All posts tagged "pests"

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  News and Views

  Fighting a fishing threat

  The fight to protect our fishing waterways against noxious weed cabomba (Cabomba caroliniana) has intensified following a $600,000 boost from the Territory...

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  Farm Management

  Plan to protect NSW from pest plants and animals

  Local communities, groups and individuals are invited to have their say in developing the NSW Invasive Species Plan 2017-2021 to reduce the...

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  Hitchhiking bugs cause a stink

  Emergency measures introduced in 2014 to prevent an exotic stink bug establishing itself in Australia were so successful that similar measures have...

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  News and Views

  Fitzgibbon residents urged to be on the lookout for fire ants

  Biosecurity Queensland has stepped up its community engagement program in Fitzgibbon, in Brisbane’s north eastern suburbs to ensure any other red imported...

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  Look out for pest birds in South West

  The WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is calling on the South West community to help keep destructive pest birds...

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  News and Views

  Horticulture industry abuzz for better bee pest surveillance

  The Federal Government is strengthening the surveillance of Australia’s bee population for exotic pests, protecting an industry worth $2.5 billion to horticulture...

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  Small Farms

  Vigilance a proven difference

  Three recent pest incursions have highlighted the benefits of early detection in containing and eradicating exotic pests.

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  Farm Management

  Spring into canola diamondback moth control

  Western Australian canola growers and agronomists are encouraged to closely monitor crops for incidence of diamondback moth (DBM, Plutella xylostella) heading into...

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  Small Farms

  Eradicating exotic pests with ‘infertility genes’ may be possible

  University of Adelaide researchers have shown that it may be possible to eradicate populations of invasive pest animals through the inheritance of...

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  Farm Management

  Growers advised to prepare for potential mouse problem in spring

  Grain growers in Victoria and South Australia should be prepared for a potential issue with mice in spring 2017.