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The exotic pest fall armyworm has been detected on islands in the Torres Strait, Bamaga in Cape York, at Croyden in the Gulf country, South Johnstone, Tolga and Lakeland in Queensland.
The survey ‘field’ work for the 2020 Farm Biosecurity Producer Survey will be starting soon.
The winners of the 2020 Farm Biosecurity Producer of the Year Award are Templeton Farming Enterprises and Seafarms Group.
The fly called spotted wing drosophila (SWD, Drosophila suzukii) is emerging as a global plant pest of significance. It attacks a range of soft skinned fruit and reduces crop yield and quality through direct feeding damage and secondary infection of the fruit.
There are many upsides to keeping animals, from domestic and exotic pets through to species traditionally kept as livestock.
For more than a decade, a small group of farmers have been growing coffee bushes in Far North Queensland and northern New South Wales, and in 2011 the first coffee made from commercially grown Australian beans hit the market.
When buying livestock, value for money is the first and foremost concern, as producers want to know that the stock they are purchasing will be productive and profitable.
