Australian shearer Daniel McIntyre in action at the Golden Shears. Photo – Shearing Sports New ZealandWITH a shortage of shearers struggling to keep up with the revival of the Queensland wool industry, a new proposal is looking south to help fill the void – to Mexico that is.
Shearers have been front and centre of an agriculture-wide labour shortage, spurred on by the COVID 19 pandemic.
As a short-term fix, Blackall/Tambo Shire mayor Andrew Martin has teams of Mexican shearers could help speed up the second half of the season.
“We need to get our sheep shorn, the Mexicans are not…
