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Featured Agricultural Stories
Under a harvest moon – a productive time to focus on grain transport safety
Ensuring this year’s (2020) bumper harvest makes it safely to market is the focus of a joint Transport for NSW, National Heavy Vehicle Regulator and NSW Police compliance operation.
Pick up fallen fruit in orchards
With producers reporting traditional backpacker labour shortages for picking crops, there are reports of people saying they will leave their fruit unpicked or left to rot where it falls.
Check before you pack and go
While the rules are relaxing for people moving around Australia between different states and territories in relation to COVID-19, the rules remain for the movement of plants and plant products between states and territories to prevent the movement of pests and diseases.
Seeing more rabbits over summer does not mean we are losing the fight
It is common around this time of year to see more rabbits hopping around.
Connecting 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 Workshop 2020.
Grain growers put fall armyworm management plans into action
Producers across NSW are on the lookout for fall armyworm (FAW), following confirmation of the pest at Hillston, Croppa Creek, Breeza, Forbes, Dubbo, Narrabri, Wee Waa, Maitland, Moree and Boggabilla.
Vacuum cleaner dust helps confirm biosecurity response
An exotic insect, known as a Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium), forced the lockdown of two retail outlets in Canberra back in August 2020. It resulted in a biosecurity response through the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.