All posts tagged "biosecurity"

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  News and Views

  Stinky stowaways no match for biosecurity officers

  Biosecurity officers have detected six brown marmorated stink bugs, an exotic pest that could severely damage Australian horticultural crops, in a consignment...

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  Fast Facts

  Protecting our unique plants and animals

  The Victorian Government has delivered $7.7 million for large-scale regional partnership projects to protect threatened plants and animals as part of the...

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  News and Views

  Sunraysia to benefit from $6.8m pest surveillance network

  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Barnaby Joyce, joined Member for Mallee, Andrew Broad, at the Mildura Field...

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  News and Views

  Putting the squeeze on biosecurity risks

  Citrus growers and viticulturists across the Mildura region will benefit from three biosecurity projects worth over $250,000 to protect the industry from...

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  News and Views

  Aussie plant biosecurity gets a $21 million tech injection

  Australia is on track to adopt some of the most sophisticated plant pest surveillance technologies in the world after Horticulture Innovation Australia...

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  News and Views

  Urging political unity on Q fever

  The United Dairyfarmers of Victoria will push the Federal and Victorian governments to put politics aside and work together to immunise dairy...

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  Farm Management

  Victorian vet shining light in good biosecurity practice

  For Sarah Matthews, a mixed-practice vet working in Warrnambool, biosecurity is an important part of her daily work routine.

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  Fast Facts

  Biosecurity – for creatures great and small

  Whilst sheep, cattle, chickens and pigs are the bread and butter of Australia’s livestock production, there are a host of other unique...

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  News and Views

  New NT biosecurity protocols for Johne’s disease management

  The Northern Territory cattle industry has unanimously agreed an assurance level of Johne’s Disease Biosecurity Assurance Scheme (JBAS) 6 would best facilitate...

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  Farm Management

  Don’t start mixing until the water quality is right

  Water quality is often overlooked as a possible contributor to herbicide failure and can lead to confusion over the herbicide resistance status...