All posts tagged "biosecurity"

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  Farm Management

  Making your biosecurity plan work for you

  With on-farm biosecurity in the spotlight over the past few months, much has been made of what is ‘required’ in order for...

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  Must See

  Who is the next Farm Biosecurity Producer of the Year?

  If you know an Aussie farmer who takes biosecurity seriously and goes the extra length to avoid diseases, pests and weeds coming...

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  News and Views

  Transition to management plan to manage TPP in Australia

  The National Management Group (NMG) for tomato potato psyllid (TPP) – comprising all Australian governments, affected industries and Plant Health Australia –...

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  18

  News and Views

  Reeling in guilty biosecurity offenders

  A male international passenger recently cast themselves into a sea of trouble after trying to bring live fighting fish, snails and shrimp...

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  22

  News and Views

  Think big and work together to combat invasive pests and weeds

  The national research institute leading the way in pest animal and weed research and development has had a facelift, receiving a new...

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  News and Views

  Spring surveillance under national plan against horticulture pest

  Trapping for the horticultural pest, tomato potato psyllid (TPP), will ramp up in spring 2017 with the warmer weather conducive to increased...

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  News and Views

  Control Medfly in citrus to protect Carnarvon’s horticultural industry

  People involved in Carnarvon’s valuable horticulture industry and backyard citrus growers are urged to act now to control Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly)...

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  36

  News and Views

  High price for concealing foreign fruit, seeds and nuts

  A man who was intercepted at Cairns Airport in 2016 attempting to smuggle fruit, seeds and nuts taped to his abdomen was...

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  35

  News and Views

  Sniffing out success in eradicating a pest

  The Territory Government has enlisted odour detection dogs to tackle a potential biosecurity threat in the Territory, and is seeing fantastic results.

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  News and Views

  Hitchhiking bugs cause a stink

  Emergency measures introduced in 2014 to prevent an exotic stink bug establishing itself in Australia were so successful that similar measures have...