All posts tagged "Farm Biosecurity"

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  Broadacre

  Roadside grain dumping – risking more than farmer’s $$

  If you’re one of the thousands of highway drivers who use roadside rest stops you may well have seen piles of grain...

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  Farm Management

  New surveillance guide for pests and diseases of tropical crops

  Plant Health Australia’s latest resource for growers is the Exotic Pest Identification and Surveillance Guide for Tropical Horticulture, developed with funding from...

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  News and Views

  Sweet! Citrus canker eradicated from Oz

  After a three-year effort, citrus canker (caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri) has been eradicated from Australia.

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  Farm Management

  Biosecurity essentials: orchard harvest outputs

  Using good on farm hygiene reduces the risk of spreading pests and diseases and minimises the risks they pose to your business....

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  Farm Management

  Biosecurity essentials: new planting material

  Almost anything moved onto your property can be a potential source of pests and diseases for your production areas.

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  Farm Management

  Green bridge management a key for grains biosecurity

  The green bridge is any plant material such as crop volunteers and weeds growing out of season that can act as hosts...

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  News and Views

  Integrated pest management best option for new leaf miner

  Serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza huidobrensis) is a new pest to arrive in Australia, first reported in NSW in Greater Sydney in October 2020,...

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  News and Views

  The importance of records in an incursion

  If you sometimes feel like you are drowning in paperwork, be reassured that keeping records is a genuinely useful biosecurity practice.

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  Farm Management

  Pick up fallen fruit in orchards

  With producers reporting traditional backpacker labour shortages for picking crops, there are reports of people saying they will leave their fruit unpicked...

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  Farm Management

  Check before you pack and go

  While the rules are relaxing for people moving around Australia between different states and territories in relation to COVID-19, the rules remain...