Agtech skills rush prompts pay rate reality re-think

Andrew Marshall
Updated July 4 2022 - 11:09pm, first published April 27 2022 - 6:00am
Name your price - ag pay rate panic as skills shortage bites
Name your price - ag pay rate panic as skills shortage bites

Agriculture's serious labour shortage is feeding on itself as spiraling wage expectations clash with a tradition of modest wage growth and relatively basic conditions for workers with farm sector talents.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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