Australia will be making the most of the first International Year of Plant Health in 2020 by promoting how much Australians value plants, and how we can best protect them. (more…)
Tag: biosecurity
Make sure hitch hikers don’t arrive with backpacker labour
At this time of year, many fruit or veg producers will have casual labourers, often backpackers, on their property to help with harvesting activities. (more…)
The surprising benefit to bottom line in farming with TR4
Panama disease tropical race 4 is a devastating disease, no grower would wish upon another. (more…)
We’re on the lookout for the 2020 Farm Biosecurity Producer of the Year
Do you know an Australian biosecurity champion? If someone you know goes the extra mile to protect their property from diseases, pests and weeds, nominate them before Friday 6 December 2019 for the 2020 Farm Biosecurity Producer of the Year Award. (more…)
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’ Federation called on governments to act immediately to control Australia’s 24 million-strong feral pig population. If left uncontrolled and uncontained, feral pigs could be a major vector of this exotic disease, not currently…
Industry action – on the ground biosecurity specialists
Some of Australia’s larger plant industries have partnered with Plant Health Australia (PHA) and appointed biosecurity specialists as a way of providing the latest biosecurity advice and assistance to growers. (more…)