Elders says wage costs, labour issues pushing agencies to sell

Andrew Marshall
Updated July 4 2022 - 11:03pm, first published May 24 2022 - 3:00pm
Elders growth expansion agenda eyes retiring independents
Elders growth expansion agenda eyes retiring independents

Elders boss Mark Allison feels generational change in the farm services industry, plus rising wage bills and labour shortages are set to push increasing numbers of independent agents to sell up.

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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