All posts tagged "biosecurity"

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  A nasty surprise could be in store when opening silos

  Grain growers sowing this year’s winter crops may find some nasty surprises when opening their silos for the first time in a...

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  Farm Management

  Boundary fence grants

  Funding is available to help bushfire-hit farmers rebuild boundary fencing bordering public lands in New South Wales.

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  Farm Management

  A new perspective on biosecurity gate signs

  Bushfires affected thousands of hectares of agricultural land in Australia this summer, burning homes, crops, standing and stored animal feed supplies, fences,...

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  Farm Management

  Have you spotted the parallels?

  Epidemic, incursion, outbreak: call it what you like, you should take note of what’s happening in Australia in response to COVID-19, because...

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  News and Views

  Researchers test their real time eDNA detection kits in Thailand

  The ornamental fish trade in Australia has an estimated value of about $350 million, with 12 to 14 million fish imported each...

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  News and Views

  Can we use flies to monitor RHDV activity?

  The National Rabbit Biocontrol Monitoring Program is working on new and innovative ways to monitor the movement of the various RHDV (calicivirus)...

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  Broadacre

  Using ground-based shooting to successfully manage overabundant pest animals

  Researchers from Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom have joined forces to review the use of ground-based shooting for the management...

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  News and Views

  Fencing funding for invasive pest species

  Landholders, drought-declared local governments, industry bodies and natural resource management groups are invited to apply for another round of funding under the...

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  News and Views

  It’s that time again: Farm Biosecurity Producer Survey

  Every couple of years the Farm Biosecurity Program, run by Plant Health Australia and Animal Health Australia, conducts a national phone survey...

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  Farm Management

  Fall armyworm found in Oz

  The exotic pest fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) has been detected in Australia, on islands in the Torres Strait, Bamaga in Cape York,...