BCG Main Field Day was held on Wednesday 11 September at Andrew and Lachlan Barber’s farm 9km west of Birchip.
Recordings are from sessions throughout the day, with some recordings recorded in blocks, the links below direct you to point in recording for identified session.Â
| Setting The Scene – 9.00am – 9.30am | Audio | Video (Full) |
| Welcome Address – John Ferrier, BCG Chairman | Audio | Video |
| The ‘in-site’: a Q&A with the 2019 host site farmers Lachlan and Andrew Barber | Audio | Video |
| In-Field Sessions 9.30am – 10.30am | |
| Solving the muck and mystery of adjuvants – Andrew Somervaille (Jubilee Consulting) | Audio |
| Barley Grass management – Kate Maddern (BCG), Simon Cook (Hopetoun farmer), John Renney (Berriwillock farmer). | Audio | Video |
| Planning your grain storage for the 2019 harvest – Chris Warrick (Primary Business) | Audio | Video |
| How did it grow? Seeder technology performance in optimising canola establishment  – Claire Browne (BCG), Steve Lanyon and Matt Schubring (Spot on Ag), Jan Moens (Muddy River Agricultural), Linc Lehmann, Lachlan Barber, Tim McClelland, Dan Coffey and Tim Rethus (Growers) | Audio |
| Grazing sheep on standing crops post-flowering – Alison Frischke (BCG), Alan Bennett (Lawloit farmer) | Audio |
| Hay: plans for 2019 and beyond – Colin Peace (Jumbuk Ag Consulting) | Audio |
| In-Field Sessions 10.30am – 11.30am | Â |
| Nitrogen management and novel methods of applications – James Hunt and Nilou Nasrollahi (La Trobe University) | Audio |
| Cereal variety performance and disease update – Rob Wheeler (GRDC), Gran Hollaway (Agriculture Victoria), Simon Craig (Farm 360) | Audio (partial recording) |
| Going underground: Biological N supply to plants – Pauline Mele (Agriculture Victoria). | Audio | Video (Marquee) |
| Vetch and pulse varieties and disease update: the latest from trials in the Wimmera and Mallee – Stuart Nagel (Sardi), Josh Fanning (Agriculture Victoria) | Audio |
| In-Field Sessions 11.30am – 12.30pm | Â |
| Cereal variety performance and disease update – Rob Wheeler (GRDC), Grant Hollaway (Agriculture Victoria), Tim Pohlner (AGRIvision Consultants) | Audio |
| How to make the best canola variety selections in 2020 – Therese McBeath (CSIRO), John Kirkegaard (CSIRO), Cameron Taylor (BCG) | Audio |
| Solving the muck and mystery of adjuvants – Andrew Somervaille (Jubilee Consulting) | Audio |
| New legume pastures to benefit mixed farmers – Ross Ballard and David Peck (SARDI), Alison Frischke (BCG) | Audio |
| Afternoon Marquee Sessions | Audio | Video (FULL) |
| A snapshot of local and global pulse markets – Rob Brealey (ADM) | Audio | Video |
| Protecting your crop: Green Peach Aphid insecticide resistance update – Marielle Babineau (cesar) | Audio | Video |
| Improving grain farmers’ environment to operate – Ashley Fraser (VFF) | Audio | Video |
| Getting the most out of Precision Agriculture – Adrian Roles (JMAJ Precision), Cameron Taylor (BCG) | Audio | Video |
| What to expect in spring: a climate and soil moisture update – Dale Grey and Dale Boyd (Agriculture Victoria) | Audio | Video |
| Top tips for canola profitability – John Kirkegaard and Therese McBeath (CSIRO) and Cameron Taylor (BCG) | Audio | Video |
