Thousands of fire ants inundated his property this week as they tried to get away from rising floodwaters. Mr Locke said he had been bitten "at least 30 times" while attempting to ...

Hay, soil, landscaping materials, pots and soils are now banned from entering NSW from storm-impacted and infested areas of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Venomous fire ants swept up in floodwaters from Cyclone Alfred are forming teeming rafts and travelling downstream, sparking fears ...

The state's peak farming group has welcomed a fresh crackdown on biosecurity controls in the wake of ex-tropical Cyclone ...

Just as it seemed that things could not get much worse for householders and travellers affected by floods in Queensland and northern NSW, a new threat ...

In the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the Minns Labor Government has taken immediate action to ensure that fire ant carrying materials, such as hay, sourced from both the storm impacted and ...

The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring ...

LSU AgCenter entomologist Aaron Ashbrook recommends a strategy called the Texas two-step. Borrowing its name from the country ...

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