Australian primary producers say they ‘can’t afford’ to pay proposed biosecurity levy

National Farmers Federation says farmers are already paying for the measures and should not be made to pay moreSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityIn September Jon Lockwood travelled to an almond orchard in Balranald in the New South Wales Riverina, and euthanised about 2,500 of his bees.The honeybees were in a varroa “red zone”, an area deemed at high risk of infestation of the parasitic varroa mite (Varro