All posts tagged "Farm Biosecurity"

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  Farm Management

  Coordinated biosecurity surveillance to strengthen grain industry

  The Australian grains industry is better protected from exotic pests and diseases with the recent development of a National Grain Biosecurity Surveillance...

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  News and Views

  New tools to help your seasonal workers be biosecurity aware

  Transient workers are a crucial part of the workforce for many farm businesses, but bringing workers onto your farm – from overseas...

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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

  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,...

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  Small Farms

  Exotic pest profile: spotted wing drosophila

  The fly called spotted wing drosophila (SWD, Drosophila suzukii) is emerging as a global plant pest of significance. It attacks a range...

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  Farm Management

  Make sure your next cuppa isn’t a biosecurity risk

  For more than a decade, a small group of farmers have been growing coffee bushes in Far North Queensland and northern New...

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  Small Farms

  Area-wide management of Queensland fruit fly and using sterile insects

  Area-wide management (AWM) is a proven way of managing pests, including Queensland fruit fly, the single most important pest of fruits and...

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  Small Farms

  Beekeeper survey reveals pest and disease threats to honey bees

  The Honey Bee Health Survey of 2018 was designed to provide a snapshot of bee health in the Australian honey bee industry.