All posts tagged "pests"

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  More communities take the bait and commit to long term pest control

  Aerial baiting programs, targeting wild dogs, are being launched across NSW during the next few months in a community-wide, co-ordinated bid to...

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  Small Farms

  Keeping our eyes peeled for citrus pests

  Australia’s largest fresh fruit exporting industry received a sweetener, with the launch of the Government’s ten-year national strategy to tighten the squeeze...

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  On-farm support for Tasmania fruit fly management

  Tasmanian fruit growers will be better armed in the fight against fruit fly following the Federal Government grant of $100,000 to Fruit...

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  Growers need to be on front foot with mice ahead of sowing

  Grain growers in South Australia and Victoria are being urged to assess current mouse numbers on their properties to determine if mice...

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  Impregnable barrier to fruit fly

  Hundreds of thousands of sterile fruit flies will drop from the sky over the Adelaide region today kicking off a bold plan...

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  Great opportunity for landholders in Pooncarie to upskill in pest animal management

  Western Local Land Services is offering landholders a great opportunity to upskill through a one-day 1080 Pindone and Canid Pest Ejector (CPE)...

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  Working with PNG to strengthen Australia’s biosecurity

  Australia is building stronger offshore biosecurity measures, with surveys now underway with Papua New Guinea (PNG) to better manage the risk of...

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  Damn these flies!

  Growers of fruit and vegetables that can be hosts of fruit fly – in particular Mediterranean and Queensland fruit fly – are...

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  It’s stink bug season again

  In recent years between September and April, the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has declared ‘stink bug season’ and...

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  Securing Australia’s plant health status

  The future of Australia’s favourable plant health status received a significant boost, with the announcement of a $330,000 Government funded trial of...