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Dung beetles dig in to rejuvenate Queensland grazier’s drought-ravaged land

After introducing thousands of dung beetles to her property, a Queensland grazier is seeing incredible results.
Key points:
- Dung beetles can rejuvenate an area the size of a bicycle wheel with a single burial, a scientist says
- John Feehan says with dung beetles on the land, there is no need for fertiliser
- A Queensland farmer says her paddocks are “going crazy” thanks to the beetles
Adma Sargood introduced the beetles, originally from Africa, to her property between Charleville and Morven in November.
When the beetles burrow into the cow dung on the land, they also dig down into the soil and bury the dung, which helps aerate and fertilise the soil.
Good rain and busy beetles have seen the paddocks in the drought-affected South West region…
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