A farm worker with the right attitude could take fewer than five years to get to a $70k-plus salary, says an industry leader.
Andrew Hoggard, a farmer who is on the board of farming body Federated Farmers, said Seek data showing a 14 per cent rise in the average salary for the sector was probably a little high as it was based only on jobs advertised through that business.
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"In all likelihood it's mainly farm managers and herd manager jobs [on] there."