GRDC Grains Research Update – Grenfell

Discuss the latest farm-ready information to improve profit with researchers, agronomists and leading growers at the Grenfell GRDC Grains Research Update.

Topics:

• The science under pinning farm gate GHG footprint and what it means for a grain growing enterprise. Aaron Simmons (NSW DPI)
• Integrating data from high resolution earth observation satellites and drones into on-farm decision making. Tim Neale (DataFarming) & Paul Tognetti (Grenfell grower)
• Cereal disease management update for winter 2024 Steven Simpfendorfer (NSW DPI)
• Farming systems – profit over time and risk. Tony Swan (CSIRO) & Rohan Brill (Brill Ag)
  • Pulses - their value in the farming system and using the best pulse for the system
  • System sustainability - biological nitrogen vs fertiliser, accounting for the grazing component in mixed farming systems.
• N Bank, N Budget, N Balance – which is right for me?Chris Dowling (Back Paddock Co)
• What's new in stubble management? Stripper fronts, discs versus knife points, pre-emergent herbicides, risks, strategies to manage very high stubble loads.Tony Swan (CSIRO)
• The agro's perspective - panel session on optimising control of annual ryegrass. Fitting new pre-ems into the system; disc vs tyne planters; issues managing double knocks; role of non-chemical strategies. Bill Webb (AGnVET Services), James Ingrey (Delta Ag) & Greg Condon (Grassroots Agronomy)

Registration: 8:30am for a 9am start. Finish 2:45pm. Cost: $30 pp. (Cheques payable to ICAN Pty. Ltd.). Morning tea, lunch and proceedings provided.

(Agenda subject to change)

Cost (in AUD$): $30