Louisa Ferrier joined BCG in January 2015 and is part of the Extension and Engagement team. Louisa grew up on a family farm north of Birchip and holds a Bachelor of Business (Rural Business Management) from Marcus Oldham College. Louisa joined BCG after gaining experience at Southern Farming Systems, John Stuchbery and Associates and Buloke Shire Council.
Louisa is inspired by what the people in this rural, community-based organisation achieve. She enjoys working for farmers across the region and appreciates the opportunity to hear from some of the best minds in agriculture in her hometown.
In the northern Mallee, reports of Etiella and Heliothis may create more activity in the coming days and weeks. For the southern Mallee, most growers are looking for more rain to protect yield potential, and late fungicide sprays have gone out on wheat.
In the Wimmera (North, Central and West) soil moisture levels are good (explained later in this bulletin) and there are isolated reports of armyworm activity that warrant some monitoring, particularly in cereal on cereal rotations.
Some action points from recent BCG events: leave the fenceline and get out into your crops to assess for potential frost or heat stress damage, adjust your header set up ready for the coming months, succession planning is an ongoing process and farming is about decision making and we can only influence the quality of our decision making by acting more consciously on the best available knowledge.