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Queensland cattle graziers predict 'horrific' cattle deaths as toxic pimelea booms

Rod Turner is everything you might expect from a grazier who's run cattle on the open red plains of south-west Queensland for 20 years — he's resilient, tough and unflappable. 

But a tiny native plant that's booming across his pasture has him dreading summer. Hidden in its pretty yellow flowers is a cattle-killing toxin and a trauma he'd rather not relive.

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