Panama TR4 program update
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In this issue:
- Christmas message from Program Leader, Rhiannon Evans
- 2020 – A Year in Review
- Industry to manage Panama TR4
- Panama TR4 Program Management Board update
- New biosecurity videos
In this issue:
- Program wins national biosecurity award
- Growers meet Board to discuss future management of Panama TR4
- What to expect when surveillance comes to your property
- Check your biosecurity ahead of La Nina wet season
In this situation update:
- Panama TR4 Program Management Board update
In this issue:
- Board approves Program strategy to protect the banana industry
- Program works with council on Tully River sand concerns
- Increased self-management of Panama TR4 on infested farms
- Queensland experience on the world stage
In this situation update:
- Panama TR4 Program Management Board update
In this issue:
- COVID-19 and the Program
- Update on fourth farm detected with the disease
- Government and industry management of the Panama TR4 Program
- Markets prove that locals know best
- Cassowary Coast Regional Council working with Program staff
- Keeping the community aware
- Licensed armourers and licensed dealers exempt from COVID-19 restrictions: assisting banana growers with feral pig control
- COVID-19 information
In this situation update:
- Suspect case of Panama TR4 confirmed
In this situation update:
- Biosecurity Queensland officers find new case of suspected Panama TR4
December 2019 – Year in Review
In this issue:
- A year with no new farms detected with the disease
- Making it easier to trade under a notice
- Panama TR4 features on Turf’n’Surf Podcast
- Being better prepared
In this issue:
- Biosecurity improves brunch quality and benefits bottom line
- Queensland hosts authorities from Colombia
- Surveillance schedule explained
- Tourists entering banana farms without permission
In this issue:
- Queensland response features at Australian Biosecurity Symposium
- Updated biosecurity tools and tips
- Emergency services helps minimise disease spread
- Panama education out and about
In this issue:
- Queensland Government reconfirms commitment to fight Panama TR4
- Shared management taking shape
- Tully hosts world rafting championship
- Panama TR4 at Australian banana industry congress
In this issue:
- Options for farming on TR4 affected land
- Understanding the impacts of Panama TR4
- Research re-confirms TR4 distribution in a bunching plant
- Erwinia on the rise
In this issue:
- Looking back on 2018
- Creative solutions to protecting farms
- Checking plants for TR4
- Don’t wait to get your biosecurity in order
In this issue:
- Making biosecurity work for your farm
- Thinking outside the box for biosecurity
- Farm visits still available
- Do your visitors know about Panama TR4?
In this issue:
- Banana growers visit Tully defence force training wing
- New agreement makes it easier for TR4 affected farms
- Working with industry to build capacity
- Panama TR4 ready campaign wraps up, and more.
In this issue:
- Thumbs up for Panama TR4 surveillance method
- Farming with Panama TR4 workshops a success
- Farm visits get growers Panama TR4 ready
- Swapping lab coats for gum boots, and more.
In this issue:
- Farming with Panama TR4 workshops.