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Your Best Tool Against Redlegged Earth Mites Find Your Spray Date NOW

What are RLEM?

Redlegged Earth Mites (RLEM) is an introduced pasture and crop pest in southern Australia. It is estimated that RLEM infest 20 million ha of pasture, causing $200 million damage to the wool industry alone.
Read more about the damage RLEM causes

What is Timerite?

CSIRO, with funding from Australian Wool Innovation AWI, developed a model which predicts the optimal date for spraying in spring to achieve optimal control of RLEM the following autumn.
Read more about Timerite®

Do you have Redlegged Earth Mites?Are you at risk of RLEM damage next autumn?What are the management options for RLEM?
When managing RLEM, the first step to check is whether your pastures have it. Once you’ve checked whether you have RLEM, before you spray it is important to understand the risk level your paddock has for RLEM damage next autumn. If you have RLEM in spring then spraying on your paddock’s Timerite® date is the safest way to minimise the damage to your pastures next autumn.
Download and use the RLEM Pasture Check (PDF 24 Kb) to do this. Use our RLEM RISK Calculator to do this. Find your Timerite® Spray Date

Contact

For help with getting your Timerite® date on questions on RLEM management: AWI Helpline 1800 070 099

For information on AWI’s Pasture Pest Management Projects:
Lu Hogan Program Manager Sustainable Production Systems Australian Wool Innovation Call (02) 8295 3100.

Case Studies

“By going in and spraying in spring I’m absolutely confident that I won’t have a problem in autumn in new pastures.” Tony Beck, SA.

Read about how farmers are managing RLEM on their farms.

 

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