All posts tagged "crops"

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  News and Views

  Defending against a new pest, fall armyworm

  Since its detection across northern parts of Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia in February 2020, fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) has been...

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  Farm Management

  Fall armyworm webinar offers insights from the paddock

  Grain growers battling to understand the potential impact of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and how to manage this foreign invader can tune...

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  News and Views

  CSIRO report finds billion dollar industries at risk from biosecurity threats

  Australia needs a more innovative, coordinated and collaborative biosecurity system if it is to keep up with the threat from increasing and...

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  Broadacre

  Growers urged to monitor crops as exotic pest spreads rapidly through Queensland

  Australian farmers are being warned about the rapid movement of a threatening new pest throughout Queensland– the Fall Armyworm (FAW).

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  Broadacre

  Grain growers urged to look for fall armyworm in crops

  Farmers have been urged to be on the lookout for signs of damage and the presence of fall armyworm larvae in summer...

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  News and Views

  Epic journey of bees secures Victorian almond season

  Victoria’s almond harvest has thrived for another year, with a bumper crop expected to be harvested this season despite dry seasonal conditions...

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  Broadacre

  Yellow Dwarf Virus infections increase in cereal crops

  There has been an increase in identified symptoms of Yellow Dwarf Virus (YDV) infection in cereal crops in the Wimmera and southern...

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  Broadacre

  Researchers investigating virus outbreak in faba beans

  A combination of a wet start to the year and the perfect breeding ground for aphids may have been responsible for unusually...

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  Farm Management

  Maximise your crop with better pollination

  The latest guidelines in a series on how to improve pollination are now available for lychees and papayas, joining the earlier brochures...

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  Farm Management

  Aussie growers urged to plant swiftly and strategically as summer approaches

  With a promising rainfall outlook raising grower morale ahead of the summer season, farmers are being urged to consider best practice planting...