Fast Facts
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71RabbitScan reaches 50K community entries
Ten years since it’s since inception, the RabbitScan community website and mapping program has amassed 50,000 community records of rabbit activity, including...
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72Support for livestock feed technologies
The Australian Government will support trials of new livestock feed technologies that may increase productivity while reducing emissions from cattle and sheep.
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105Scientist to help unearth knowledge on weed response to soil amelioration
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development research scientist Sultan Mia will bring a wealth of experience in soils and plant biology...
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102Syngenta Australia partners with Landcare Australia to help improve on-farm biodiversity
Syngenta Australia and Landcare Australia have announced their partnership to enhance biodiversity on a selected agricultural site in Australia. The Syngenta Enhancing...
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105UWA researchers discover the cause of devastating crop disease
Researchers at The University of Western Australia have identified the cause of the devastating faba bean gall disease for the first time,...
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187National Farm Safety Education Fund Strategy
The Australian Government has welcomed the release of a new farm safety strategy that calls for greater collaborative industry action to promote...
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280Mungbeans move to end point royalty system
Mungbeans – an important summer pulse crop in Queensland and New South Wales – will move to an end point royalty (EPR)...
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260Connecting plant health surveillance professionals
Members of the Plant Surveillance Network Australasia-Pacific are now better connected following the launch of a new website at the Annual Surveillance...
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429Yellow 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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Sweet! Citrus canker eradicated from Oz - GetFarming
After a three-year effort, citrus canker (caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri) has been eradicated from Australia. Citrus canker was detected in a plant wholesaler in the Northern Territory (NT) in April 2018 and subsequently found on three properties in northern Western Australia (WA) in April...
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Biosecurity essentials: orchard harvest outputs - GetFarming
Using good on farm hygiene reduces the risk of spreading pests and diseases and minimises the risks they pose to your business. This applies at all times of the year, but particularly so during harvest. There are simple measures – like hygiene practices for product harvesting, sorting, packaging a...
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Smartening-up meat traceability - GetFarming
Central Queensland University has been awarded a $200,101 traceability grant to improve meat traceability through the existing National Livestock Identification System (NLIS). Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management David Littleproud said the research will look at ways to improve....
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Recording ‘ribbits’ and a bit of DNA, the key to keeping the Asian black spined toad out! - GetFarming
The Asian black-spined toad (ABST, Duttaphyrnus melanostictus) is a species of significant biosecurity concern to Australian authorities, as it is one of the most common stowaway species arriving into Australia via cargo and baggage. This exotic toad has established populations in several locations....
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Does the rabbit virus ‘RHDV2’ have an advantage over ‘RHDV1’ strains? - GetFarming
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus 2 (known as RHDV2) is a novel virus that has rapidly spread and become the dominant calicivirus in wild rabbits worldwide, including in Australia, where it is suggested to have arrived in 2014. Our Centre’s national rabbit biocontrol research team, consisting of s...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021 at 5:16am
Best practice key to Helicoverpa insecticide resistance https://t.co/Dz4IuhADzJ
Best practice key to Helicoverpa insecticide resistance https://t.co/Dz4IuhADzJ
Monday, June 21st, 2021 at 7:26am
A new vision for forest industry innovation to create sustainable jobs for the future https://t.co/ok2tB1CGud
A new vision for forest industry innovation to create sustainable jobs for the future https://t.co/ok2tB1CGud
Monday, June 21st, 2021 at 7:23am
The peril of ferals captured through national competition https://t.co/jKeSZQHiom
The peril of ferals captured through national competition https://t.co/jKeSZQHiom