The Farming in the 21st Century series provides up to date information and resources to the agriculture sector.
Each year the series explores a wide variety of topics relevant to farm businesses.
NIFTY NAVIGATION
'Nifty Navigation' focused on how farmers can use applications of satellite navigation to lift productivity.
Guest Speakers:
Martin Hale - VicmapTM Position - GPSnetTM, Department of Sustainability and Environment.
- GNSS & CORS networks, and delivery of high accuracy satellite positioning services;
- Overview of GPSnetTM
- How the 'Positioning Regional Victoria' (PRV) project can benefit the agriculture sector.
Andrew Whitlock - Whitlock Ag Services
- GPS technology - applications and benefits
- Satellite imagery - utilising a bird's eye view of your crops
- Precision Agriculture - getting started
Pat Millear - Willaura farmer, discusses GPS experiences on his farm;
- How satellite technology is used on the farm;
- The good the bad and the ugly, what has worked and what hasn't.
Links:
GPSnet - www.dse.vic.gov.au/GPSnet
Precision Agriculture - www.precisionagriculture.com.au
| Laurie Norman (Executive Officer CHAF), Pat Millear (Willaura Farmer), Martin Hale (DSE), Ray Davies (Pyrenees Shire), Andrew Whitlock (precisionagriculture.com.au) |
PIPING PROJECTS & GROWING GRAIN
Guest speakers:
Steve Lotkowitz - Agricultural Scientist, DPI
Danielle Park - Agronomist, DPI
Chris Sounness - DPI
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Cameron Morrison (DPI), Steve Lotkowitz (DPI), Mayor Cr Kevin Erwin (Northern Grampians Shire),
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CARBON CRAZY
Guest Speakers:
John Graham - Research Scientist, Department of Primary Industries
- Clearing up some carbon and emissions terminology
- Agriculture Greenhouse Emissions - How are they measured?
What are the current mitigation options for farm emissions?
- Carbon neutral businesses - what's in it for you?
- Calculating your emissions - demonstration on CO2 equivlent audit program
Mark McKew - Farmer, Mt Cole Creek
Mark will present his story about undergoing an emissions analysis on his property including:
- His motivation for doing the analysis
- The analysis process
- How he is using the information to benefit the farm business
Jessica Connor - Facilitator, JL Connor Consulting
Jessica will help participants make sense of and bring meaning to the information presented through facilitated discussion & activities.
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John Graham (DPI), Marc McKew (Farmer, Mt Cole Creek), Lucy Stott (DPI), |
SOIL SAVVY
Guest speakers:
Cath Botta - Soil Scientist, PcB Consulting, Benalla
Steven Smart - Local Farmer, Crowlands
Bernard Noonan - DPI Horsham
Alan Hewitt - Wimmera CMA
Doug Crawford - Soil Scientist, DPI Werribee
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Front: Victoria Leeke (Project Platypus), Ann-Maree Browne (Ararat Rural City), Lucy Stott (DPI) |
BIOENERGY, BIOFUELS & BIOCHAR
This forum was jointly funded by DPI's AgFutures project and CHAF.
AgFutures is funded under the Future Farming Strategy.
Guest Speakers:
Richard Bolt - Secretary, Department of Primary Industries
- Current & future world energy production methods/trends, including supply and demand;
Andrew Lang - Central Highlands Agribusiness Forum (CHAF)
- Findings of the 2009 CHAF Biomass audit
- Future energy production opportunities from biomass
- Biofuels - what are they and what is their potential?
Laurie Norman - Central Highlands Agribusiness Forum (CHAF)
- What is Biochar?
- How is biochar produced?
- What does the future hold for this product?
Jessica Connor - Facilitator, JL Connor Consulting
- Will ensure participants make sense of and bring meaning to the information presented through facilitated discussion and activities.
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Richard Bolt (DPI), Laurie Norman (CHAF), Ray Davies (Pyrenees Shire), Lucy Stott (DPI), |
