All posts tagged "pests"

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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

  Researchers test their real time eDNA detection kits in Thailand

  The ornamental fish trade in Australia has an estimated value of about $350 million, with 12 to 14 million fish imported each...

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  News and Views

  Can we use flies to monitor RHDV activity?

  The National Rabbit Biocontrol Monitoring Program is working on new and innovative ways to monitor the movement of the various RHDV (calicivirus)...

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  Broadacre

  Using ground-based shooting to successfully manage overabundant pest animals

  Researchers from Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom have joined forces to review the use of ground-based shooting for the management...

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  338

  News and Views

  Fencing funding for invasive pest species

  Landholders, drought-declared local governments, industry bodies and natural resource management groups are invited to apply for another round of funding under the...

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  News and Views

  EPA issues fine for breach of dog baiting rules

  The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is reminding landholders to use pesticide baits correctly after a landholder was fined for multiple alleged...

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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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  Farm Management

  Time to put the brakes on slugs and snails

  Wimmera grain growers have been urged to monitor and manage slug and snail populations during a recent series of Agriculture Victoria-led presentations...

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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...