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BCG to release 2011 Trials Results
BCG will present its results and key findings from the 2011 trials to members at Birchip Community Leisure Centre on Friday, February 17.
Moisture conservation, summer weed control, five years of wheat variety research, disease management, the role of GM canola for weed management and herbicide resistance and livestock in no-till systems will be some of the principal topics discussed at BCG’s members only Trials Review Day.
Leading Canadian weed management and transgenic crop specialist, Dr Linda Hall, will be the key note speaker at this year’s event. She will provide an international perspective on genetically modified (GM) canola, integrating herbicide resistance and weed management.
Dr Hall grew up on a small mixed farm in southern Alberta but has a long association with Australian cropping. She has worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Steve Powles in Adelaide, as an extension resource with BCG and as an occasional guest speaker for the GRDC.
CSIRO’s Dr James Hunt will also speak at the review day also. He will present exciting results from the third year of the five-year Water Use Efficiency (WUE) project at Hopetoun. Members will hear about some excellent outcomes from the summer weed control and moisture conservation trials, in particular, significant differences in plots where summer weeds were controlled.
The day will conclude with one of BCG’s most popular sessions – myth busters. During this session Harm van Rees and Simon Craig will bust myths, drawing on some of the results from members’ trials from across the Wimmera and Mallee.
Morning tea and registration is from 8:15am and results sessions will start at 9.00am sharp. This event is for BCG members only; farmers are encouraged to become BCG members before the day.
BCG looks forward to welcoming members at the Birchip Community Leisure Centre on Friday, February 17.
For more information phone (03) 5492 2787 or visit www.bcg.org.au.
