Millions of dollars worth of crops are being left to rot as labour shortages sweep across Queensland's agricultural industry.
A reliance in backpacker labour over the past few years has meant border restrictions have left many farms across the state without pickers.
There are roughly 7000 unfilled vacancies across the state. The use of backpacker labour has come under some scrutiny with the farmworkers union claiming a preference for cheap foreign worker labour has led to the labour shortage.