Kicking off the 2025 PestFacts SA season. As the new growing season approaches, be aware for early pest activity in crops and pastures. South Australia's dry 2024 likely reduced many pest populations, but late-season moisture and volunteer crop
Port Pirie storm surge, extreme winds, waves and coastal flooding in September 2016
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Market prices, management costs, and time between crop inspection and pest control should all factor into deciding the need for taking action control a pest population. The ‘Economic Injury Level’ (EIL) is reached when the cost of pest control
Evaluating the logistical and economic feasibility of close-kin mark-recapture (CKMR) as a method to estimate Snapper biomass.
Preparing the next Snapper stock assessment in South Australia to be delivered in November 2025.
Australia produces around 1.3 million tonnes of export fodder each year, with a gross value of over $500 million (2024). South Australia and Victoria are key contributors to this sector, together accounting for 52% of national production. This
Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia). Since its discovery in South Australia in 2016, Russian wheat aphid (RWA) has been found widespread in cereal-growing regions of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania. Given the very dry
The time between GS30 (end of tillering, start of stem elongation) and GS50 (end of booting, flag leaf is out, start of head emergence) depends on weather, growing region and varieties. A rough indication for wheat and barley is shown in table 2,
Monitoring biological factors affecting juvenile Snapper in SA’s gulfs and studying the relationships between recruitment and potential environmental influences.