Fewer employees working in the agri sector in 2021

Almost half of all agricultural workers were employed by the horticulture industry in 2021, led by greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production (up 2.1 per cent to 61,015), vegetable and melon ( down 3.1 per cent to 35,028) and fruit and tree nut ( up 0.7 per cent to 31,037) farms.

Almost half (49.9 per cent) of all employees in the agriculture sector in 2021 were seasonal employees. Over one-fifth of all seasonal employees, you worked at greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture operations (21.9 per cent).

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