When:

Friday 23^rd September, 2011

Where:

The field day will be held on Edina Lane, on “Spring Valley” — This is located 7.8km north of Woomargama on the Hume Highway (Northbound) or 6km south of Holbrook on the Hume Highway (Southbound). Look for the field day signs.

Time:

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

What:

Beef Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) Field Day Edina Lane, “Spring Valley”

Carp, Kelp and Christmas Island, where to next with fertilisers?

Cost:

Free, everyone welcome

More Info?

Please Contact Holbrook Landcare on 02 6036 3181

Sponsors:

Holbrook Landcare and MLA

Program:

see below:

1:45 pm

Arrive

2:00 pm

Dr Jeff Hirth. Agronomist, Jeff Hirth Editorial & Agronomic Servivces

Results of the trial so far: pasture assessments and …

2:30 pm

Ian Locke. Owner “Spring Valley”

Producer insights of the 3 year trial

The next step — what happens now at the trial site

3:00 pm

Nigel Philips. NSW Industry & Investment Technical Specialist, Pastures

What are the lessons for producers from this trial and similar applied trials?

Can we free up Phosphorous in our soils?

4:00 pm

Finish

Tags: PDS, Producer Demonstration Site, Field Day

When:

Friday 23^rd September, 2011

Where:

Moglonemby Hall, Moglonemby Hall Road, Moglonemby

Time:

9:00 am to 3:30 pm

RSVP:

by phoning Clare at the Grassland Office on 03 5433 5324 or by emailing office at grasslands (see the link at bottom of page)

Cost:

$20 members

$40 non-members

Program:

see below:

9:00 am

Registrations

9:30 am

Demonstration Site

Leave hall and head to John Kelly’s MLA Producer Demonstration Site - overview of the day to be done on the bus.

9:45 am

Alison Desmond • DPI Benella

MLA PDS - Persistent and productive perennial pastures - latest trial results.

11:15 am

Morning Tea at Moglonemby Hall

11:30 am

Overview of EverGraze and the Grassland Society of Southern Aust

Thanks to sponsors and timeline for the remainder of the day.

11:45 am

Anita Morant • DPI Hamilton, Victorian EverGraze Extension Co- ordinator

Lucerne - The EverGraze Experience and Alternatives - EverGraze Wagga Proof Site results.

Kate Sargeant • National EverGraze Extension Leader

Alternatives to lucerne - includes time for questions.

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:15 pm

Jane Court • DPI Seymour

Using Grass Gro to investigate the effect of changing climates on livestock systems - includes time for questions.

2:00 pm

Cam Nicholson • Woady Yaloak Catchment Group

Issues around alternative fertilisers and how do you assess how they work for you.

2:30 pm

Afternoon Tea

2:45 pm

Cam Nicholson • Continued

3:15 pm

Wrap Up of Day and Evaluations

3:30 pm

Finish

Tags: Pasture Update

When:

Friday 23^rd September, 2011

Where:

Kyneton Racecourse (entrance off Lennox Street)

Time:

9:00 am to 3:20 pm

RSVP:

by phoning Clare at the Grassland Office on 03 5433 5324 or by emailing the office at grasslands (see link at bottom of page)

Cost:

$20 members

$40 non-members

Program:

see below:

9:00 am

Registrations

9:30 am

Introduction GSSA

9:40 am

Cam Nicholson - Woady Yaloak Catchment Group

Issues around alternative fertilisers and how do you assess how they work for you.

10:30 am

Stuart McColl - Cesar Consulting

Integrated Pest Management, in pastures. What we need to be looking out for this spring.

11:20 am

Allen Newman - Research Manager Heritage Seeds

Developing acid soil and grazing tolerant lucerne’s for South Eastern Australia.

12:00 pm

Board Bus with Lunch (lunch included)

12:20 am

Arrive at the O’Sullivan’s property “Theadon”, Pastoria

12:35 pm

Lisa Warn, Senior Consultant & Agronomist, Mackinnon Group, University of Melbourne

EverGraze supporting site – pasture species for prime lamb production and establishment of phalaris on acid soils.

Michael O’Sullivan, producer “Theadon”, Pastoria.

Michael Joss, Territory Manager, Seedmark

Perennial pasture species trial – featuring varieties of phalaris, cocksfoot, fescue and perennial ryegrass.

Lisa Warn, Mackinnon

Using Poultry litter as an alternative fertiliser.

3:00 pm

Board Bus to return to Kyneton

3:20 pm

Finish

Tags: Pasture Update

When:

Thursday 15^th September, 2011

Where:

See program below …

Time:

8:45 am to 5:00 pm

What:

Albury Wodonga Invites you to join us on a bus tour to the Evercrop site, Yerong Creek which is testing the effect of establishment method on four different perennial species and a look at vertical integration of the Yalandra Fine Foods production system including Scott Giltrap’s Jindera breeding farm and the East Albury retail butchery.

Details:

“PERENNIAL PASTURE ESTABLISHMENT METHODS AND VERTICALLY INTEGRATED MEAT PRODUCTION”

The tour will consist of two property visits, retail butcher visit, morning tea, BBQ lunch and coach travel for participants.

RSVP:

Register with Jeff Hirth (03 5726 5270 or jeffhirth@bigpond.com ) by Monday 15th August 2011.

More Info?

Please contact Marcus Richardson on 02 60412 085 (AH)

Program:

see below:

8:45 am

Coach departs from SS&A carpark, Wilson St. Albury

9:25 am

Gerogery Pick-up, opposite the Gerogery Hotel

9:35 am

Culcairn Pick-up, opposite the Culcairn Hotel

10:00 am

Evercrop Site at Yerong Creek

Morning Tea and Plot Inspection

Jeff McCormack will discuss the questions: Is sowing the pasture straight better than sowing it under a crop? Can perennial pastures be sown in spring successfully? Do different perennials respond differently? The perennial species include lucerne, chicory, phalaris and cocksfoot. The experiment has monitored the effects that establishment method continues to have on pasture and will be looking at the effects on the following crop.

1:00 pm

Waygu BBQ lunch and AGM at Yalandra, Jindera

2:00 pm

Yalandra farm in Jindera

Calum McBain will discuss vertical integration, pastures, Wagyu and Dorper sheep, worm farms and supplementary feeding.

4:00 pm

Yalandra Fine Foods in East Albury

Calum McBain will discuss meat retailing.

5:00 pm

Drop-off in Albury at the SS&A carpark in Wilson Street, Albury

5:40 pm

Gerogory drop-off opposite the Grerogery Hotel

5:50 pm

Culcairn drop-off opposite the Culcairn Hotel

Tags: Bus Tour

When:

Thursday 1^st September, 2011

Where:

Casterton Golf Club, Casterton - Penola Road, Casterton

Time:

9:00 am to 5:00 pm

RSVP:

For catering & transport by Tuesday 30th August with Andrew Speirs (03 5581 2826 or aspeirs@msanda.com.au).

Details:

Bus is available to transport to trial sites please book your seat.

Cost:

$20 members of CMC & GSSA

$40 non-members

New Members can join up either organisation at the update and receive $20 discount on membership fees.

Program:

see below:

9:00 am

Registrations Open

Tea and coffee on arrival

9:40 am

Welcome and introduction

Tim Prance, President, Grasslands Society of Southern Australia

9:45 am

Glenelg Hopkins, CMA

About the Catchment Management Authority

9:50 am

Cam Nicholson, Woady Yaloak Catchment Group

Effective nutrient sources and biological products and how farmers can set up their own trials and validate the results. For the past three years, the Woady Yaloak Catchment Group has been exploring the impact of different fertilisers as part of a project funded by Caring for Our Country. Cam will talk about how farmers can set up simple trials on their own pastures to look at the composition, quality and quantity of growth and make useful comparisons.

10:50 am

Dr Sean Mason, University of Adelaide

New Technology and how to measure soil phosphorous.

11:20 am

Tim Prance, Tim Prance Rural Consulting

Evidence-based agriculture - Does pseudo science in areas such as soil nutrition pose a threat to farming, farm productivity and profitability?

11:50 am

Lunch

12:35 pm

Andrew Speirs, MS&A Casterton

Are all perennial pasture varieties the same and how do we make a choice?

1:05 pm

Panel discussion and Question Time

Including discussion about pasture research and extension needs in the region and MLA tools available to producers.

1:40 pm

Site visits

Seedmark Trial exploring phalaris/cocksfoot varieties under grazing over four years at the Tindall family farm, Featherstone Haugh Rd, Muntham.

SARDI Lucerne Trial at David Robertson’s property, “Austral Park,” Coleraine.

(bus transport available)

5:00 pm

Finish

Tags: Pasture Update