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GRDC Hands on Precision Agriculture Training (Part 2), Yarrawonga

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Following on from a very successful GRDC Hands On Precision Agriculture workshop held in 2021, Riverine Plains is pleased to be able to bring you a second GRDC and SPAA precision agriculture workshop. The workshop will be held on Monday 8 August 2022, at Burke’s Hotel, Yarrawonga, from 9am-3pm.

Precision agriculture expert Adrian Roles (JMAJ) will cover precision agriculture tools and how they can be used to maximise profitability and production leading into and during harvest in 2022. Topics include;

  • Setting up for success – Common issues and solutions for collecting usable harvest data
  • Calibrating and cleaning yield data using commercially available software
  • Introduction to Multi-Layer Analysis & creating multi-year trends using calibrated and cleaned data
  • Introduction to Profit Analysis & calculating profit and creating a profit map from variable data

Click here to register via the BCG website.

To download a copy of the printable, pdf version of the flyer, please click here.

 

HOPAT flyer Yarrawonga August

 

Interactive Precision Agriculture Workshop Cancelled

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Cancelled due to COVID-19 regulations.  We will endeavour to arrange another form of delivery as soon as we can.

Registrations are now open for a Precision Agriculture (PA) Training workshop to be held on Monday 23 August, 2021. The event will now be held at Burkes Hotel Function Room (Yarrawonga) from 9:00am to 3:00pm.

The workshop is free and interactive, and is designed to help participants gain a better understanding of how to use proven tools and techniques in devising strategies for forecasting and addressing yield and profit variability (scroll down for program details).

To register, please email Fiona Hart at info@riverineplains.org.au or phone (03) 5744 1713.

The flyer can also be downloaded here.

 

Interactive Precision Agriculture Workshop – cancelled

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This event has been cancelled due to COVID-19 regulations.  We will endeavour to arrange another form of delivery as soon as we can.

Registrations are now open for a Precision Agriculture (PA) Training workshop to be held on Monday 23 August, 2021. The event will now be held at Burkes Hotel Function Room (Yarrawonga) from 9:00am to 3:00pm.

The workshop is free and interactive, and is designed to help participants gain a better understanding of how to use proven tools and techniques in devising strategies for forecasting and addressing yield and profit variability (scroll down for program details).

To register, please email Fiona Hart at info@riverineplains.org.au or phone (03) 5744 1713.

The flyer can also be downloaded here.

Precision Agriculture Workshop – 1 March, Yarrawonga

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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 proven technologies and practices currently in use by growers and advisors including:

  • how to identify variability (yield mapping, remote sensing, soil and pH mapping, in season monitoring)
  • how to identify the key causes of yield and profit variability (including acidity/alkalinity, nutrient deficiencies, weed pressure, water logging etc.)
  • techniques to address yield and profit variability (variable rate, in paddock blending
  • predictive analytics (yield forecasts, input management, pest and disease forecasts)
  • mobile device, tablet and computer based integrative/farm management platforms.

The workshop will be facilitated by Adrian Roles, from JMAJ Consulting, and will include a case study presentation from a leading local farmer.

This workshop is suitable for farmers in the early stages of their PA journey, although all are welcome.

Attendance is strictly limited to 20 people and registration is essential.  Please note that bookings will initially be limited to 1 farmer per business, with a wait-list available for other people from within the same business.

To register, please email info@riverineplains.org.au with your name and phone number (as well as any additional people from your business who would like to join the waitlist). A confirmation email will be provided after registration.

Precision Agriculture: Making ‘Big Data’ pay

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A workshop in Mulwala later this month will help grain farmers turn data into profit.The free half-day ‘Making Big Data Pay’ workshop will be hosted by local farming systems group, Riverine Plains Inc, and will feature Andrew Whitlock, of Precision Agriculture. “Advances in GPS and other precision agriculture technologies means that farmers are able to measure and collect an enormous amount of data about their crops and soils” says Dr Cassandra Schefe, Riverine Plains Inc Extension Officer.
“But data without context can be meaningless, so the challenge is to turn stored data into quality information that can be used to make profitable decisions” she said.

“This workshop has been designed to help farmers better understand the process and technology behind precision agriculture and to provide further information for those considering taking the next step” she said.

“Andrew will cover yield and NDVI mapping and will also provide an update on the practical steps growers can take to incorporate variable rate management on their own farms. He will specifically discuss the variable rate application of lime, gypsum and phosphorus as well as opportunities for variable rate nitrogen” she added.

There will also be a discussion on how strategic drainage can be used to minimise the risks of waterlogging.
The “Making Big Data Pay” workshop will be held at the Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort on Tuesday 16th August from 12pm to 4pm.

This free workshop is supported by Riverine Plains Inc and Murray Local Land Services through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme. Places are limited so for more information or to RSVP, please contact Fiona Hart before August 12th at info@riverineplains.com.au or phone 03 5744 1713.

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