NIFTY NAVIGATION

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’ will focus 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 my farm
• The good the bad and the ugly; what has worked and what hasn’t

Event Details
Wednesday 10 February 2010
5.00pm – 9.00pm
Cross Roads CFA shed
Cross Roads (Reference E15 map 394 in Spatial Vision's VICMAP Book (South West Region) 

Links

GPSnet - www.dse.vic.gov.au/GPSnet

Precision Agriculture.com.au - 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

Event Details
Wednesday 24February 2010
5.00pm – 9.00pm
St Arnaud Country Club, St Arnaud 

 

Cameron Morrison (DPI), Steve Lotkowitz (DPI), Mayor Kevin Erwin (Northern Grampians Shire), Danielle Park (DPI) and Pat McAloon (Rural Skills Connect)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHIP SHAPE SHEEP

 

Event Details
Wednesday 10 March 2010
12.00pm – 5.00pm
Elmhurst Hotel, Elmhurst  

 

 

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 research and

mitigation options for farm emissions?

• Carbon Neutral Businesses – what’s in it for you?

• Calculating your emissions – demonstration on CO2 equivalent 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 and activities.

Event Details
Wednesday 24 March 2010
5.00pm – 9.00pm
Joel Joel Hall, Joel Joel
John Graham(DPI), Marc McKew (Farmer, Mt Cole Creek), Lucy Stott (DPI), Jessica Connor (JL Connor Consulting), Jessica McDougall (Northern Grampians Shire Council)

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOIL SAVVY

Guest Speakers

Cath Botta -Soil Scientist, PcB Consulting, Benalla

Steven Start - Local Farmer, Crowlands

Bernard Noonan - DPI Horsham

Alan Hewitt - Wimmera CMA

Doug Crawford - Soil Scientist, DPI Werribee

Event Details
Wednesday 7 April 2010
2.00pm – 5.00pm
Barney's Bar and Bistro, Pomonal

  Front: Victoria Leeke (Project Platapus), Ann-Maree Browne (Ararat Rural City), Lucy Stott (DPI)

Back: Cath Botta (PcB Consulting), Bernard Noonan (DPI), Steve Smart (Farmer Crowlands), Alan Hewitt (Wimmera CMA)

 

BIOENERGY; BIOFUELS & BIOCHAR

This forum has been 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 and 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? 

Facilitator

Jessica Connor (JL Connor Consulting) will help participants make sense of and bring meaning to the information presented through facilitated discussion and activities.

 Event Details

Wednesday 21 April 2010                  

12.00pm – 5.00pm                 

Goldfields Rec. Reserve, Beaufort

Richard Bolt (DPI), Laurie Norman (CHAF), Ray Davies (Pyrenees Shire), Lucy Stott (DPI), Andrew Lang (CHAF), Jessica Connor (JL Connor Consulting).