Important Locust Update (PDF 270KB)  - The GRDC has warned that locusts will be a major issue throughout the southern cropping region this spring. The Australian Plague Locust Commission states that three generations of locusts have already hatched this season in the southern region as a result of widespread rain and favourable habitat conditions. Despite intensive attempts to control the current generation, eggs that were laid in autumn are expected to produce a widespread nymph (hopper) infestation in NSW, northern Victoria and eastern South Australia in spring, leading to another possible plague next summer. For further information please visit the Australian Plague Locust Commission (APLC).

New technical information on Applaud Insecticide, Delegate Insecticide, Gallery Herbicide, Legend Fungicide and Naturalure Fruit Fly Bait Concentrate in the Horticulture Section. 

Success^TM 2 Naturalyte^TM Insect Control Insecticide. Confidence in a drum. Visit the Success 2 Naturalyte product page to view a new video on this unique product that controls Lepidoptera (Heliothis, Diamondback moth, Lightbrown apple moth), Cherry slug and Western flower thrip in various horticultural, vegetable and tree crops.

GoalTender^TM Herbicide approved for selective control of broadleaf weeds and some grasses in fallow (prior to cereals and cotton), tree and nut crops, brassica vegetables, tobacco, coffee and pyrethrum. When compared with multiple applications of knockdown herbicides, GoalTender offers considerable savings in fuel and labour and there is less damage caused via tractors compacting the soil in the vineyard and/or orchard.

Disposing of empty chemical containers and unwanted rural chemicals ? Find out more on two national programs, drumMuster and ChemClear, here.