MACHINERY

Parthenium alert for grain harvest in NSW and Queensland

WITH an above average grain harvest on the cards, the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has alerted people bringing harvesting machinery into New South Wales from Queensland that they are required by law to ensure machinery is free of the parthenium weed and its seeds.

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The NSW DPI is urging those travelling interstate with harvest gear to be diligent with machinery clean down.

The NSW DPI is urging those travelling interstate with harvest gear to be diligent with machinery clean down.

NSW DPI State Priority Weeds coordinator, Nicola Dixon, said that while harvesters are high-risk, all machinery and vehicles which have been in parthenium weed areas of Queensland should be properly cleaned...

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