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Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland grains biosecurity officer

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  • Good travel hygiene can reduce exotic grain pest threats
    Good travel hygiene can reduce exotic grain pest threats
    Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland grains biosecurity officer, 2022-12-08T09:00:00+11:00

    Visiting rural properties or grain industry sites could increase the risk of an exotic disease or pest entering and becoming established in Australia. International travellers arriving in Australia can significantly reduce the risk they pose by taking some basic precautions.

  • Protect your farm from hitchhiker pests
    Protect your farm from hitchhiker pests
    Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland grains farm biosecurity officer, 2022-09-04T10:30:00+10:00

    The Australian federal government (through the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) places strict requirements on importers to reduce the risk of hitchhiker pests, such as khapra beetle, entering Australia. Yet all parts of the supply chain – including growers – have an important role to play

  • Heightened alert for khapra beetle
    Heightened alert for khapra beetle
    Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland grains farm biosecurity officer, 2022-09-03T10:15:00+10:00

    An increase in detections of khapra beetle on non-commodity imports and sea containers has resulted in the federal government implementing a range of biosecurity procedures aimed at addressing risks

  • Prevention is better than cure
    Prevention is better than cure
    Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries grains biosecurity officer, 2021-10-18T09:00:00+11:00

    Early detection and prevention are key components of a biosecurity plan that is designed to reduce the likelihood and impact of devastating pests, diseases and weeds entering farms. The Invasive Plants and Animals Policy Framework identifies the four key aspects of the Victorian Government’s overall approach to managing the different stages of an invasive species.

  • Eradication of red witchweed on track
    Eradication of red witchweed on track
    Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland grains biosecurity officer, 2021-09-05T09:00:00+10:00

    Early detection, a comprehensive surveillance and eradication program, and willingness to experiment with new technologies means the red witchweed eradication program is on track to eradicate this invasive plant from the only known infestation in Australia, near Mackay in Queensland.

  • Crop disease surveillance continues despite COVID-19
    Crop disease surveillance continues despite COVID-19
    Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland Grains Biosecurity Officer, 2020-11-21T00:00:00+11:00

    Large numbers of Queensland crops were surveyed and diseases processed in 2019-20, despite travel restrictions caused by the global pandemic. The 2019-20 survey included wheat, barley, mungbeans, sorghum, soybeans and peanuts and identified the presence and distribution of several important established diseases.

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