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Fears for $5.8 billion vegetable industry as exotic disease found in SA for the first time

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) was detected at two sites in the Northern Adelaide Plains region.

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Growers have been urged to look out for symptoms of the highly contagious ToBRFV virus on produce, and report any suspected outbreak.

‘Ingestion zone’: The proposed policy that could threaten Australia’s food production

‘We have serious concerns.’

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The federal government has claimed that under an opposition-proposed nuclear plan, more than 11,000 farms would fall within a nuclear “ingestion zone”.

Farmers 'united' in fight over live-sheep export ban

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Last-minute lobbying by farmers and exporters wasn't enough to stop a live-sheep export ban. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Big change to Macca’s breakfast offering amid bird flu crisis

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Macca’s has decided to limit breakfast hours after bird flu causes egg supply issues.

Mass cull ordered as bird flu found at second NSW farm

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Bird flu has been detected at a second farm in a restricted biosecurity zone in regional NSW. (Steve Gray/AAP PHOTOS)

Warning as bird flu detected at NSW poultry farm

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A NSW bird flu warning has been released after avian influenza was detected on a poultry farm in the Hawkesbury region.