Queensland lettuce farmers grappling with months of devastating floods are calling for financial help, with a supply shortage prompting fast food company KFC to add cabbage to its burgers.
Lockyer Valley lettuce farmers devastated by a sequence of natural disasters are in dire need of a multi-million-dollar relief package to prevent them leaving the industry, the peak horticulture group has warned.Some growers have lost three crops in a row
Growcom acting chief executive Richard Shannon said some lettuce farmers had lost their third crop in a row, risking the collapse of their business after February's floods and months of unseasonable rain. Fast food company KFC has also told customers to expect a mixture of lettuce and cabbage in its products due to ongoing supply shortages.
The impact of south-east Queensland's wet weather on local economies was similar to that disastrous monsoon, Mr Shannon said, which carried a $2 billion damage bill and killed thousands of cattle."[Lettuce growers] haven't been able to get in to harvest and, where they have, they've only found a small portion of the crop being market-ready, not affected by diseases," Mr Shannon said.
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