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Beekeepers ponder future as deadly mite takes hold
NSW beekeeper Chris Cooper spent Wednesday walking in circles thinking about the bees he’d spent 18 years breeding. On Tuesday night, authorities...
Beekeepers: Varroa mite infestations have spread too far to eradicate
Beekeepers warn a deadly parasite crippling their colonies is out of control and Australia must learn to live with the pest rather...
Imported avocados smashed as grocery chain goes local
Grocery chain Aldi has become the first major Australian supermarket to stock only local avocados in all of its stores. Consumers will...
Cattle tested to prove no disease risk to Indonesia
Australian cattle are being tested for lumpy skin disease (LSD) to try and reassure Indonesian authorities that they are not carrying the...
Rising chocolate costs put the bite on sweet treat
Chocolate lovers look away – the sweet treat is the latest victim of rising living costs. Record prices for key ingredients sugar...
‘Extreme risk of being invaded’: Fire ants advance almost into NSW
Fire ants have been found within kilometres of the NSW border in the southernmost detection of the invasive pest. The discovery of...
Battery hens phase out is cooked, critics say
Battery hen eggs will be banned under a national agreement by the country’s agriculture ministers but states can decide when they bring...
Fire ants on the march from Queensland
Australia’s agriculture ministers have failed to agree on funding for a program to combat invasive fire ants despite identifying the “very real...
Australian farmers ‘lead world’ in sustainable agriculture
Pesticide and fertiliser use by Australian farmers is among the lowest in the world, according to research which found the nation is...
Australian farming prices almost double in three years
Farmland prices have almost doubled over the past three years, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics...