Workshops: Building soil carbon, nitrogen and crop disease
Agriculture Victoria and Wimmera CMA through the National Landcare Program, bring you a Workshop for Grain Growers to share the latest on how to build soil carbon, nitrogen and addressing crop disease.
Details
| When: | Tue 14 March 12:15pm – 3:40 (1:00pm start) | Wed 15 March 8:30am – 11:40 (9:00am start) | Wed 15 March 2:15pm – 5:10 pm (2:30pm start) | Thu 16 March 8:30am – 11:40 (9:00am start) |
| Where: | Ouyen Ouyen Club Copper Room, 9 Pickering St | Brim Brim Recreation Reserve, Simson St | Stawell North Park Community Centre, Lamont St | Lake Bolac Lake Bolac Football Netball Clubrooms, 137 Frontage Rd |
| Register | Register | Register | Register | |
| Further Information Contact: | Martin Hamilton 0429 946 149 | Felicity 0448 146 604 | Felicity 0448 146 604 | Adam Buzza 0447 525 457 |
If you are unwell, please do not attend.
Guest speakers
Dr Mark Farrell is a Principal Research Scientist with the CSIRO, based in Adelaide.
He is a biogeochemist with particular interest in the interactions between organic carbon and nitrogen in soils, and the importance of these on ecosystem function and agricultural productivity.
Mark will share his knowledge of soil organic matter decline in dryland grain farming.
He will also provide practical strategies for re-building soil carbon and nitrogen stocks.
Luise Fanning is a Horsham-based Crop Pathologist with Agriculture Victoria.
Luise has expertise in grain crop diseases in Victoria, their diagnoses and management.
She will share some of her extensive knowledge and insights for the 2023 season.
