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Are you happy? Identifying the why in you
09.10.2014Take home messages:• Know and play to your strengths;• get your thinking right;• invest in yourself; and• it's all about choices.
Region: National, South, North
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Developing Personal and Psychological Resilience
09.10.2014We need to accept that life is tough and develop strategies to deal with what we encounterThe most effective ways to develop resilience include; acceptance, listening to your inner voice, changing your self-talk, staying involved, getting
Region: National
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Update Paper
Grain Marketing- wheat, canola and barley outlook
09.10.2014• There are a number of year in year out grain marketing strategies that will work most of the time:o Target the January – April sweet spot for old season wheat sales and new season forward sales, and avoid selling mid year.o Sell malt barley
Region: National
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Update Paper
Integrated farming systems for a sustainable future - what is the…
18.09.2014• Unlike other southern states, livestock numbers on cropping farms in NSW have increased since the end of the last drought, even though they are being supported by less land. • Soil organic matter is the main long-term sustainability concern
Region: National
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Modern machinery: Making it work efficiently
16.09.2014Take Home Messages:• All machinery has a cost and the decision to buy the machine or pay somebody else for its use, is never an easy one.• The future as I see it is machinery operating with nobody in the driving seat.
Region: National
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Business structures for the family farm
16.09.2014• To successfully manage and run a family farm business you need to establish a solid foundation. This foundation is composed of various structures and strategies, what we call “tools in the shed” along with a sound understanding of how these
Region: National
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Update Paper
Technology opportunities for the farming business eXtensionAUS
26.08.2014• The eXtensionAUS pilot is attempting to unite many of the features of online extension and create a communication network that harnesses the reach of social media and online collaboration and tests the applicability of the approach for the
Region: National
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Update Paper
Weather forecasting for the next decade
26.08.2014• The importance of weather and seasonal forecasting cannot be overstated for modern farming practices.• The practice of weather forecasting has changed over the last 25 years.• It is unreasonable to expect forecasts beyond seven to 10 days to
Region: National
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Update Paper
Integrated farming systems for a sustainable future - what is the…
26.08.2014• Unlike other southern states, livestock numbers on cropping farms in NSW have increased since the end of the last drought, even though they are being supported by less land. • Soil organic matter is the main long-term sustainability concern
Region: National
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Update Paper
Preparing your business for the 21st century
26.08.2014• Key questions – requested by growers and advisers:o What makes for good farm business management into the 21st Century?,o what business fundamentals should advisers be encouraging their clients to adopt?; and,o what key tools and strategies
Region: National