Dead zone: Grazing land where grass refuses to grow, despite good rains

Hopes of rebuilding livestock numbers in the state’s north-west could be dashed if insect plagues continue to bite.

Rain at last - but now western farms are being devastated by grasshoppers

After their first decent rains following a decade of drought, farmers in Queensland’s west are now watching helplessly as green pastures are decimated by a grasshopper plague. Nicole Bond reports