NSW Fall Armyworm livestock industries update

This year’s Fall Armyworm infestations have been the most severe to date across Queensland and northern New South Wales due to favourable breeding conditions.

While FAW has become a pest of corn and sorghum in recent years, it is also now affecting some winter crops, including oats which have been sown either for winter feed or hay.

Hosted by Local Land Services, join QDAF Principal Entomologist Melina Miles and Jenene Kidston from NSW DPI Farm chemicals team to learn more about Fall Armyworm in NSW including:

  • Current impacts and extent of the FAW infestation
  • Identification
  • Lifecycle
  • Sustainable solutions and control options for managing the pest
  • Potential activity over the season ahead

Please click on the link to the registration form to register your interest in attending this online webinar.

Once we have received your registration, a link will be emailed to you before the event.

SPEAKERS:

Jenene Kidston
Manager Farm Chemicals team
NSW Department of Primary Industries, Biosecurity and Food Safety Division

Jenene Kidston is the Manager of the Farm Chemicals team, with the NSW Department of Primary Industries, Biosecurity and Food Safety Division. The team focuses on agricultural and veterinary chemicals policy, meeting the needs of biosecurity response and ensuring primary producers have access to chemicals, biologicals and information they need to produce safe food for both domestic and international consumers.
Melina Miles
Principal Entomologist
QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Melina Miles is Principal Entomologist with the QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, and leader of the Field Crops Entomology Team, based in Toowoomba. A focus of Melina's research seeks to develop an understanding of insect pest impact crops, in particular the development of economic thresholds to guide decisions about the need for control. Research and extension activities that support the adoption of Integrated Pest Management is a key focus of the DAF Entomology team, in particular the development of readily available online technical information (e.g. the Beatsheet Blog), and workshops for growers and advisers.

When
21 May 2024 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm

Region
Statewide

Where
Online webinar - a link will be emailed on registration

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