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April 2019
EOI’s close for Eastern European Study Tour
Riverine Plains Inc will be hosting an international study tour to Eastern Europe, taking in Romania, Moldova, Ukraine and Poland from 28 June – 12 July, 2019. The tour will involve visits to the cities of Bucharest, Barlad, Moldova, Chisinau, Odessa, Lviv and Krakow, as well as visits to grain and other farms across the region. The trip is timed to coincide with grain harvest and will provide participants with an understanding of the challenges and the potential for agriculture…
Find out more »June 2019
Farm cash flow & budgeting workshop – Yarrawonga
A free farm cash flow & budgeting workshop will be held on Wednesday 12 June 2019 at Burkes Hotel Motel, 96 Belmore St Yarrawonga, from 9am-1:30pm. The workshop, which is run by Wodonga TAFE, is designed to help boost participant's understanding of cash flow and budgeting and will cover the use of financial strategies to manage and grow farm or agribusiness enterprises. The day will be interactive, with a mix of instruction, discussion and questions relating to your business. The workshop will…
Find out more »Northern Pulse Check Meeting – June 18, Kincora & Avondale
The GRDC Northern Pulse Check Meeting will be held from 10am-1:30pm at Kincora and Avondale on Tuesday 18 June. Topics and Guest speakers include: GRDC Pulse Phosphorus Nutrition Trial - Graeme Sandral, DPI Wagga. Disease Management in pulses - Ian Menz, DPI Wagga. Post emergent pulse crop management - Facilitated discussion. How pulses fit in the farming system - John Stevenson and Brad Chant, Warakirri Cropping Pulse market update - Market Check Please see the GRDC Northern pulse check June meeting Kincora and Avondale…
Find out more »Dookie Pulse Check Meeting – 21 June
Riverine Plains Inc will host a Pulse Check meeting at Dookie on Friday 21 August from 9:30am-12:30pm, focussing on post-seeding issues. The meeting will include two paddock visits, with the first visit to a chickpea paddock at Boxwood (the intersection of Tungamah-Boundary and Harmer Roads, Boxwood - with signs to direct on the day), along with an adjacent vetch and oat crop. The second visit is to a faba bean paddock which contains the AgVic Southern Pulse Agronomy and Alternate Legume…
Find out more »GRDC Farm Business Update, Mulwala – 25 June
The GRDC Farm to Profit Farm Business Update will be held on Tuesday 25 June 2019 at the Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort (1 Golf Club Road, Mulwala) from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm. Topics Include Storing grain on-farm with Chris Warrick (Primary Business) – how to make it work and gain more value out of the supply chain Buying, leasing or investing off-farm with Eric Nankivell (Farmanco)– what’s your limit and how do you test it? Taking a profit first approach…
Find out more »July 2019
Canola Crop Walk – Boorhaman North 9 July
A Canola Crop Walk will be held at Boorhaman North from 2pm – 4pm on Tuesday 9 July. The crop walk will include presentations from Phil Bowden (AOF/Pulse Australia) and Don McCaffery (NSW DPI) covering: Insects in canola Animal health issues in grazing crops Variety selections for grazing canola For further details please download the Canola Crop Walk Boorhaman North July Flyer or contact either the Riverine Plains Office on (03) 5744 1713, email info@riverineplains.org.au or Phil Bowden (AOF/Pulse Australia)…
Find out more »Farm Management Essentials Workshop – Mulwala, 29 July
A one day interactive Farm Business Management Essentials Workshop will be held on Monday 29 July, in Mulwala. The workshop will be delivered by Tony Hudson. Please see Farm Business Management Essentials Mulwala Farm Business Management Essentials Mulwala flyer for further details. Places are strictly limited. To register or for further enquiries, please contact Fiona Hart on 03 5744 1713 or email info@riverineplains.org.au
Find out more »August 2019
In-Season Update – Mulwala, 8 August
The Riverine Plains Inc In-Season update will be held at at the Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort on Thursday 8 August 2019 from 9am - 1pm. Topics and speakers will include: A global perspective: agricultural developments in Canada and USA - Dr Cassandra Schefe, Riverine Plains Inc Applying precision agriculture for targeted soil amelioration - Nick Ennis, Lawson Grains How much sulfur should be applied to canola? An economic analysis of the results from the GRDC Optimising crop nutrition in canola in the…
Find out more »Soil Health Workshop – Mulwala 8 August
A Soil Health Workshop will follow the Riverine Plains In-season update on Thursday 8 August, 2019, from 1.30pm – 3.30pm. Farmers are invited to discuss the importance of soil health as well as how to improve the local relevance of soil improvement research. The workshop will involve a facilitated discussion with Dr Catherine Allan (Charles Sturt University) and farmers and advisors from the local region. Further information is available via the Soil Health Workshop flyer.
Find out more »Dookie Pulse Check pre-canopy closure meeting – August 13
A pre-canopy closure meeting will be held at Dookie on Tuesday 13 August, 2019 from 9am-11:30am as part of the Riverine Plains Inc Pulse Check Discussion Group series of meetings. The paddock walk and discussion will begin at Gall's lentil paddock (corner Pelly Rd & South Boundary Rd, St James) before moving to Alexander's albus lupin crop (NW corner Devenish-St James Rd and Boxwood Rd). The final site will be the Southern Pulse Agronomy site, McCormack Rd, Yabba South. Discussions…
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