All posts tagged "Farm Biosecurity"

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  Farm Management

  Post-harvest jobs to protect stored grain from pests

  Post-harvest is the perfect time to do three simple on-farm hygiene jobs to protect your stored grain from pests.

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  Farm Management

  On-farm biosecurity: preventing the (seemingly) inevitable

  In this article from Vegetables Australia magazine, AUSVEG Biosecurity Adviser Dr Kevin Clayton-Greene discusses how a robust on-farm biosecurity system can protect...

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  Farm Management

  WA potato growers’ incursion experience

  Darryl Smith is a third-generation potato grower (and sheep producer), who grows about 64 hectares of potatoes a year, at Busselton, 200km...

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  Farm Management

  Getting biosecurity zoning right

  Zoning your farm should be a priority to secure your farm against diseases, pests and weeds – but it’s not an easy...

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  Secured your farm? You may be the Farm Biosecurity Producer of the Year

  The search is on once again to find Australian agriculture’s biosecurity champions.

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  Advice for grain growers to improve on-farm biosecurity

  Grain growers across Australia are fortunate to have access to biosecurity advice specifically for their industry from Grains Farm Biosecurity Officers in...

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  News and Views

  Varroa threat to bees and pollination

  Any threat to bee health in Australia will have significant economic impacts on tree crop industries which depend on the free pollination...

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  News and Views

  Survey of grains–livestock producers about biosecurity plans

  It’s been a while since the introduction of the Johne’s Beef Assurance Score (J-BAS) and the addition of biosecurity and animal welfare...

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  Farm Management

  Biosecurity basics: Make your own footbath

  Dirty boots can pose a very real risk to your property. People can unintentionally carry pest or disease-causing organisms on unwashed footwear,...

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  Farm Management

  The importance of pest surveillance

  Have you ever wondered how we know that Australia doesn’t have certain pests and diseases that wreak havoc on crop production overseas?