Past Event Information

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Event	Description
2008
Mallee Field Day	Find out about our 2008 Mallee Field Day at Manangatang on 19 August.
2008 Grains Research Expo	Read media releases about the Expo went and about the dinner with guest speaker Professor Tim Reeves.
ABC's Four Corners	Birchip farmers feature in ABC's Four Corners 'Winds of Change' program in March 2008
Subsoil Diagnostic Schools	Read about the Wimmera and Mallee Subsoil Diagnostic Schools held in March 2008.
Machinery Modification Day	View a media release detailing the Machinery Modification Day in Culgoa in February when four local farmers showcased their seeding set ups and provided some important information about their experiences of moving into a no-till sowing system.
Trials Review Day	Read about the 2008 Trials Review Day
2007
2007 BCG Main Field Day	Read a media release about how the Main Field Day went and view photos from the day View Daryl Pooles presentation 'A Dairy Perspective' Read Bill Malcolm's paper 'Mallee Farming'
2007 BCG Grains Research Expo	Listen to Dr Mike Pook's climate talk Read a media release about how the Expo went and view photos from the day Read about the Expo Dinner What was on at the 2007 BCG Grains Research Expo?
Superannuation Forum	Read about the Superannuation Forum (18 April 2007) and link to the Genesys Wealth Advisors website to download presentation and request audio recordings.
Reading the Landscape	Read about the "Reading the Landscape; Rapid Assessment Training Workshop" held with David Tongway (17 April 2007) as part of the Wimmera Mallee Ecosystem Function Project.
2007 Climate Workshop	View the presentation given by CSIRO's James Risbey at our Climate Workshop on 28 Feb 2007.
ABC Landline's story on BCG	Access transcripts of ABC television's 'Landline' story about BCG (January 2007)
2006
'Drought - dealing with the financial ramifications'	Access the 53-page toolkit that was given out during these two financial forums in Birchip and Horsham (19 -20 December 2006). Contains papers from most of the speakers present.
ABC Radio National Bush Telegraph broadcasts	Listen to parts of the ABC Radio National Bush Telegraph program when they broadcast live from Birchip on 22-24 November 2006.
2006 Main Field Day	Read about the day at Rupanyup and access audio recordings from the day.
2006 Mallee Research & Demonstration Day	Read about the day at Hopetoun.
Special livestock day July 2006	With Brian Ashton.  Read about the day.
2006 Expo	Read about the day. View a pdf version of presentations made by some of the speakers by clicking the links below: Session 1 - Research today, in your paddock tomorrow - Peter Carberry, Geoff Fincher, Trevor Stevenson Session 3 - Understanding the Indian Ocean and cut-off lows - Andrew Watkins, Peter McIntosh Listen to audio recordings of the discussion sessions.
2005
2005 Women's Field Day - Females in the Field	Read about and view photos from Females in the Field 2005
2005 Members Field Day	View photos from the 2005 Members Field Day
2005 Wimmera Research & Demonstration Field Day	Read about and view photos from this Field Day at Marnoo
2005 Field Day posters	View the posters that were on display at the Field Days (includes stripe rust, Ceora grass pea, competitive crops, crambe, Gladwrap trial, long-term phosphorus, spray drift, Yield Prophet®).
2005 Main Field Day	Read about our Main Field Day 2005
2005 Herbicide Resistance Field Day	Read about the day and see photos from the Herbicide Resistance Field Day
2005 Mallee Research & Demonstration Field Day	Read about this Field Day at Sea Lake, view photos, and access the handout from the day
San Jolly Sheep Nutrition Day	Read an extract from San's presentation.  Full transcript available from the BCG office
2005 Expo	Summaries and full transcripts of the workshops and discussion sessions
"Who's the Boss Now?"	Read about the 2005 discussion with Lyn Sykes, Libby Price and Charlie Boyle
2005 BCG Study Tour to NZ	Read the notes from the study tour to New Zealand (includes visits to FAR, farms, South Island Dairying Development Centre, Wrightsons Seeds, Lincoln University Environmental Research and much more)
2005 Trials Review Day	View the presentations (MEMBERS ONLY)
2004
2004 Main Field Day	Details of the day.  Also, view the posters that were on display on the day by clicking on any of these links:     Competitive crops    Liquid fertiliser - what does it cost?    Liquid N - the way to go?    New oilseeds for the Mallee & Wimmera    Yield Prophet - an essential management tool    Leaf diseases in wheat
2004 Northern on-farm min. tillage Field Days	Details of the day.  Also, read the speaker proceedings from the GRDC Crop Updates at Hopetoun (9 Sep 2004) by clicking any of these links:    Matching N to water availability to maximise productivity    (J Baldock & D Mowat)    Controlled traffic at Stockport SA (M Branson & M McCallum)    Taking control of the detail    ("Grain Business" extract - Issue 7, about M Branson)    Understanding life in the soil (V Gupta & D Roget)    Getting into no-till cropping (R Rainbow)    Getting into precision agriculture (R Rainbow)    No tillage - is it really cost effective (P Ridge)
2004 BCG Expo Dinner	Read what Dr Peter Ellyard had to say as guest speaker (please note: this is a large file that may take some time to download). Peter also contributed to the Grains Industry Strategic Plan in 2004. Click here to read his contribution: Grains Futures 2025: A framework for creating a sustainably prosperous grains industry by the year 2025 (this is also a very large file).
Making More from Merinos	Read what was said at the MLA Forum in St Arnaud, May 2004.
2004 Climate Workshop	Read a transcript of most of the speaker's presentations (please note: this is a large file that may take some time to download).
Lamb feedlot	Read details about a lamb feedlot we visited at Loxton, SA (March 2004).
2003
2003 Main Field Day posters	Take home messages on aphids, blackleg, nitrogen, phosphorus, new oilseeds, water quality, leaf diseases, soil water and nozzle technology.