Beetles set to get our pastures out of the crap

Gregor Heard
Updated October 15 2020 - 8:23am, first published 6:30am
Dung beetles can help improve pastures by eliminating dung and leading to less habitat for flies and nematodes.
Dung beetles can help improve pastures by eliminating dung and leading to less habitat for flies and nematodes.

A NEW species of dung beetle has been imported into Australia to help fill seasonal gaps in activity of native dung beetle species and reduce the amount of animal dung for flies and nematodes to breed up in.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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