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Foot-and-mouth disease
Effective emergency animal disease responses rely on strong collaboration between government and industry, with the LLI role ensuring producer perspectives inform decisions.
Australia’s feedlot sector has made a major uplift in biosecurity, improving preparedness for emergency animal diseases through updated standards, tools and training.
Autumn is the ideal time to tighten farm biosecurity. Taking early action on weeds, machinery hygiene and feral animals can reduce risk and set up a productive winter.
Pests and diseases often spread through everyday movement on farm. Simple hygiene practices like ‘come clean, go clean’ can make a big difference.
Farm Biosecurity Producer of the Year 2025 Ella Matta Pastoral sets the national standard with simple, consistent and practical biosecurity.
Severe weather can spread pests, weeds and diseases across grain-growing properties. Early inspections, machinery hygiene, visitor management and regular monitoring help growers reduce post event biosecurity risks.
Not all feed is risk free. Contaminated feed could cause disease in your herd or even help spread serious emergency animal diseases like African swine fever and foot and mouth disease.
