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February 2021
Sykesy’s Buraja Meeting – 4 February, 2021
Sykesy's Buraja Meeting will be held from 8:30am-12:50pm on Thursday 4 February, 2021, at the Buraja Recreational Ground Hall. Due to COVID regulations, capacity is limited and RSVP’s are essential. To RSVP, please email Fiona at info@riverineplains.org.au with your name & mobile phone number (places will be allocated on a first-in basis). The pdf version of the 2021 RPI Buraja flyer can be downloaded here.
Find out more »Irrigation Discussion Group Meeting – 15 February (via Zoom)
An online meeting of the Riverine Plains Irrigation Discussion Group will be held via Zoom from 8:30am-10am on Monday 15 February, 2021. The program is available below, with the pdf version available for download here. To register, goto: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscOqtpzIpHNzO6VQrYNNIiSC3dxPCGEYQ For further information, please contact Kate Coffey, Riverine Plains Irrigation Discussion Group Facilitator by email at kate@riverineplains.org.au or phone (03) 5744 1713.
Find out more »Hyper Yielding Crops Meeting – Brocklesby, 23 February
Riverine Plains will host meetings at Brocklesby and Rutherglen on Tuesday 23 February, 2021, to discuss the results from the Hyper Yielding Crops On-farm Focus Trials, as well as the results from the Hyper Yielding Crops technology centre at Wallendbeen. To view the file as a pdf, please download the HYC February Meeting flyer. RSVP's are essential; to RSVP please email Kate Coffey, HYC Regional Project Officer at kate@riverineplains.org.au or phone 03 5744 1713
Find out more »Hyper Yielding Crops Meeting – Rutherglen, 23 February
Riverine Plains will host meetings at Brocklesby and Rutherglen on Tuesday 23 February, 2021, to discuss the results from the Hyper Yielding Crops On-farm Focus Trials, as well as the results from the Hyper Yielding Crops technology centre at Wallendbeen. To view the file as a pdf, please download the HYC February Meeting flyer. RSVP's are essential; to RSVP please email Kate Coffey, HYC Regional Project Officer at kate@riverineplains.org.au or phone 03 5744 17
Find out more »March 2021
Precision Agriculture Workshop – 1 March, Yarrawonga
GRDC Hands On Precision Agriculture Training – Yarrawonga Date: Monday 1 March 2021 Time: 9am – 3pm (lunch provided) Location: Burkes Hotel (Back Function Room), 96 Belmore Street Yarrawonga Vic 3730 (Parking available at the Back of Burkes, off Hume Street) Cost: $0 This free, interactive workshop will provide growers with hands-on experience with a range of PA technologies and how they can be used to identify and manage variability and improve productivity and profitability. Workshop sessions will focus on…
Find out more »Murchison Soil Pit discussion (just prior to N fixation in pulses meeting) – 9 March
Growers are invited to come along to a Soil Pit, where we will be discussing all things soil health, as part of the Cool Soils Initiative. The Soil Pit discussion will start at 8am at 1247 Murchsion-Violet Town Rd, Arcadia Sth. All welcome. This event will be followed by a pre-sowing workshop on Boosting On-farm Nitrogen Fixation in Pulses at the Murchison East Hotel, on Tuesday 9 March, 2021, from 9:00am – 12:30pm. RSVP's are essential to Jane McInnes at…
Find out more »Boosting On-farm N Fixation in Pulses: Pre-sowing workshop 9 March, Murchison
A pre-sowing workshop on Boosting On-farm Nitrogen Fixation in Pulses will be held at Murchison on Tuesday 9 March, 2021, from 9:00am - 12:30pm at the Murchison East Hotel. The day will include an overview of the project and links with other projects by Belinda Cay (AgCommunicators), and a research update with Dr Liz Farquharson and Ross Ballard (SARDI) as well as sessions on nodulation and agronomy. For further information and the full program, please download the RPI Boosting N…
Find out more »Rand Pulse Check Meeting, 10 March
Riverine Plains will host a meeting of the Rand GRDC Pulse Check Discussion Group at the Rand Sports Ground on Wednesday 10 March, 2021, from 9.00 -11.30. A pdf of the program is available to download here. RSVP's are essential. For further information, please email Kate Coffey at kate@riverineplains.org.au or phone 03 5744 1713.
Find out more »Cool Soils Initiative Grower Summit – 16 March, Howlong
Riverine Plains will host a Cool Soils Initiative Grower Summit at Howlong on Tuesday 16 March, 2021. To download the pdf version of the flyer, please click here. RSVP's are essential by Thursday 11 March, 2020 to jane@riverineplains.org.au or phone 03 5744 1713,
Find out more »Soil Organic Carbon & pH online workshop – 23 March
An online workshop with Dr Cassandra Schefe (AgriSci Pty Ltd) will present the key findings from the Riverine Plains project “Quantifying in-paddock variations of soil organic carbon and pH” project. The project was funded through Goulburn Broken CMA’s “From the Ground Up” project and commenced in 2019. The workshop will present the research results from this project and aims to increase the understanding of the interaction between soil organic carbon and pH, as well the need for updated sampling practices and…
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