2009/2010 CROPPING EVENTS DIARY – SOUTHERN REGION ISSUED – MAY 2009 Date Event Venue June 17 Women’s Agronomy Group BCG June (TBC) July 1 WANTFA Regional Workshop WA ABARE Regional Outlook Conference Birchip Cropping Group Expo Dinner Birchip Cropping Group Grains Research Expo WANTFA Post Seeding Field Walk Armidale NSW July 1 Ag-Grow Field Day Community Leisure Centre, Birchip VIC Birchip P –12 School VIC Meckering & Cunderdin WA Emerald, QLD July 14 VNTFA Winter Crop Walk North East VIC July 16 VNTFA Winter Crop Walk Western VIC July 17 VNTFA Winter Crop Walk Wimmera VIC July 21 VNTFA Winter Crop Walk Southern VIC July 21 Healthy Soils Workshop – Soil Biology & Organic Matter VNTFA Winter Crop Walk Donald, VIC Skipton VIC July 27-29 GRDC Grower Update Southern Region GRDC Grower Update Southern Region MacKillop Sponsors & Members Dinner Mudgee Small Farm Field Day Australian Grain Industry Conference 2009 National Fodder Conference July 28 Hart Field Site Group Winter Walk July 28 Healthy Soils Workshop – Soil Biology & Organic Matter July 2 July 8 (TBC) July 9-11 July 23 Jul 23 Jul 24 July 24 July 24-25 July 27-29 Mallee VIC Launceston TAS Struan House SA Mudgee, NSW Melbourne VIC Fremantle WA Charlton, VIC Contact Margaret O’Keefe 03 5492 2787 Kaye Phillips-Webb 0427 223 395 www.abare.gov.au Margaret O’Keefe 03 5492 2787 Margaret O’Keefe 03 5492 2787 Kaye Phillips-Webb 0427 223 395 www.aggrow.com.au/in dex.asp Vanessa Grieger 03 5382 0422 Vanessa Grieger 03 5382 0422 Vanessa Grieger 03 5382 0422 Vanessa Grieger 03 5382 0422 Margaret O’Keefe 03 5492 2787 Vanessa Grieger 03 5382 0422 Jon Lamb 08 8362 5417 Jon Lamb 08 8362 5417 Krysteen McElroy 0408 655 108 www.arec.com.au/ Rosemary Richards 02 9427 6999 Colin Peace 03 9530 2199 Monica Trengove 0417 803 386 Margaret O’Keefe 03 5492 2787 Date July 29 Event Venue 2009 Conservation Agriculture Conference GRDC Grower Update Southern Region Soil to Grain Workshop Dubbo NSW Griffith NSW Aug 10-11 GRDC Grower Update Southern Region GRDC Grower Update Southern Region Nyngan Ag Expo Aug 10-13 LRCP Workshop/Conference Upper EP SA Aug 11 GRDC Grower Update Southern Region GRDC Grower Update Southern Region MacKillop Group Study Tour – Precision Ag & Irrigation Systems Commonwealth Bank AgQuip Field Day GRDC Grower Update Southern Region GRDC Grower Update Southern Region Women’s Agronomy Group Cummins SA GRDC Grower Update Southern Region MSF Kerribee Field Day West Wyalong NSW Euston NSW Sep (TBC) Sep 1 WANTFA Regional Workshop WA MSF Waikerie Field Day Waikerie SA Sep 2 VNTFA Spring Crop Walk North East VIC Sept 3 Rural Women’s Conference Condobolin Sep 4 VNTFA Spring Crop Walk Mallee VIC Sept 4 Adelaide, SA Sept 4 Precision Ag Conference and SPAA AGM CWFS Field Day Sep 7 VNTFA Spring Crop Walk Southern VIC Sept 7-8 Canberra, ACT Sep 9 7th Australian Controlled Traffic Farming Conference VNTFA Spring Crop Walk Sep 9 WANTFA Spring Field Day Meckering WA Sep 10 7th Annual VNTFA Conference VIC Jul 29 Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 12 Aug 16-21 Aug 18-20 Aug 19 Aug 20 Aug 20 Aug 26 Aug 27 Nhill VIC Wimmera (tbc) Tocumwal NSW Nyngan NSW Minnipa SA SE QLD Gunnedah, NSW Jamestown SA Loxton SA BCG, VIC Merriwagga, NSW Wimmera VIC Contact Neville Gould 0427 452 488 Jon Lamb 08 8362 5417 Margaret O’Keefe 03 5492 2787 Jon Lamb 08 8362 5417 Jon Lamb 08 8362 5417 www.nynexpo.com Geoff Thomas 0419 781 469 Jon Lamb 08 8362 5417 Jon Lamb 08 8362 5417 Krysteen McElroy 0408 655 108 www.farmonline.com. au/events/agquip Jon Lamb 08 8362 5417 Jon Lamb 08 8362 5417 Margaret O’Keefe 03 5492 2787 Jon Lamb 08 8362 5417 Nicole Dimos 0427 219 103 Kaye Phillips-Webb 0427 223 395 Nicole Dimos 0427 219 103 Vanessa Grieger 03 5382 0422 Lisa McFadyen 02 6895 1001 Vanessa Grieger 03 5382 0422 Kirstie Murphy 0437 422 000 Lisa McFadyen 02 6895 1001 Vanessa Grieger 03 5382 0422 Sally Brown 07 3201 2808 Vanessa Grieger 03 5382 0422 Kaye Phillips-Webb 0427 223 395 Vanessa Grieger 03 5382 0422 Date Sep 10 Sep 10-11 Sept 13-16 Sep 14-16 Sep 15 Event Venue Birchip Cropping Group Main Field Day Precision Agriculture in Australasia Watchupga Field Day Site, VIC University of New England, Armidale, NSW 14th Australian Barley Technical Symposium (ABTS) Novotel Twin Waters, Sunshine Coast, QLD Ballarat VIC th 16 Australian Research Assembly on Brassicas Hart Field Day Narrabri, NSW Sep 16 15th NSW Biennial Noxious Weeds Conference – Old and New – Changes in Weed Management Minnipa Ag Centre Field Day Sep 17 LEADA Spring Field Day Lower EP, SA Sep 18 Morchard SA Sep 18 Upper North Farming Systems Field Day CWFS Field Day Sept 22 CWFS Field Day Weethalle, NSW Sept 24 CWFS Field Day Tottenham, NSW Sep 29Oct 1 Sept 30 YP Field Days Paskeville SA CWFS Field Day Condo ARAS Oct 1 CWFS Field Day Wirrinya, NSW Oct 7 CWFS Field Day Oct 8 Southern Research & Demonstration Site Field Day Hart Bros Seeds Field Day Rankin Springs, NSW St Arnaud Field Day Site, VIC NSW Oct 28 Hart Field Site Group Spring Twilight Walk Australian National Field Days Birchip Cropping Group Members Only Field Day Women’s Agronomy Group Orange NSW Hopetoun WUE Research Site, VIC BCG Oct 28-29 MacKillop Field Days Sept 15-17 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 20-22 Oct 23 Minnipa SA Euabalong, NSW Contact Margaret O’Keefe 03 5492 2787 David Lamb 02 6773 3565 Mark Trotooer 02 6773 2465 Kate abts09@yrd.com.au www.abts.com.au Angela Worthy 03 5362 2111 Monica Trengove 0417 803 386 Heather Apps 0427 080 567 Naomi Scholz 08 8680 6233 Kieran Wauchope 08 8688 3409 Charlton Jeisman 08 8664 1408 Lisa McFadyen 02 6895 1001 Lisa McFadyen 02 6895 1001 Lisa McFadyen 02 6895 1001 Elaine Bussenschutt 08 8827 2040 Lisa McFadyen 02 6895 1001 Lisa McFadyen 02 6895 1001 Lisa McFadyen 02 6895 1001 Margaret O’Keefe 03 5492 2787 Bernard Hart 0428 247 206 Monica Trengove 0417 803 386 www.anfd.com.au Margaret O’Keefe 03 5492 2787 Margaret O’Keefe 03 5492 2787 Krysteen McElroy 0408 655 108 2010 Date Feb 16-17 Event Venue GRDC Adviser Update Southern Region GRDC Adviser Update Southern Region GRDC Adviser Update Northern Region Agribusiness Crop Update Western Region GRDC Adviser Update Southern Region GRDC Adviser Update Northern Region 2010 Australasian Milling Conference CICILS IPTIC Convention Wagga Wagga NSW Ballarat VIC June 21-24 Australian Summer Grains Conference (ASGC) RACV Royal Pines, Gold Coast, QLD July 26-28 Australian Grain Industry Conference 19th World Congress of Soil Science Melbourne VIC Feb 23-24 Feb 23-24 Feb 23-24 Mar 3-4 Mar 3-4 Apr 13-15 May 1-4 Aug 1-6 Dubbo NSW Perth WA Adelaide SA Goondiwindi QLD Melbourne VIC Brisbane, QLD Brisbane, QLD Contact Matt McCarthy 03 5441 6176 Matt McCarthy 03 5441 6176 John Cameron 02 9482 4930 Greg Shea 08 9081 3112 Matt McCarthy 03 5441 6176 John Cameron 02 9482 4930 Graeme Lukey 03 9819 1433 Gavin Gibson 02 4997 6468 Kate asgc10@yrd.com.au Rosemary Richards 02 9427 6999 www.ccm.com.au/soil A service from the Communicators linked with Jon Lamb Communications To add information contact: Jon Lamb, Jon Lamb Communications Ph: 08 8362 5417 Fax: 08 8363 1052 E-mail: jlcom@chariot.net.au Ref.17.8.agdiary2009