All posts tagged "biosecurity"

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  Government hopping to it on feral rabbit control

  Farmers in the ACT will be better placed to fight Australia’s most costly vertebrate pest animal, the feral rabbit, with funding to...

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  Suspect insecticide resistance? Put earth mites to the test

  Growers and advisers in the southern cropping region can access a service to determine whether redlegged earth mite (RLEM) populations within their...

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  Famous stallions ‘studs’ of the breeding season

  2010 Melbourne Cup winner, Americain (USA), is among the 45 so-called ‘shuttle’ stallions to have cleared biosecurity hurdles to meet with a...

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  Spotted anything unusual? Call the hotline

  If you ever noticed signs of a new pest or disease on your plants would you know what to do about it?...

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  Sign of the times for biosecurity

  Grain farmers can help protect their enterprise and remind all visitors to follow farm biosecurity procedures with a free biosecurity sign on...

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  Community blitz to boost biosecurity

  Tech savy Western Australians are being encouraged to download the free MyPestGuide Reporter app to report pests, weeds and diseases to bolster...

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  Growers urged to take survey to help combat Queensland fruit fly

  Commercial fruit and vegetable growers, and the community at large, have the opportunity to share their thoughts on the management of Queensland...

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  Continuing Australia’s defence against stink bugs

  Strengthened biosecurity measures are again in place to safeguard Australia’s industries and environment from one of horticulture’s most damaging plant pests—the brown...

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  When is a fruit fly not a pest?

  There are over 500 species of fruit fly in our region, and the great majority are no problem for growers. Some, however,...

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  FoxScan goes multilingual to enhance Sydney uptake

  In September 2015, fifteen southern Sydney Councils came together to develop a regional and coordinated approach to fox management. The project aimed...