‘Gobsmacked at the scale’: blueberry industry’s rapid expansion divides NSW’s mid-north coast

<p>Dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p></p><p>Tensions are simmering across the New South Wales mid-north coast.</p><p>On one side are dairy and beef farmers, and residents who moved to the region for the landscape and the lifestyle. On the other are blueberry farmers, whose holdings have expanded dramatically in the past few years.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/09/blueberry-farms-nsw-north-coast-rapid-expansion-development-pesticides">Continue reading...</a>