14th March 2010

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Tag: pest-management

  • Moth infests lucerne crop

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    An outbreak of an invasive moth in Central West NSW is being described as the worst in more than 20 years. Larvae of the weed web moth has been reported in lucerne in the Forbes district. Local ... more

  • Weed threatens Mallacoota waterways

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) says the discovery of an invasive aquatic weed at Mallacoota is concerning. The water hyacinth spreads quickly and damages native waterways, aquatic ... more

  • Roos hot to trot after the floods

    Created Wed, 10th of Mar 2010

    Forget candlelit dinners - a good flood has made conditions the best they've been for years for kangaroos to start making love. Rain and floodwaters are preparing the perfect setting for kangaroos ... more

  • Fruit fly roadblock nabs 22 people

    Created Wed, 10th of Mar 2010

    Primary Industries officers issued 22 fines over the long weekend to people trying to bring fruit into South Australia. A roadblock set up at Blanchetown collected more than 100 kilograms of ... more

  • Doubt cast over permanent fruit fly roadblock

    Created Thu, 4th of Mar 2010

    The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) says a permanent fruit fly roadblock on the Calder Highway is unlikely to be the best way to protect horticultural industries around Mildura and Swan ... more

  • Carp take over highlands lake

    Created Wed, 3rd of Mar 2010

    The Inland Fisheries Service is working to control an explosion of carp numbers in Tasmania's central highlands. It is estimated about a dozen carp escaped into Lake Sorell last October and the ... more

  • Setback for bid to rid Tasmania of carp

    Created Wed, 3rd of Mar 2010

    A 15-year Tasmanian Government program to eradicate carp has been derailed by a major spawning late last year. Since December, 14,000 carp have been found and caught in Lake Sorell, and the Inland ... more

  • Riverland stepping up fruit fly watch

    Created Wed, 3rd of Mar 2010

    Road blocks will be set up in the South Australian Riverland for the long weekend to watch for fruit fly problems. There have been two outbreaks in Adelaide in recent weeks, one at Wingfield, the ... more

  • Flying fox influx sparks fears for crops

    Created Tue, 2nd of Mar 2010

    Hundreds of flying foxes descending on Orange are threatening orchards just outside of town. Locals have grave fears for the apple crops after an estimated 500 to 1,000 grey-headed flying foxes ... more

  • Rains pose camel threat to pastures

    Created Tue, 2nd of Mar 2010

    A Central Australian pastoralist says rains in Alice Springs could attract more camels looking for greener pastures. Ashley Severin, from Curtin Springs, 100 kilometres east of Uluru, says camels ... more

  • NSW orchardists battle the bats

    Created Tue, 2nd of Mar 2010

    Fruit bats have devastated apple orchards in the Sydney Basin. Orchardists say the bats, or flying foxes, have been pushed out of Sydney suburbs because of housing development. They want the NSW ... more

  • Orange orchardists battle the bats

    Created Tue, 2nd of Mar 2010

    Almost 1000 flying foxes have made an unusual appearance in Orange in central west NSW, causing great anxiety to apple growers. Orchardists in the Sydney basin recently lost up to 50 per cent of ... more

  • Research into how maremmas guard livestock

    Created Fri, 26th of Feb 2010

    The mystery of why maremmas, the Italian guard dogs, are so good at protecting livestock from wild dog attacks is hoped to be uncovered by new research. Biosecurity Queensland are putting tracking ... more

  • ID tags for culled roos

    Created Fri, 26th of Feb 2010

    Kangaroo harvesters in southern Queensland will trial electronic tags in an effort to improve standards and re-open international markets. They'll use radio frequency identification devices to ... more

  • NSW locust warnings escalate

    Created Thu, 25th of Feb 2010

    There are warnings plague locusts could be sweeping NSW within weeks if landholders fail to report sightings of the pest. Widespread rain has fuelled pasture growth, enabling locust numbers to ... more

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