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Slugs are again making their presence known across the Riverine Plains, especially in canola.

Have Slugs Slid Off Your To-Do List?

After two years of above-average rainfall, slugs are again making their presence known across the Riverine Plains, especially in canola. The moist conditions experienced in Spring (and, for that matter, harvest/Summer) have created ideal breeding conditions for slugs. Damage is being reported in previously unaffected areas and has been severe enough to require re-sowing in some canola paddocks. 

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