees they have for the next season.

The Government has declared a seasonal labour shortage across Hawke’s Bay.

A permanent solution to the harvest labour shortage problem is needed for the apple industry, claims a sector spokesman.