All posts tagged "biosecurity"

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  Farm Management

  Screening service to test for insecticide resistance in crop pests

  Grain growers are being asked whether they have noticed a chemical control failure or suspect insecticide resistance in redlegged earth mite (RLEM)...

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  Farm Management

  Spot and stop barley blotch

  Barley crops in some high and medium rainfall areas of Western Australia may be exposed to damaging levels of spot form of...

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  Must See

  The importance of pest surveillance

  Have you ever wondered how we know that Australia doesn’t have certain pests and diseases that wreak havoc on crop production overseas?

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  Farm Management

  The big picture of how Australia protects itself from plant pests and diseases

  The latest go-to guide to how Australia protects itself against exotic plant pests and diseases reveals the tremendous effort being made across...

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  Farm Management

  Growers urged to monitor for crop mites

  Southern region grain growers are being advised to monitor for redlegged earth mites (RLEM) this winter, with experts warning environmental conditions have...

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  Farm Management

  Going for the ‘WeedSmart Big 6’ on Yorke Peninsula farms

  Chris Davey, partner and director of YP AG at Kadina has worked with growers on the Yorke Peninsula of SA for over...

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  Farm Management

  Prevention the best cure: RSD threatening commercial sugarcane crops

  More ratoon stunting disease (RSD) is being found in commercial sugarcane crops and in nursery cane in 2018 than in previous years,...

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  Farm Management

  Don’t bring back more than memories

  Farmers, researchers, agronomists, government agency staff, scholarship recipients and tourists from rural areas need to be hyper vigilant with their hygiene practices...

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  Farm Management

  New biosecurity manual for potato growers

  The Potato Growers’ Biosecurity Manual is a guide to farm biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of weeds, pests, and diseases impacting...

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  News and Views

  Vets say now is the time to vaccinate your horse to help prevent Hendra virus disease

  With the arrival of winter, the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) is reminding horse owners of the importance of vaccination to help prevent...