Vehicle movement and buffer zones

Summary

Vehicles and machinery coming onto a farm are a high risk for introducing pests including insects, mites, nematodes, weed seeds and diseases.

Delivery vehicles often travel from one farm to the next which creates a lot of opportunities for pests to hitch a ride to your farm and into your crop. Contractors for crop monitoring, sowing, spraying and harvesting are also moving from farm to farm.

Topics covered by this factsheet include:

• Vehicle and machinery movement
• Buffer zones