Read the latest news in serrated tussock.

Intensifying the Attack on Serrated Tussock
The Victorian Serrated Tussock Working Party (VSTWP) in partnership with the Department of Primary Industries has been delevering programs in line with the Victorian Serrated Tussock Strategy, "Intensifying the Attack on Serrated Tussock 2005-2010". Continuing hard work by landowners in partnership with the Department of Primary Industries and the VSTWP has meant that the goals of the strategy are well under way to being realised. 
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Agricultural Consultant Takes The Serrated Tussock Chair
Moorabool agricultural consultant Jim Seager has recently been elected as Chair of the Victorian Serrated Tussock Working Party, the incorporated group responsible for overseeing serrated tussock control in Victoria.
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Throwing The Book At Serrated Tussock

An important new tool to help landholders and managers control serrated tussock is now available. The ‘National Serrated Tussock Best Practice Management Manual’ was launched in Victoria on Friday the 28th November 2008 attracting over 50 landholders and key stakeholders to the private property located in Bacchus Marsh.
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Serrated tussock - infestation to inferno
Infestations of the weed of national significance, Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma), have the potential to become an inferno this summer. This is a new threat from the weed that already causes major problems for farmers by reducing stock carrying capacity and to the environment by reducing grassland biodiversity.
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Money for tussock campaign
The Victorian Serrated Tussock Working Party has received over $19,000 from the latest Caring for our Country Community Action Grants. Money will be distributed to community groups in the Corangamite Catchment to raise awareness of serrated tussock. Applications will open in April 2010.
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Herbicide resistance confirmed in Rowsley Valley
Victorian land managers controlling serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma) face a new threat - herbicide resistance. Populations of resistant plants have been found at several locations in Victoria and New South Wales.
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Tussock Times March 2010

Click here to view the March 2010 edition of the Tussock Times Newsletter. An informative publication by the VSTWP.
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MAFFRA: Serrated tussock management and herbicide resistance forum

The DPI and VSTWP will be holding a forum in Maffra on Monday 16th August for land managers to learn how to effectively manage serrated tussock and how to avoid herbicide resistance through integrated weed management.
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