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2010
Yield Mapping Workshop October 2010
21 farmers attended a Yield Mapping Workshop held at Coreen on 28 October 2010. The workshop was presened by Guiseppe Cuteri and covered basic set up of software and headers to produce maps, how to check data in the office and store it for later use and analysis.
Spring Field Day October 2010
Farmers had the opportunity to view trials investigating improving water use efficiency at the Spring Field Day held at Riverine Plains Trial Site at Bungeet on 8 October 2010. Group discussion took place on seasonal issues including a locust update, the seasonal outlook, rust and disease strategy, summer crop options and harvest management.
Soil Health Workshop September 2010
Cost effective accumulation of soil carbon was the hot topic at a Soil Health Workshop held on 16 September 2010. The 25 farmers in attendance heard about the latest research findings on soil organic matter and soil organic carbon from soil scientist Cath Botta. Damian Bougoure, a research scientist from the Victorian DPI demonstrated ways of measuring soil biology and participants were able to look at soil biology in their own samples they had brought along to the workshop. The workshop was supported by a Murray CMA 2010 Community Grant.
Riverine Plains Fungicide and Nitrogen paddock walk September 2010
70 growers took the opportunity to discuss fungicide products and timings and late nitrogen applications in relation to cereal growth stages in a hands-on ’get your boots dirty’ day on 6 September. The paddock walk was held at the Riverine Plains Trial Site located at Coreen and was led by Nick Poole, a renowned research agronomist with experience in both Australian and European cropping systems.
Farming Business Beyond 2010 August 2010
Riverine Plains Inc in conjunction with Platinum Sponsors National Australia Bank (NAB) Agribusiness and RSM Bird Cameron held a Farming Business Beyond 2010 seminar at Corowa on 12 August 2010. Over 80 people attended the interactive workshop designed to drive agricultural businesses into the future. Topics included formulating and implementing strategy, wheat swap management, value adding and an economic update.
Disease Management in Cereals Workshop August 2010
Forty-four farmers and agribusiness professionals attended two interactive Disease Management in Cereals Workshops held at Mulwala on 5 August. The hands-on workshops were presented by Nick Poole, the Research Coordinator for the Foundation for Arable Research in New Zealand and included sessions on cereal growth stages and disease management.
Inspiring Farming Women Workshops June - August 2010
26 rural women graduated form the Inspiring Farming Women Course in, a project that was supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under Australia's Farming Future program. The five-workshop course was developed to further the business, development, networking and leadership skills of the participating farming women. An important part of the course was action learning and participants completed action projects to implement the learning from the course.
Dookie Precision Ag Discussion Group held at Dookie August 2010
SPAA and Riverine Plains Inc held a Precision Ag Discussion Group at Dookie on 11 August. Discussion topics included crop sensing technology, nitrogen response work, variable rate prescriptions and a report from the SPAA Advanced PA training held in Adelaide.
In Season Update July 2010
A large crowd of 125 attended the In Season Update held on 22 July at Mulwala. Topics covered included spray application technology, the seasonal outlook, opportunistic summer cropping, water use efficiency in no-till controlled traffic mixed farming systems, soil organic matter and locust information.
Rand Precision Ag Crop Walk and Discussion Group July 2010
SPAA and Riverine Plains Inc held a Precision Ag Crop Walk at Rand on 21 July which was attended by approximately 80 farmers.
Stubble Trouble Field Walks June 2010
During June Riverine Plains held a series of discussion days and field walks which focused attention of one of this year’s most prevalent sowing issues - the difficulty of managing high cereal stubble loads in direct drill systems. The on-farm days were run at Oaklands, Dookie, Boomanoomana, Rutherglen and Culcairn and attracted over 200 local farmers.
Summer Cropping Field Day March 2010
Farmers had their final chance to see how the summer crops on David Cook’s property have done as part of the National Water Commission’s Farms Rivers Markets project. And what a year it has been for summer crops, with over 325mm since September! Participants saw how the safflower harvest went and how the sunflower, mung bean, white French millet and lab lab crops were growing with all that rain. Early data from the moisture probes has shown that most of the moisture stored in the top 60cm of the chemical fallow stubble has been lost, compared to the crops which have used this moisture to grow. A BBQ followed and farmers were able to inspect the CrossSlot seeder (no till opener) that was used to sow the crops.
Farm Families Fun Day March 2010
Over 170 people converged on the picturesque Mulwala Foreshore on 14 March 2010 for the “Farm Families Fun Day”. The event was organised by Riverine Plains Inc along with other community groups and provided an opportunity for farming families to ‘take a break’ from the pressures of farming and the drought. The waterslide and tube rides on the lake proved popular. Face painting and a jumping castle also kept the youngsters entertained, while parents had the opportunity to have their aches and pains rubbed away with a free massage. A BBQ lunch was enjoyed by all and there was plenty of mingling and talk about the season ahead.
Precision Ag Variable Rate Workshops March 2010
During March farmers participated in Precision Ag Variable Rate Workshop held at Rand and Dookie. The workshops were facilitated by Precision Agriculture Association (SPAA) and provided training on phosphorous replacement, creating prescription maps, making variable rate happen, yield data processing and phosphorous removal maps based on yield zones.
GRDC Farmer Update February 2010
160 farmers, researchers and agribusiness representatives attended the GRDC Farmer Update hosted by Riverine Plains Inc at Corowa on Thursday 18 February 2010. Copies of the papers are available below:
Papers for the following presentations are available by clicking on the links:
The PA Journey - Adam Inchbold (246 KB)
Crown Rot of Wheat - Andrew Milgate (80 KB)
Trace Element Nutrition - Evan Ryan (92 KB)
Optimum inputs in wheat - John Sykes (80 KB)
Residual Herbicides - Barry Haskins (47 KB)
Rhizoctonia - Gupta Vadakattu (144 KB)
Soil Carbon Story - Clive Kirkby (102 KB)
Summer Cropping Field Day February 2010
Over 40 farmers attended a field day at the trial site of the new National Water Commission’s Farms, Rivers, Markets project which is being run by the University of Melbourne’s Dookie College in conjunction with Riverine Plains Inc. The project aims to assess what potential summer crops have and what effect they will have on the following wheat crop. The field day looked at six different options, safflower, sunflowers, white French millet, lab lab, mung beans and a fallow, each with their own moisture probes (0-120cm).