All posts tagged "Farm Biosecurity"

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  News and Views

  Integrated pest management best option for new leaf miner

  Serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza huidobrensis) is a new pest to arrive in Australia, first reported in NSW in Greater Sydney in October 2020,...

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  News and Views

  The importance of records in an incursion

  If you sometimes feel like you are drowning in paperwork, be reassured that keeping records is a genuinely useful biosecurity practice.

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  Farm Management

  Pick up fallen fruit in orchards

  With producers reporting traditional backpacker labour shortages for picking crops, there are reports of people saying they will leave their fruit unpicked...

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  Farm Management

  Check before you pack and go

  While the rules are relaxing for people moving around Australia between different states and territories in relation to COVID-19, the rules remain...

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  News and Views

  Biosecurity essentials: a magnifying lens!

  You’ve all seen them, right? Nice photos of pests you’ve been asked to keep an eye out for. But when you actually...

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  Farm Management

  The notification process following a detection of fruit fly larvae in produce sold interstate

  If you trade produce interstate you may have wondered what would happen if live fruit fly larvae were found in one of...

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  Farm Management

  Podcasts for fall armyworm management options in Australia’s north

  The first three episodes in a podcast series of nine on the impact and management of fall armyworm have been released by...

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  Farm Management

  Industry contacts in a biosecurity emergency response

  The leaders in your peak industry body are your main contact and source of information during biosecurity incidents, but do you know...

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  Farm Management

  Don’t risk crop failure – plan your surveillance activities

  As this year’s winter crop reaches a critical growth stage, it’s time to do rigorous and regular surveillance to protect your growing...

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  Farm Management

  Cleaning and disinfecting greenhouses between crops

  The protected cropping industry in Australia is growing, with more and more producers using greenhouses to grow vegetables and flowers.