Tonnes of Queensland pineapples will be left to rot in fields as farmers struggle to keep up with a prematurely ripened crop, and consumers are being asked to do their bit.
Tonnes will go to waste because farmers can't pick them in time to get to marketon farms across the state, resulting in fruit coming online all at once rather than in staggered intervals."It's not that we haven't got more fruit to pick," he said."In every direction, I look, I can see coloured pineapple that won't be eaten.
And as labour shortages continue to grip the agricultural industry, Mr Clifton has only been running one harvest crew over the summer. "Our farmers support thousands of good jobs and work tirelessly to grow the world's best produce, and it would be a terrible shame to see those efforts going to waste," Agricultural Minister Mark Furner said.
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