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Queensland researchers are asking farmers to send them live cattle ticks as part of an effort to protect the nation's $17.7 billion cattle industry.

Koala habitat has been bulldozed in an apparent breach of new environment laws that took effect in December, with fears farmers are unaware of their new obligations.

Farmers are warning consumers to expect price rises in the supermarket as fuel and fertiliser shortages affect crop production and transport.

The Labour Hire Authority has accused an apple grower and labour-hire business of exploiting workers in the Yarra Valley, as concerns emerge about organised crime links.

An unconventional union of environment and farming groups has been announced with a plan to take on a common enemy — invasive pests.

Australia's leading biosecurity experts have been unable to trace the source of the of the bee-killing varroa mite incursion which has changed the face of beekeeping and pollination in Australia.