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The egg shortage is partly the result of bird flu outbreaks.

‘Crazy jump in price’: Shoppers, farmers brace for years-long egg shortage

Bird flu outbreaks have choked the nation’s supply of eggs – and frustrated egg farmers say the proposed ban on caged eggs is exacerbating the problem.

  • Jessica Yun

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has pledged to build seven nuclear power stations across the country, which according to government data would use more water than the existing coal plants.

Revealed: The water supply risks posed by Dutton’s nuclear plan

The Albanese government has released modelling to attack Peter Dutton’s energy plan, warning farmers will have to give up water to nuclear reactors.

  • Mike Foley
A new strain of bird flu has been detected in Victoria.

Everything you need to know about the new Victorian bird flu outbreak

A new strain of avian flu has been found in chickens at a farm in Victoria’s north. Here’s what you need to know about the highly infectious H7N8 strain.

  • Ashleigh McMillan
To breed Hilda scientists took an egg from an immature cow and transferred it to a surrogate animal for birth

Meet Hilda, the calf bred to fight climate change

The calf is the first of Britain’s scientific herd conceived using IVF to accelerate the breeding process to cut methane emissions.

  • Rob Harris
Tasmanian Salmon

Is farmed salmon a guilty pleasure this Christmas?

Tasmanian salmon will be on the tables at thousands of Christmas lunches. Questions remain about the environmental cost.

  • Mike Foley
A conspiracy-fuelled uproar over cattle feed additive Bovaer has reached Australia.

Panic over additive in cattle feed sparks milk and meat furore

Consumers are dumping milk down toilets in protest at a supplement fed to cattle that’s approved for use in Australia.

  • Angus Dalton
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Woolworths’ dispute with the United Workers Union over warehouse pay and conditions is affecting supply.

Empty shelves at Woolworths as industrial action cripples supplies

The company confirmed that some stores in Victoria, NSW and the ACT were experiencing limited stock flow.

  • Madeleine Heffernan and Gemma Grant
Residential development is encroaching on Victoria’s food bowl.

‘An existential issue’: Property speculation threatening Victoria’s food bowl

Farmers and government MPs want stronger protection for prime land on the outskirts of Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat, but are voluntary legal contracts enough?

  • Benjamin Preiss
PlasmaLeap: Lightning in a bottle using renewable electricity, air and water to make green ammonia

From bottled lightning to ‘hempcrete’: The Australian innovations that could save the world

From harnessing the power of lightning to make fertiliser to using yeast to produce forest-friendly palm oil, these start-ups are helping solve big environmental problems.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson joins farmers at a rally in London against the government’s changes to inheritance tax.

Gearhead, farmer, tax protester: Jeremy Clarkson takes to London streets

Farming’s least likely champion opposes a new tax the Labour government says will help restore public services.

  • Rob Harris

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