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January 2020
FAR Maize Trial Walk – Peechelba East, 29 January
FAR Australia will be hosting a Maize Trials field walk at Teagues Road, Peechelba East from 9:30-11:30 am on Wednesday 29 February. The walk is being hosted as part of a GRDC project looking to maximise the profitability of irrigated farming systems in the region. The field walk will be hosted by Nick Poole and Michael Straight from FAR Australia, along with site hosts Dan and Neil Coulthard, and will provide an opportunity to walk through the research trials on…
Find out more »Carbon farming discussion for ACFI Participants – Mulwala, Rand
Riverine Plains Inc will host Carbon information discussions for current participants of the Australian Cool Farm Initiative on Thursday 30 January 2020 at Mulwala and Rand. Location and program details have been provided to current participants.
Find out more »February 2020
Carbon farming discussion for ACFI participants – Murchison, 4 February
Riverine Plains Inc will host a Carbon information discussion for current participants of the Australian Cool Farm Initiative on Tuesday 4 February 2020 at Murchison. Location and program details have been provided to current participants.
Find out more »Sykesy’s Buraja Day – Thursday 6 February
Sykesy's Buraja Day will be held on Thursday 6 February 2020 from 9am-12:30pm This event continues the tradition started by the late John Sykes and is an opportunity for local farmers to discuss the 2019 season results as well as the challenges likely to arise in the season ahead. The program will include a post Harvest debrief and session about the year ahead with Chris Minehan, Rural Management Strategies. Ben McClusky from MarketCheck will also provide a grain market update.…
Find out more »GRDC Pulse Check pre-sowing meeting – Dookie, 13 February, 2020
The first meeting of the Riverine Plains Inc Dookie Pulse Check for 2020 will be held on Thursday 13 Feb 2020 from 9am - 12 noon at the St James Public Hall, 24 St James Road, St James. Topics Include: Pulse performance on farm 2019 - Facilitated discussion Best bets from the Southern Pulse Agronomy Trial - Jason Brand, Agriculture Victoria Research Pulse: price and profit analysis - Richard Saunders, Rural Directions Nailing Pulses 2020: seed rates, plant populations, herbicide…
Find out more »GRDC Update – 20 February, Corowa
The GRDC Grains Research Update will be held on Thursday 20 February, 2020 at the Corowa RSL from 9am-1:30pm (doors open 8:30am). Speakers include: Keith Norman: Hitting production targets in the UK amidst a highly regulated environment Col McMaster: Cover crops and their impacts on the farming system – what does the local data suggest Cassandra Schefe: Riverine Plains research in progress Cassandra Schefe Graeme Sandral: Legacy effects of N nutrition and hay versus grain crop choice Steve Marcroft: Latest…
Find out more »March 2020
Agriculture Dinner and presentation of the John Hanrahan Scholarship
Members, sponsors and friends of Riverine Plains Inc are invited to our Celebration of Agriculture Dinner, to be held on Friday 27 March, 2020, which will also include the announcement of the 2020 John Hanrahan Scholarship recipient. More details will follow closer to the event.
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GRDC Farm Business Update – 25 June, Mulwala
The GRDC Farm Business Update will be held on Thursday 25 July, 2020 from 9am-1pm. Program details will be available closer to the event date.
Find out more »July 2020
International Study Tour to Eastern Europe 3-16 July, 2020
The Riverine Plains Inc International Study tour to Romania, Moldova, Ukraine & Poland will take place from 3-16 July, 2020. For more information about this event, please contact the Riverine Plains Inc office on 03 5744 1713.
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