All posts tagged "pests"

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  News and Views

  Artificial intelligence to help weed out pests

  The development of an artificially intelligent weapon to help in the fight against Australia’s $5 billion weed scourge will receive $1.97 million...

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  Farm Management

  CISS welcomes the growing call for strategic feral pig management across Australia

  With the growing risk of African Swine Fever entering Australia and decimating our $5 billion a year pork industry, the National Farmers’...

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  News and Views

  Farmers call for feral pig cull

  The National Farmers’ Federation has called on governments to act immediately to control Australia’s 24 million-strong feral pig population.

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  News and Views

  A refreshed National Fruit Fly Council

  The National Fruit Fly Council brings together governments, industries and research funders to facilitate a national approach to managing Queensland fruit fly...

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  123

  Farm Management

  Make a start on biosecurity with tailored planners

  With a number of plant pest incursions on the go across Australia, many producers in the affected areas are turning to on-farm...

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  Must See

  Community-led deer monitoring via DeerScan

  A new feature of the popular Centre for Invasive Species Solutions FeralScan digital community surveillance program, DeerScan, has had more than 1,700...

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  News and Views

  CISS takes on exciting new role in the Environment and Community Biosecurity space

  The National Biosecurity Committee through the Environment and Invasives Committee (the NBCs sectoral committee responsible for environmental biosecurity oversight) has recently appointed...

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  Farm Management

  Getting on top of fruit flies in spring

  Spring, as the first fruits start to form, is the time to make sure your fruit fly management practices are up to...

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  125

  News and Views

  Sexy sterile flies soon to hit NSW and Victorian skies

  Millions of sterile Queensland Fruit Flies will be released over trial sites in western NSW and northern Victoria as scientists intensify efforts...

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  Must See

  Finding the ‘needle in a haystack’ with new portable DNA device

  A new smart-phone sized technology to quickly sequence DNA is being tested by University of Canberra researchers, through the Centre for Invasive...