Dr Anika Molesworth, Young Farmer of the Year and a Founding Director of the Farmers for Climate Action spoke recently at BCG’s Climate Change student workshop at Birchip P – 12 College. Both students and Dr Anika enjoyed the workshop which was funded through the BCG managed North West Broadacre node of the Victorian Drought […]
Farmers and advisers attended BCG’s Mitiamo Crop Walk recently. The event focussed on fodder and pulses, with BCG’s soil amelioration pulse performance trials at the site generating much interest. BCG’s Senior Research Manager James Murray said: “Farmers are always interested in how they can improve their soil so we knew our work trialling pulse performance […]
BCG researchers are prominent in this year’s line-up of speakers at BCG’s Main Field Day on Wednesday the 14th of September at Nullawil (on the corner of the Calder Highway and Burgins Road). After two years without the not-for profit agricultural research company’s main event, Australia’s biggest farming systems group’s researchers are more eager than […]
Over 120 young farmers and industry representatives attended BCG’s Climate Courage on Friday night. Held at the Birchip Leisure Centre, the free event was the launch of BCG’s Young Farmer Network and did not disappoint. Attendees enjoyed a two-course meal catered by Terry Matheson from the Royal Mail Hotel in Wycheproof and the Birchip P-12 […]
The possible benefits of using silicon to improve plant resilience during stresses such as drought, heat and frost will be discussed at BCG’s Main Field Day on Wednesday the 14th of September at Nullawil (on the corner of the Calder Highway and Burgins Road). While many pot (glass house) studies have proven how silicon can […]
BCG Research and Extension Officer Kate Finger shares how her mother’s advice brought her to Birchip, her family’s tradition of making the Russian Latvian dish pierogi and the unexpected item Kate can’t go a day without! Kate also shares how she stays involved in her family’s Angus cattle stud in Mansfield, succession planning and how […]
Spring is not far away which means a welcome return to our flagship event, the BCG Main Field Day on Wednesday 14 September. This year, the event focuses on reinvigoration and looking to the future for what gains can be made to support our farm businesses and communities. Over 50 trials will be on display […]
BCG’s Integrated Pest Management (IPM) project members recently met at BCG to work through their IPM strategies with leading Australian entomologists Dr Paul Horne and Jessica Page and FMC . Each farmer in the project has chosen a paddock to use IPM strategies to control insects over the three years to see if and how […]
Can you give us a bit of background on yourself and your farm? I live on our family farm 5km west of Murtoa with my wife Eve. We have three boys, Harry (4), Fraser (2) and Gus (1). We farm together with my brother Chris and his wife Brooke and their family. Our parents Leo […]