Welcome to the 2010 edition of Research for the Riverine Plains.
During 2009 many Riverine Plains activities have occurred as usual, including the Pre Season Update, Precision Agriculture (PA) discussion groups, field days and workshops on more specific issues. We also saw the Winter Update split to have two separate events, specifically a technical update and a business management update held in conjunction with our two platinum sponsors NAB Agribusiness and RSM Bird Cameron. SPAA (Southern Precision Agriculture Association) conducted PA header set-up workshops in Rand and Dookie and it will be good to have SPAA involved in PA discussion groups this year. They are similar to Riverine Plains in many ways, a good group of farmers with good knowledge and interaction.
The newsletter continued, as did the trial book. David Wolfenden surveyed the members about the trial book and received outstanding feedback. The Grower Bulletin was successfully introduced and was well received.