PANICKED Wentworth watermelon growers could be forced to bulldoze crops as they struggle to find workers ahead of harvest.

Extreme labour shortages, amid tough COVID-19 international and state border restrictions, are a grim reality for many fruit and vegetable growers across the region.

Wentworth Club Motel owner Sheree Slater said she was worried sick and in desperate need of 75 watermelon pic...