Strawberry prices are expected to sky-rocket in Queensland amidst a shortage of pickers as a result of the international border closures.
Farmers have had to resort to limiting their strawberry crops or not planting at all from fear of the fruit rotting in the ground without enough people picking them.
Queensland Strawberry Growers Association president Adrian Schulz says holiday makers and backpackers normally pick up to 80 per cent of the fruit in Australia.