Aimee Mitchell is the rural reporter at the ABC Tropical North bureau in Mackay.
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Red witchweed was first discovered in Habana in 2013 and remains the only known infestation in the country.
North Queenslander Darryl Valroy Young, who murdered three neighbours after accusing them of stealing his calves, had previously been jailed for cattle duffing.
A retired canefarmer grows and delivers pumpkins for free, feeding his community one ute-load at a time.
A new critical minerals bill aimed at stimulating investment has passed Queensland parliament, with amendments calming some farmers but other critics remain concerned.
Topic: State and Territory Government
Farmers and conservationists are uniting in their calls to scrap the Queensland parliament's controversial critical minerals bill after it was handed down with no amendments.
RM Williams once told Bill Webb, "You make better belts than I do", but few Australians know of the master leather worker or his quest to keep bushcraft alive.
Experts warn that free pollination from wild bee populations is disappearing as varroa mite spreads further north in Queensland.
New restrictions on who can own guns in Queensland come into effect today, amid a spike in new applications to register weapons.
Rows of black and white plastic weed mats are giving vegetable seedlings their best start in life. But disposing of them has become a logistical and cost burden.
Topic: Recycling and Waste Management
A lack of strong wind along and fierce community opposition have forced Alinta Energy to scale back the size of its proposed Whitsundays wind farm.
A rare chance to walk 1 kilometre offshore to an island lighthouse attracts thousands of trekkers to a North Queensland town.
A North Queensland council abandons plans to restrict road trains from using five key freight routes after criticism from farmers.
The value of Australia's horticulture sector has more than doubled in a decade, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Inside the journey of how the drugs from Australia's biggest seizure reached our shores.
More than half of Queensland's volunteer rural fire brigades use privately owned vehicles to fight bushfires, with insurance changes leaving them to question their coverage.
A Russian-speaking ransomware operation known as The Gentlemen has reportedly claimed responsibility on the dark web for a cyber attack that shut down two regional Queensland sugar mills for a week.
Mackay Sugar tells growers it is aiming to restart cane processing early next week, after a cyber attack forced it to stop on Wednesday.
1300 farmers are wondering when their sugar mill will re-open after a cyber attack
Researchers at the University of Queensland identify a previously undetected gene variant in Northern Australia cattle breeds, such as brahmans, solving a mystery that has frustrated producers for years.
Cane farmers in the Mackay region were notified early on Wednesday to stop harvesting, after a cyber incident brought sugar milling at two north Queensland mills to a halt.
Ernest Sidney Pilcher died of his wounds in France on June 25, 1918. This Anzac Day, inspired by a remarkable family relic, his great-great-great-nephew will deliver a eulogy at his gravesite.
A primary school student's simple observation about wasted fruit has sparked a thriving community movement that's sharing fresh produce and teaching valuable skills.
Farmers in north Queensland want a say in how renewable energy companies negotiate with councils, amid concerns poorly designed agreements could have long-term impacts on agricultural land and rural communities.
A tiny jellyfish found in Queensland has venom so powerful it causes feelings of "impending doom".
First proposed after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, Australia still doesn't have a national gun register. As Queensland parliament sits for the first time since national gun reforms became law, advocates say it is time to centralise firearm information.