All posts tagged "pests"

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  News and Views

  Declared weed parthenium detected in the Katherine Region

  The declared weed parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorous) was recently detected in the Katherine region.

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  178

  News and Views

  Proactive wild dog management pays dividends in the west

  Wild dog management in Western NSW makes a difference.

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  Farm Management

  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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  News and Views

  Australia’s largest research collaboration established to tackle feral deer

  To tackle the escalating threat of feral deer, the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions has brought together five state and territory governments,...

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  Small Farms

  New start-up sets sights on fruit fly

  The Government is helping Australian farmers through a new tech start-up taking aim at Australia’s biggest biosecurity barrier to trade: the fruit...

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  164

  News and Views

  R&D funds for new wild dog control methods

  The WA Government is driving research into new methods of controlling wild dogs, releasing details of an $800,000 WA Wild Dog Action...

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  164

  Farm Management

  Take action to limit stable fly breeding over summer

  Horticulture producers and livestock owners along the Swan Coastal Plain, north and south of Perth, are reminded to take action now to...

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  225

  Farm Management

  Be on the lookout for native budworm in crops

  Western Australian growers are advised to inspect canola and pulse crops for native budworm caterpillars (Helicoverpa punctigera), which have escalated in northern...

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  227

  News and Views

  Protecting our ag industries from the risk of BMSB

  The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is working to ensure Australian producers and our $60 billion agricultural industries are protected from...

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  News and Views

  New tools identify fruit flies

  The business of sorting and identifying the thousands of tephritid ‘true’ fruit flies affecting a wide variety of crops grown in Australia...