Labor is calling on the Morrison government to address the issue of understaffed farmers resulting in Aussie growers losing more than AU$40 million (US$30.1 million) as unpicked crops rot. The move is led by Opposition Agricultural Minister Ed Husic, who is hoping for an urgent meeting of state and federal ministers to address the crisis. In a letter to Agricultural Minister David Littleproud, Husic called on the federal government to respond to the nationwide shortage of more than 26,000 farmworkers. “The states and territories have taken steps to provide farmers with workers,” Husic wrote in the letter seen by AAP. “But they shouldn’t be forced to manage problems of this magnitude on their own–and then be disparaged by federal counterparts for not doing enough or doing too little, too late.” Husic, who believes the Commonwealth government is constitutionally responsible for the borders and quarantine, said the Coalition’s lack of a …