On today’s Landline they were talking about Pasture dieback disease.
Which made me wonder about agricultural pandemics such as Varroa mite and paralysis tick.
What are the worst agricultural pandemics in the world today and how is progress towards eliminating them?
vesicular stomatitis, eastern equine encephalitis, african swine fever, equine piroplasmosis, let someone else take measures
SCIENCE said:
vesicular stomatitis, eastern equine encephalitis, african swine fever, equine piroplasmosis, let someone else take measures
Thanks! Good start.
I liked the remedy of planting oats. It would be interesting to know what else could be planted. Chicory?. Sorghum?
sarahs mum said:
I liked the remedy of planting oats. It would be interesting to know what else could be planted. Chicory?. Sorghum?
Remedy for what?
Michael V said:
sarahs mum said:
I liked the remedy of planting oats. It would be interesting to know what else could be planted. Chicory?. Sorghum?
Remedy for what?
The mealy bug that is eating Italian and native grass root systems. Lot of Nthn QLD is having pasture dieback atm.
sarahs mum said:
Michael V said:
sarahs mum said:
I liked the remedy of planting oats. It would be interesting to know what else could be planted. Chicory?. Sorghum?
Remedy for what?
The mealy bug that is eating Italian and native grass root systems. Lot of Nthn QLD is having pasture dieback atm.
Ta.
> I liked the remedy of planting oats. It would be interesting to know what else could be planted.
Ditto. You saw the program. Yes. Pasture oats is resistant to pasture dieback that kills imported and native grasses.
Michael V said:
sarahs mum said:
Michael V said:Remedy for what?
The mealy bug that is eating Italian and native grass root systems. Lot of Nthn QLD is having pasture dieback atm.
Ta.
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pastures-and-rangelands/establishment-mgmt/pests-and-diseases/pasture-dieback#:~:text=Q%20%26%20A%20session-,About%20pasture%20dieback,in%20these%20areas%20is%20low.
https://www.mla.com.au/globalassets/mla-corporate/research-and-development/program-areas/grazing-and-pasture-management/pasture-mealybugs-technical-note.pdf
https://cms.qut.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/786066/pasture-mealybugs-technical-note.pdf
Interesting that white ground pearl was also mentioned but not pink ground pearl.
Two things to be noticed first is that the problem was first noticed in Qld where ground pearls are abundant and it is the pink ground pear that is the problem in sugar cane.. They are also abundant in northern NSW and WA. In WA it is the pink ground pearl that does more damage since grasses seem to tolerate high numbers of white ground pearls without noticeable damage.
roughbarked said:
https://www.mla.com.au/globalassets/mla-corporate/research-and-development/program-areas/grazing-and-pasture-management/pasture-mealybugs-technical-note.pdfhttps://cms.qut.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/786066/pasture-mealybugs-technical-note.pdf
Interesting that white ground pearl was also mentioned but not pink ground pearl.
Two things to be noticed first is that the problem was first noticed in Qld where ground pearls are abundant and it is the pink ground pear that is the problem in sugar cane.. They are also abundant in northern NSW and WA. In WA it is the pink ground pearl that does more damage since grasses seem to tolerate high numbers of white ground pearls without noticeable damage.
mollwollfumble said:
On today’s Landline they were talking about Pasture dieback disease.Which made me wonder about agricultural pandemics such as Varroa mite and paralysis tick.
What are the worst agricultural pandemics in the world today and how is progress towards eliminating them?
I think we need to worry not about the worst pandemics in the world and concentrate more on our pandemics. To lead, we need to wash our own hands first.
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
On today’s Landline they were talking about Pasture dieback disease.Which made me wonder about agricultural pandemics such as Varroa mite and paralysis tick.
What are the worst agricultural pandemics in the world today and how is progress towards eliminating them?
I think we need to worry not about the worst pandemics in the world and concentrate more on our pandemics. To lead, we need to wash our own hands first.
Another part of that program was the cattle tick.
Interesting that it all revolves around pasturing cattle.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
On today’s Landline they were talking about Pasture dieback disease.Which made me wonder about agricultural pandemics such as Varroa mite and paralysis tick.
What are the worst agricultural pandemics in the world today and how is progress towards eliminating them?
I think we need to worry not about the worst pandemics in the world and concentrate more on our pandemics. To lead, we need to wash our own hands first.
Another part of that program was the cattle tick.
Interesting that it all revolves around pasturing cattle.
Cattle are well known for their benefits (we will talk about these first). Amongst these benefits is a link to the much abused biodynamics. which in its own way is linked to permaculture.
Both nuch poo pooed as woo by so many scientists and farmers as well.
It is probably time they listened?
Soils are a very important component of pasture lands and though these differ in many places, we tend to expect the same production levels from them.
I’m not going to rave on about the numbers of microbes in a thimble full of soil but only to bring them to the attention of Mollwoll since his mention of pandemic seems only to be concentrating on single organisms.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-08-28/history-repeats-as-destructive-mealybug-identified-in-dieback/11455468
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-08-28/history-repeats-as-destructive-mealybug-identified-in-dieback/11455468
> there are no emergency permits for pesticide use
Now that’s both ridiculous and stupid.
There have to be emergency permits for such things. For covid-19 antivirals as well.
mollwollfumble said:
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-08-28/history-repeats-as-destructive-mealybug-identified-in-dieback/11455468
> there are no emergency permits for pesticide use
Now that’s both ridiculous and stupid.
There have to be emergency permits for such things. For covid-19 antivirals as well.
“Pesticides are not the solution for this one; for large-scale control, it’s not appropriate.”
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-08-28/history-repeats-as-destructive-mealybug-identified-in-dieback/11455468
> there are no emergency permits for pesticide use
Now that’s both ridiculous and stupid.
There have to be emergency permits for such things. For covid-19 antivirals as well.
“Pesticides are not the solution for this one; for large-scale control, it’s not appropriate.”
Such actions interfere with the breeding of predatory insects and may be toxic to other predators suchs as birds.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:> there are no emergency permits for pesticide use
Now that’s both ridiculous and stupid.
There have to be emergency permits for such things. For covid-19 antivirals as well.
“Pesticides are not the solution for this one; for large-scale control, it’s not appropriate.”
Such actions interfere with the breeding of predatory insects and may be toxic to other predators suchs as birds.
Agribusiness already impacts the soil life in so many ways always seeking the holy grail without simply revering it, respecting it. Being the most efficient may have its garlands but being the most wholesome is perhaps the gravel rash alternative.
ref: gravel rash = multigrain bread.
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-08-28/history-repeats-as-destructive-mealybug-identified-in-dieback/11455468
> there are no emergency permits for pesticide use
Now that’s both ridiculous and stupid.
There have to be emergency permits for such things. For covid-19 antivirals as well.
“Pesticides are not the solution for this one; for large-scale control, it’s not appropriate.”
Which is why it needs an emergency permit to be used very early, before it spreads.