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The plague has become unmanageable, particularly for WA grain farmers.

WA’s regions have been hit by thousands of mice. Will stronger baits help turn the tide?

Thousands of mice have been running rampant in towns including Northampton, Mullewa and Ravensthorpe. Now, farmers have a new tool in their fight against the rodents.

  • Holly Thompson

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There are grim warnings about the long-lasting consequences of Trump’s war in the Middle East.

Trump is steering the world into a food crisis

The longer Trump’s war drags on, the worse the coming global food emergency will be.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
A man has died onboard an Emirates flight overnight.

How the Iran war will impact inflation, your overseas holiday – even your morning toast

Just like his tariffs, Donald Trump’s mixed messages on the conflict with Iran will mean upheaval for Australia’s economy.

  • Shane Wright
China has suspended beef imports from four Australian meatworks.

ScoMo’s China blues comes back to bite our beef sector

Fresh Chinese tariffs have handed beef producers like Gina Rinehart a fizzer of a New Year, but it may be good news for Aussie shoppers.

  • Colin Kruger
It was Trump’s tariffs on everyone, but most notably China, that largely shut US farmers out of key markets.

Tariff rescue: Trump gives Band-Aids to the farmers he hurt

Trump’s $18 billion Band-Aid for embattled US farmers won’t make China buy more soybeans or fix the rising costs of equipment.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
A coffee a day could keep the doctor away.

Why the world’s top coffee producer is switching up its beans

In the coming years, your coffee might start to taste a bit different.

  • Renata Carlos Daou
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US President Donald Trump has already caused a lot of damage to the reputation of the world’s most important central bank.

Trump’s $15 billion Band-Aid for the problem he created

These American farmers are having a record year, but their hands are tied.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
The Buccaneer Archipelago is the site of a proposed barramundi fish farm expansion from global business Tassal.

Tarnished Tassal brand targets WA barramundi

Canadian giant Tassal is at the centre of a raging debate over salmon farming in Tasmania. Now it plans to grow a major operation in a Kimberley marine park.

  • Emma Young
The shot hole borer has already caused thousands of trees to be felled.

Mulch or ‘wood product’?: Confusion over how the shot-hole borer did the Rotto swim

Deputy Nationals Leader Peter Rundle took particular issue with conflicting responses about how the borer made its way to Rottnest Island.

  • Hamish Hastie
Beef cattle on a farm near Winslow, Victoria.

‘Dairy shortages, no ifs or buts’: Milk and butter prices to rise as farmers tread water

The high cost of recovery from repeated floods and droughts will contribute to inflation on supermarket shelves.

  • Jessica Yun