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  • Surveillance around the country
    Biosecurity, 04 Aug 2022
    Surveillance around the country

    All states and territories conduct a range of surveillance activities throughout the year. The following provides a snapshot of projects and programs currently underway

  • Chemical residues in crops could harm safe grain status
    Biosecurity, 27 Apr 2022
    Chemical residues in crops could harm safe grain status

    The Australian Government’s National Residue Survey helps to manage the risk of chemical residue and environmental contaminants in food products. The NRS tests for residues of pesticides and environmental contaminants in 21 grains, pulses and oilseeds.

  • Brands, breeds, bright ideas – confirmation bias in action
    Biosecurity, 25 Apr 2022
    Brands, breeds, bright ideas – confirmation bias in action

    In agriculture, confirmation bias is associated with a preference for certain brands, breeds, bright ideas and even accepting farming practices such as biosecurity. It is easy to disregard bias in decision-making if everything is seemingly working as it should for you and other farmers.

  • More aware after biosecurity scare
    Biosecurity, 20 Mar 2022
    More aware after biosecurity scare

    Following the submission of a single diseased head of wheat with an unusual expression of bunt disease symptoms, the University of Sydney’s Plant Breeding Institute at Narrabri had their harvest put on hold for 11 days. The site was effectively locked down following the suspected detection of the emergency plant disease.

  • Sentinels boost region-specific pest and disease monitoring
    Biosecurity, 15 Jan 2022
    Sentinels boost region-specific pest and disease monitoring

    The iMapPESTS team successfully deployed its new and improved mobile surveillance unit, Sentinel 5, to Tamworth Agricultural Institute (TAI) in June 2021. In a collaboration between the South Australian Research and Development Institute and NSW Department of Primary Industries, the mobile surveillance unit was deployed at TAI to monitor high-priority insect pests and fungal pathogens for the grains industry.

  • Prevention is better than cure
    Biosecurity, 18 Oct 2021
    Prevention is better than cure

    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.

  • Pantry Blitz a biosecurity success for WA grains industry
    Biosecurity, 17 Oct 2021
    Pantry Blitz a biosecurity success for WA grains industry

    Demonstrating the absence of exotic pests is vital to continue growing the local grain industry and maintaining access to export markets. The latest ‘Pantry Blitz’, an annual biosecurity surveillance project that focuses on various invasive stored product pests, has revealed no new exotic pests this year.

  • Biosecurity evolves to manage khapra beetle threat
    Biosecurity, 30 Sep 2021
    Biosecurity evolves to manage khapra beetle threat

    The Australian grains industry is being protected from a highly invasive ‘hitchhiking’ pest through a multi-phased action plan

  • What happens when an exotic pest arrives in Australia?
    Biosecurity, 28 May 2021
    What happens when an exotic pest arrives in Australia?

    When a new pest or disease is first detected in Australia, a decision must be made on whether it is feasible to eradicate it or whether we need to learn how to manage it. A recent example of an exotic pest that was determined unfeasible to be eradicated was fall armyworm, which arrived in northern Australia in early 2020.

  • Course offers free training
    Biosecurity, 12 May 2021
    Course offers free training

    The ‘Growers – Pest Reporting and Responses’ course is the ideal starting point for grain growers wanting to improve their biosecurity game

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