Planning Your 2027 Harvest Workforce

The best crews are booked months before the first fruit drops. Growers who wait until November to secure harvest labour typically pay more and settle for less experienced workers.

Start with your crop curve: how many workers do you need at the shoulder, at peak and at wind-down? Add your site constraints — accommodation capacity, transport, supervision ratios — and any gaps become your recruitment brief.

From there, a labour hire partner can match a crew to the plan: PALM scheme workers for multi-season continuity, working holiday makers for flexibility, and a supervisory layer to keep productivity on target. Lock the plan in early and the season takes care of itself.