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It’s impossible to manage what we don’t understand! We are seeking help from farmers and advisors working with pastures to identify the nature of pasture pest problems in your region
In the last 10 years there has been an increase in reports of insect pest problems in pastures and lucerne. These include true insects as well as other pests such as mites, slugs, snails and millipedes.
New research is now being conducted to shed greater light on the problem. To date, the challenge has been the variable nature across farms, regions, seasons and years. This in turn makes it hard for farmers to determine the best management approach, making it a costly exercise to sort out.
A team of researchers from PastureWise, cesar, the University of Melbourne and AgResearch will work to pinpoint the insects damaging pastures that should lead to improved methods to combat the pests. To ensure the research is as detailed as possible, farmers and advisors working with pastures are encouraged to complete a short, online survey. The survey can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AUInsects.
This work is being supported by Dairy Australia. If you have any questions regarding this survey please do not hesitate to contact project leader, Stuart Kemp, at PastureWise on 0437 278 873 or stuartkemp@pasturewise.com.au.
What is PestFacts?
PestFacts south-eastern keeps growers and advisers informed about invertebrate pests and beneficials in broadacre crops and pastures during the winter-cropping season in Victoria and southern New South Wales.
PestFacts south-eastern is run through IPMforGrains: Best Practice Insect Pest Management, a project delivered by the National Pest Information Network (cesar, DPIRD, QDAF, NSW DPI, and SARDI). This project aims to provide grain growers and advisors with information on invertebrate grain pest occurrence and equip industry with the knowledge needed to implement integrated pest management practices. This initiative is a GRDC investment and includes in-kind contributions from all project partner organisations.
We need your reports
PestFacts is produced on an ʻas-needsʼ basis and relies upon pest observations and field reports from our subscribers. If you have recently observed invertebrate pests (or beneficial species) in broadacre crops, please contact us to report your observations.
Agricultural invertebrate identification
If you are a grower or agronomist in Victoria or NSW working with broadacre crops or pastures, we can assist you with identifying invertebrates found on farms at no cost. Please contact us for identification help.
PestFacts map
PestFacts map is an interactive tool that allows users to search and view historical pest reports across Victoria and NSW. The map is updated with each issue of PestFacts to include new reports.
How to acknowledge PestFacts?
With appropriate acknowledgement, cesar grants permission to reproduce information taken directly from PestFacts. To cite PestFacts: “PestFacts south-eastern (<<enter date published>>). cesar pty ltd.”
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