TO LEBAYCID FOR FRUIT FLY. From the circular from Bayer, the manufacturers
of Lebaycid, it is plain that growers have to get familiar with other products.
BIRD NETTING Talk to Glenn about pre-season deals now on 0407389516 PASTURE TRIAL INTO HAY The Brookhampton pasture trial site was cut for hay during the third week of October. Five different rye grasses and 3 Oat and Barley varieties of were planted. Records of the hay yield from each variety will be recorded. At the time of cutting the seed heads were just appearing on the rye grasses and oats. The Moby forage barley was well into head, so may not be a variety suited to our hay cutting district due to its early season. The pasture trial has been a good exercise to see new pasture types perform under farmer-run conditions. Thank you to Fil Giancono in Lowden and Mick Gray at Hampden Farm for allowing us to use their properties for the trial.
Above: Elgin oats just prior to cutting for hay in Brookhampton. Left: Tetrone rye from the trial pasture trial in Brookhampton being cut for hay.
Trespassers ... An elderly man in the Atherton Tablelands had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond in the back. It was properly shaped for swimming, so he ixed it up nice with picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some mango and lychee trees. One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, as he hadn't been there for a while, and look it over. He grabbed a twenty litre bucket to bring back some fruit. As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he came closer, he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his pond. He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end. One of the women shouted to him, 'we're not coming out until you leave!' The old man frowned, 'I didn't come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or make you get out of the pond naked.' Holding the bucket up he said, 'I'm here to feed the crocodile...'
Some old men can still think fast.
Fruit Fly Update
PASTURE TRIAL INTO HAY
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180 SOUTH WEST HIGHWAY DONNYBROOK WA 6239 PH: (08) 97 311 101 FAX: (08) 97 311 777 www.donnybrookfarmservice.com
THE FRUIT FLY EDITION! Below is a circular distributed by Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd in relation to their product Leybaycid (chemical Fenthion), and its possible withdrawal from the market. To Whom It May Concern, 12th September 2012
UPDATE ON THE REVIEW OF FENTHION Fenthion (Lebaycid) has been under review by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) since 1998. It has been anticipated for some time that the APVMA’s review would be completed during 2012 and their findings then acted upon by the APVMA. On 11th September 2012 the APVMA published its residues review findings for fenthion and signalled that it will suspend many of the uses currently found on the Lebaycid label. The APVMA has proposed suspending the use of fenthion/Lebaycid in the following crops: Apples, apricots, capsicum (post-harvest), cherries, citrus, cucurbits (except post-harvest use on melons), deciduous fruit, eggplant, figs, fruiting vegetables (except capsicums pre-harvest, chilli peppers postharvest and melons post-harvest), fruit trees (except tropical and subtropical inedible peel fruits), grapes, grapefruit, home garden uses on food producing plants, lemons, limes, loquats, mandarins, nectarines, olives (except treatment of nursery stock), oranges, peaches, pears, pepinos, persimmons (except inedible peel varieties), plums, pome fruit, quince, stone fruit, tomatoes. This means the following uses will remain approved on the Lebaycid label during the period of suspension: Capsicum (pre-harvest), chilli peppers (post-harvest flood spray), melons (post-harvest), olives (nursery stock only), ornamentals, outdoor and subfloor areas of houses, tropical and subtropical fruit inedible peel) (preharvest and post-harvest), (– including avocado, banana, breadfruit custard apple, durian, feijoa, guava, jackfruit, kiwi fruit, lychee, longan, tamarillo and tamarind, watermelon (post-harvest). The full text of the APVMA announcement can be found at: http://www.apvma.gov.au/news_media/media_releases/2012/mr2012-09.php It is anticipated that to affect a suspension the APVMA would cancel all existing labels for Lebaycid and then issue a permit to allow the continued use in the crops/situations set out above. We would expect this action to take place before the end of October 2012. If the APVMA does take this action the use of Lebaycid in the suspended crops will become illegal. Before this time we will be working with you to establish the best way to deal with the logistics of carrying through these changes. Any questions that are raised with you in relation to this matter can be directed to the APVMA website (address above) which has contact numbers for both farmer and media enquiries. We will provide you with more information as it becomes available. David Gregor, Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd, Regulatory Affairs Manager
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS TO LEBAYCID FOR FRUIT FLY From the circular from Bayer, the manufacturers of Lebaycid, it is plain that growers have to get familiar with other products to control Mediterranean Fruit Fly. Lebaycid is the only effective chemical to use once fruit has been struck, but there is much that can be done to prevent the strike happening. Baiting early in the season to kill juvenile flies prior to their mating and egg-laying is very effective. Baiting does have to be carried weekly and best commenced with the on-set of warm weather – beginning in December. The bait used contains two products: lure protein bait and a killing chemical. This is splashed onto the tree as droplets, but has to be applied weekly. Traps are another option for small scale orchards or as an indicator that flies are active. The bait in the trap contains a protein attractant and the flies enter the trap where they drown. Donnybrook Farm Service has a range of products and can advise on chemicals. Good information about fruit fly is available on the WA Government website: http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/medfly.htm
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