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2010 BCG Main Field Day Program
2010 BCG Main Field Day at Culgoa
BCG encourages farmers, industry specialists and everyone interested in agriculture to lock in Thursday 9 September for this year’s Farm Business Matters BCG Main Field Day at Culgoa (map below). BCG is planning an excellent event with first class speakers, topical trials, productive discussion and great interaction.
BCG ExtensionOfficer Janine McIntyre commented “We’re covering a broad range of topics this year including disease management, plant nutrition, pulse and wheat varieties, risk management, business management, oilseed varieties, new chemistry, grazing cereals and animal nutrition. We use the feedback we receive from field days and our farmer advisor committee to ensure that each field day is building on the success of previous events.”
Hopetoun mixed farmer Tim Hallam is looking forward to the field day: “Knowing what’s on offer I won’t miss it. There are certainly a lot of quality topics. I’ll be particularly interested in the oilseed discussion. Staying on top of oilseed varieties can be tricky as new lines are produced at such a fast pace. With high grain and sheep prices I’m also interested in the grazing cereals talk and how it can fit into my system.”
Stripe rust:
Disease management will be a hot topic at the Main Field Day. Stripe rust has already been found in Boort, Hopetoun, Swan Hill, Donald and now at BCG’s main site at Culgoa. Professor Robert Park, GRDC Chair of Cereal Rust Research and Director of the Australian Cereal Rust Control Program, has been instrumental in the genetic control of the disease. He will talk with growers on the day about the strategies that can be employed now and in the future to combat the effects of rust.
Professor Robert Park commented: “It’s really important that farmers are out in their paddocks monitoring now. Current conducive conditions and a recent change in the stripe rust pathogen explain why we are seeing stripe rust come in earlier than in previous seasons. BCG’s Main Field Day will be a great opportunity to discuss with farmers their preventative and control strategies and how they can be effectively executed.”
Afternoon session:
BCG will record live a Farm Business Matters Q&A episode. Each scene of the show will explore how a family farm business makes decisions. We will delve into an array of upcoming decisions which will include where farmers look for information and advice and how they manage profit and risks.
Key advisors (including South Australian consultant and farmer Ed Hunt), accountants and bankers will discuss the key considerations surrounding issues such as harvest logistics, managing profit and risks, business capabilities and strengths, cash flow management and of course grain marketing. Join us on an interactive farm business matters journey looking at the dynamics and often complex business decisions that most farming families will tackle in coming months.
There will also be a major focus on locusts in the afternoon with an address from the State DPI Locust Controller, Russell McMurray. He will be talking about planned responses to the potential locust plague. Complimenting this will be John Ridley, Burcher Central NSW and Senior Vice president for NSW Farmers Association, who has successfully survived previous locust attacks. Together they will provide a wealth of knowledge and experience.
BCG, in partnership with our diamond level sponsors, invite you to stay on after the formalities to enjoy refreshments and catch up with fellow farmers.
The BCG Main Field Day starts at 8.30am with breakfast. Trial tours beginning at 9.30am sharp. General entry: $30. BCG members: free. For more information contact BCG on (03) 5492 2787.
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2009 Main Field Day attendees in the soil pit. |
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| 2009 Main Field Day crowd on the move. |
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| The site is located approximately 3km south of Culgoa on the Calder Highway. |