Irrigation Insights 2024

Event Name
Irrigation Insights 2024
Start Date
End Date
Duration
22 hours
Description

Program

Wednesday 24 July

6:30pm Gala Dinner Celebrating 25 years of irrigated RD&E

Special Guest Speaker: Renee Anderson, Farmer Thursday 25 July 9am to 4:30pm conference Program Highlights Exploring Marketing and Consumer Trends

  • Exploring Marketing and Consumer Trends for Australian Grains – Ron Storey, Storey Marketing
  • New Technolgy in Weed Control – Michael Walsh, Gulbali Institute for Agriculture, Water and Environment, Charles Sturt University
  • Latest Advances in Nitrogen Fertiliser – Helen Suter School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne.
  • Over the Gate – practices and innovation driving on farm productivity Panel - Future proofing farm businesses – hear what other farmers are implementing to ensure productive sustainable businesses into the future.
  • Grain, Forage and Fodder – Mitigating Risk of Summer Crop Options – Kieran O’Keeffe Regional Extension Officer, CottonInfo and Yvette Williams, Research and Innovation Coordinator Murray Dairy
  • Best management of summer crops to mitigate risk, from sowing on time to finishing off. What can growers do to reduce their risk and what new advances in crops create greater crop rotations options
  • Seeds of Hope: The Aussie Hay Runners' Journey – Linda Widdup and Peter Wuthrich Aussie Hay Runners

An inspiring story about Aussie spirit and mateship and how a simple act of kindness can ripple outwards, igniting a wave of positivity. Meet the Aussie Hay Runners, ordinary people with extraordinary hearts, who have made it their mission to deliver not just hay but bundles of hope to farmers facing hardship!

For more information, please visit the Irrigation Farmers Network website

View the flyer for Irrigation Insights 2024

Region
North, South
Location
Rich River Golf Club Moama, Twenty Four Lane
Moama
NSW 2731
Contact name
Mel Mann
Contact email
Contact phone
Cost

Members (in AUD$) Conference and Gala Dinner = $160, Conference only = $90, Dinner only = $70
Non-members (in AUD$) Conference and Gala Dinner = $200, Conference only = $120, Dinner only = $85

Registration

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