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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Damon Cronshaw

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Varroa mite compensation for some but not others - You Need To See This

Amorelle Dempster, of Slow Food Hunter Valley, wants all farmers to receive compensation over the varroa mite eradication program. Picture by Marina Neil

Hunter beekeepers and farmers will benefit from a new round of compensation from the NSW government, as the varroa mite eradication effort extends into its second year.

Some Hunter farmers, previously excluded from compensation, will benefit. But Slow Food Hunter's Amorelle Dempster said some farmers won't and she wants that rectified, but it had been difficult to get a meeting with the minister to discuss the problem.

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