Dung beetles put to work

Updated September 6 2018 - 1:57pm, first published 1:50pm
CSU Professor Leslie Weston said a new project would develop information and pathways for dung beetles to be incorporated more widely into livestock production systems.
CSU Professor Leslie Weston said a new project would develop information and pathways for dung beetles to be incorporated more widely into livestock production systems.

Dung beetles are the focus of a national research effort to turn 80 million tonnes of dung produced by Australian livestock each year into a multi-million dollar benefit to farmers.

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