Researchers from the Grains Research and Development Corporation-supported Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) have detected the world’s first population of glyphosate-resistant capeweed.
Glyphosate-resistant capeweed detected in WA
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Winter harvest booms, summer cropping on the improve
ABARES has released its Australian crop report – February 2021 and estimates 2020-21 national winter crop production to be the second biggest harvest on record.
Call for cane exemption to new cropping land regulation
A State Government move to impose a new bureaucratic process on farmers expanding their cropping area along the Queensland coast is unnecessary and duplicates existing regulation on the sugarcane industry.
Defending against a new pest, fall armyworm
Since its detection across northern parts of Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia in February 2020, fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) has been quick to establish in these locations, but Plant Health Australia (PHA) has announced new resources to assist in defending crops against the pest.
Fall armyworm webinar offers insights from the paddock
Grain growers battling to understand the potential impact of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and how to manage this foreign invader can tune into a specialised Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) webinar next week.
CSIRO report finds billion dollar industries at risk from biosecurity threats
Australia needs a more innovative, coordinated and collaborative biosecurity system if it is to keep up with the threat from increasing and severe biosecurity events, like COVID-19, according to a new report released by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO.
Growers urged to monitor crops as exotic pest spreads rapidly through Queensland
Australian farmers are being warned about the rapid movement of a threatening new pest throughout Queensland– the Fall Armyworm (FAW).
Grain growers urged to look for fall armyworm in crops
Farmers have been urged to be on the lookout for signs of damage and the presence of fall armyworm larvae in summer crops following the recent trapping of moths in the Lower Namoi.