While spending the day touring and meeting Sheepvention exhibitors, Mr Hardman launched the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority’s (GHCMA) Soil Health Strategy and Soil Health Plan, Regional Weed Plan and the New Weeds of the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment booklet.
Mr Hardman said pest plants are among the most serious and costly threat to primary production and native biodiversity in the region.
“It is estimated that weeds cost the Australian economy around $4 billion annually from their agricultural impact,” he said.
- Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture Ben Hardman discusses the Soil Health Strategy and Soil Health Plan with DPI’s Lina Peralainen
Documents were produced by Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority in partnership with DPI, the Department of Sustainability and Environment and industry representatives, to assist the catchment community in managing the regions bountiful natural resources.
