Tuesday 21st September, 10am – 2pm
Phil & Anne Salter’s “Greydene’ Manildra
See & recieve information on new hard seeded legumes including:
biserrula, serradella, eastern star clover, rose clover, bladder clover, purple clover, gland clover, arrowleaf clover and sulla.
FREE BBQ lunch & refreshments provided by Central Tablelands Branch.
RSVP essential to Linda Ayres (I&I NSW) 0413 889 318 or email linda.ayres@industry.nsw.gov.au
Directions: From Manildra police station, travel 10km on the Gumble. Turn left into West rd and travel in another 4km to the shearing shed.
On behalf of the Orange EverGraze team, you are invited to attend the up coming field day on Wednesday October 27th 2010 at the EverGraze Proof site at Panuara, near Orange.
This day will focus on the results thus far in conducting a grazing systems experiment on the Central Tableland’s native pastures.
Guest speaker, Jim Virgona will talk about his research on how best to integrate native and introduced pastures.
Click here to download the Panuara Field day flyer
Please RSVP for catering purposes by Friday 22nd October to Warwick Badgery (Industry & Investment) on (02) 6391 3814 or email warwick.badgery@industry.nsw.gov.au.
More information at the EverGraze website.
Would you like more information on…
- how to improve your country with your grazing management?
- how to manage the grass you have, keep it and increase the yield?
- how to increase your pasture?
- how to grow more stock feed from less rain?
- how to manage your rural business with increasing debt levels?
- what some of your peers are doing to improve their properties and businesses?
- the latest from Western Catchment Management Authority on invasive scrub and Property Vegetation Plans?
Choose from one of 4 field days at Wilcannia, Bourke, Cobar or Brewarrina – 30th August, 1st, 3rd or 5th September (respectively).
Please download the brochure here for more information and to register your attendance at your preferred field day.
For details on Henty Machinery Field Days go to:
https://hmfd.com
Tuesday 19 to Thursday 21 October in 2010
at Borenore, 15kms west of Orange on the central tablelands of NSW.
Opening Hours 8.30am – 5pm
Bill Manning District Agronomist I&I Gunnedah discussing the importance of nitrogen
A field day held at Purlewaugh by the Grasslands Society (NW Branch) in conjunction with Brownhill Cup Committee, NSW Dept Industry and Investment and the Liverpool Plains Land Management was well attended by 150+ people in March earlier this year.
The day held at Sam and Megan Clifton’s property focused on tropical grasses, their management and associated animal nutrition and management. Zero tillage on mixed properties and mixed soils was also discussed.
The Grassland Society of NSW Central Branch invites everyone to a field day on Thursday 30th July 2009. Download the flyer here or see the details below:
“REJUVENATING PASTURES”
Options for run down pastures
Field will be held on Thursday 30th July 2009 at “Gundawanna”, Belgravia road Molong.
Directions: Take the Euchareena road out of Molong, follow the road left after the Golf Course ends and turn right onto the Belgravia Rd in 200m. Follow this for approx 6 km.
Discussions include:
- How to assess paddocks for priority action
- Weeds – Winter cleaning, spray topping options
- Manipulating pastures by fertiliser, weed control and grazing management
- Pasture species selection
- Economics of re-sowing pastures
- Re-sowing pastures?…..The 8 steps to getting it right the first time!
PROGRAM
2.30 pm Meet at “Gundawanna”
3.30 pm Pasture species trial site visit ? Chris & Gordon Blowes, Molong
4.30 pm Molong Bowling Club – Early BBQ and guest speakers
7.00 pm Anticipated close.
PLEASE RSVP for Catering purposes by Wednesday 29th July to Linda Ayres, NSW DPI, 6391 3800 / 0413 889 318 or David Harbison 0408 820 467
Late Notice for this field day to be held at Bredbo on the 30th November – YES, this Sunday so not much time. BBQ lunch and refreshments will be available and vegetation/wildlife experts on hand to consult. See the flyer for program and location details:
Download the Flyer here for more information ( pdf file 1.1MB in size) or go to the website at www.k2c.org.au).
The field day will be put on by K2C (Kosciuszko 2 Coast) - a community partnership established to help landholders reconnect isolated woodlands and grasslands between Kosciuszko and Namadgi National Parks and the coastal forests of the Far South Coast.
Just a reminder that the two major NSW (and Australian) agricultural field days are coming up.
First up is AgQuip – held at Gunneday every August and with over 100,000 visitors, said to be biggest of any rural field day in the country. This year, AgQuip will be held on the 19th – 21st August. For more information, please see the AgQuip website.
Not far behind is the Australian National Field Days which in 2008, will take place from Tuesday 21st to Thursday 23rd October at Borenore, 15kms west of Orange on the central tablelands of NSW. The ANFD is Australia’s oldest annual agricultural exhibition where visitors can see a vast range of agricultural machinery, implements, services and ideas from over 600 exhibitors. For more information, please see the ANFD website.
Well worth a visit!
