Soil and Nutrient Management workshop
2025-02-21 09:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Naracoorte Town Hall, 95 Smith Street, Naracoorte, SA
Are you looking to optimise soil fertility and make informed nutrient decisions that boost your crop and pastures?
Join us for a ‘back to basics’ hands-on facilitated learning workshop focussed on soil health and nutrient management.
Designed for farmers, early career agricultural advisors or those just wanting to sharpen their skills, this workshop will help you make informed soil and fertiliser decisions to optimise both crop and pasture production, improve soil health and ensure long-term sustainability.

Family Fun Day in Black Rock
2025-02-23 | Kuerschner Family Farm, Black Rock, SA

Best Practice Spray Workshop
2025-02-25 09:00 - 15:00 | Arno Bay District Bowling Club, Tel El Kebir Tce, Arno Bay, SA
Grain Producers SA (GPSA) is hosting best practice spray workshops across South Australia’s cropping regions to enhance education and promote best practice.
The workshops boast an expert line-up of speakers, including renowned spray expert Bill Gordon.

From Good to Great Teamwork
2025-02-26 09:00 - 14:00 | Robertstown Football club, Main Road, Robertstown, SA, 5381, Australia
Aimed at farming families and supporting businesses, this workshop upskills participants to better manage stress, conflict and communication. Join me for a fun and fascinating half-day course which leaves you with insights and strategies to handle all people-rated problems more effectively.
Stress often brings out the worst in us, let’s prevent it from damaging the relationships closest to you.

Best Practice Spray Workshop
2025-02-26 09:00 - 15:00 | Marble Range Community Sport Club, Cnr Morgan Lane and Flinders Hwy, Wangary, SA, Australia

Tools for Tough Seasons
2025-02-27 08:45 - 15:00 | Melrose Institute Hall, 1 Stuart St, Melrose, Australia
Join us for a one-day workshop designed to equip women connected to farming (in both key and support roles), with practical tools and strategies needed to navigate tough seasons. This workshop will explore the impact of current seasonal conditions, provide practical decision-making frameworks, and offer insights on managing stress in business.

Best Practice Spray Workshop
2025-02-27 09:00 - 15:00 | Minnipa Sports Club, Minnipa, SA, Australia

Productive Legume Pastures
2025-02-27 09:30 - 14:30 | Burnfoot Pastoral, 1400 Hindmarsh Tiers Rd, Hindmarsh Tiers, SA
Join Tim Prance, T Prance Rural Consulting, and Hannah Griffiths, SA Drought Hub for a mix of technical information, a paddock walk to develop your practical skills, and a facilitated discussion on key challenges and strategies for dry season pasture management. The day will looking at decision making and planning to help you get ahead of the break. Understand your soil health and fertility, evaluate paddock condition and make plans for intervention or renovation. Morning Tea and Lunch provided.

MNHRZ Precision Ag in Practice
2025-02-28 08:45 - 14:00 | I’anson Farms, 10 Philbey Road, Steelton, SA
Precision Ag: How can I make it work for me as a producer?
Topics include:

Introduction to Precision Ag
Precision ag applications and its impacts to your profitablility
Data Layers and how to use it
Practical demonstrations

Grain Marketing and Risk Management workshop
2025-02-28 09:00 - 14:00 | Crystal Brook Football Club, Railway Tce, Crystal Brook, SA, Australia
Join GrainGrowers for this upcoming Grain Marketing and Risk Management workshops.
GrainGrowers has commissioned the experts at Lachstock to deliver a curriculum based on grower feedback, designed to build on growers’ knowledge and expand your understanding of navigating risk in grain contracts.

Beyond the Paddock BBQ
2025-03-02 11:00 - 14:00 | Brukunga Community Hall, 12B Pyrites Rd, Brukunga, SA
Join us for an informal BBQ at the Brukunga Hall—a chance to relax, chat, and catch up with mates and neighbours. No formal presentations, just good company and a cook-up by the Brukunga Community Association Inc.

North vs South Cricket Match
2025-03-02 13:00 - 18:00 | Booborowie Cricket Ground, Booborowie, SA
Dear fellow residents of Spalding & Booborowie
We are excited to announce that the town of Spalding & Booborowie will be coming together for a fun-filled day of cricket, community spirit, and fundraising on the 2nd of March 2025.

Mildura - Mallee Research Update Roadshow
2025-03-04 | Mildura Rowing Club, 143 Hugh King Drive, Mildura, Victoria, 3500, Australia
Farmers across the Mallee are in for a no-nonsense, hands-on learning experience at the upcoming MSF MRU’s – a must attend event featuring real solutions for real farm challenges. Following a drought in 2024, this year’s event will showcase practical ways to boost efficiency, manage risk, and maximise farm productivity.
Speakers and topics include:
Mary O’Brien | Are You Bogged Mate!
Mary brings humour, heart, and practical advice to tackle rural mental health, focusing on supporting men in rural communities. Join us for an engaging session full of relatable stories, insights, and tools to help build resilience and spark vital conversations
Penny Roberts | MSF Research Manager
2024 Trials – what we learnt from a dryer year?
Sean Mason | Agronomy Solutions
Crop Nutrition following a dry season
Rick Lewellyn | CSIRO
Mastering the Art of Decision-making – Summer Weeds, Seeding & Autonomous machines in the Mallee
Mary O’Brien | Spray Drift Girl
Spray Drift Girl – Maximising your spraying operations
🍽️ Fully catered – includes lunch
Afternoon Session: Mary O’Brien | Spray Drift Girl
Mary will be sharing practical, efficiency-driven strategies on spray drift risk management, application precision, and chemical best practice. Her workshops focus on getting chemicals on target, reducing waste, and improving compliance while saving money. If you’re looking to cut costs without cutting corners, this session is a must!

_SOUTHSTART - Australia's most loved StartUp Festival
2025-03-04 - 2025-03-06 | Serafino Winery, 39 Kangarilla Rd, McLaren Valey, SA
_SOUTHSTART is Australia’s community offsite for founders, investors, and those who champion and create change. Designed to help you pause, connect, and embrace serendipity in a world that never stops. You’ll uncover meaningful insights, genuine connections, and a glimpse of what’s next – while expanding your surface area of success – for today and the future.
In a world of relentless acceleration – where every moment is optimized for productivity, growth, and efficiency, we’re creating: A Space to Breathe. It’s an intentional pause; inviting you to step back from the relentless pace of modern society, and into a meaningful space for deep, human conversations that help you grow faster than any other typical environment.

GRDC National Grower Network Forum
2025-03-04 08:45 - 13:30 | Burra Community & Sporting Complex, Smelts Road, Burra, SA, Australia
You are invited to attend this GRDC National Grower Network Forum to contribute your ideas, issues, constraints and opportunities for RD&E investments to enhance grower profitability. Also, hear from guest speaker James Hillcoat, Farm Business Management Consultant from Pinion Advisory, who will provide an update on farm business benchmarking.
This free of charge forum is open to growers, advisers, researchers and industry.
Topics:

Identify challenges and opportunities impacting farm profitability and contribute to local RD&E investments.
Farm business management to consider profit and risk.

GRDC National Grower Network Forum
2025-03-05 08:45 - 13:30 | The Barns, 120 Templers Road, Freeling, SA
You are invited to attend this GRDC National Grower Network Forum to contribute your ideas, issues, constraints and opportunities for RD&E investments to enhance grower profitability in your local region. Also, hear from guest speaker James Hillcoat, Farm Business Management Consultant from Pinion Advisory, who will provide an update on farm business benchmarking.
This free of charge forum is open to growers, advisers, researchers and industry.
Topics:

Identify challenges and opportunities impacting farm profitability and contribute to local RD&E investments.
Farm business management to consider profit and risk.

GRDC Grains Research Update - Seed quality and implications for sowing
2025-03-05 12:30 - 13:15 | Online, Australia
Registration for the livestream event is free.
The recording will be uploaded to the GRDC website, past events page to view at a later date.
Kelly Angel, Birchip Cropping Group
Seed quality and implications for sowing
As we head into sowing 2025, growers are considering how to maximise germination and establishment. With adverse growing conditions experienced in several grain growing areas in 2024, seed quality is in focus. Kelly will cover best practice seed testing, benefits of undertaking testing and how to organise a seed test.

GRDC National Grower Network Forum
2025-03-05 16:30 - 20:00 | Owen Arms Hotel, 1 Main Street, Owen, SA
You are invited to attend the 2025 GRDC National Grower Network Forum at Owen to contribute your ideas, issues, constraints and opportunities for local RD&E investments to enhance grower profitability. Also, hear from guest speaker James Hillcoat, Farm Business Management Consultant from Pinion Advisory, who will provide an update on farm business benchmarking.
This free of charge forum is open to growers, advisers, researchers and industry.
Topics:

Identify challenges and opportunities impacting farm profitability and contribute to local RD&E investments.
Farm business management to consider profit and risk.

Pinnaroo - Mallee Research Update Roadshow
2025-03-06 | Pinnaroo Football Club, Pinnaroo, SA, Australia
Farmers across the Mallee are in for a no-nonsense, hands-on learning experience at the upcoming MSF MRU’s – a must attend event featuring real solutions for real farm challenges. Following a drought in 2024, this year’s event will showcase practical ways to boost efficiency, manage risk, and maximise farm productivity.
Speakers and topics include:
Mary O’Brien | Are You Bogged Mate!
Mary brings humour, heart, and practical advice to tackle rural mental health, focusing on supporting men in rural communities. Join us for an engaging session full of relatable stories, insights, and tools to help build resilience and spark vital conversations
Penny Roberts | MSF Research Manager
2024 Trials – what we learnt from a dryer year?
Sean Mason | Agronomy Solutions
Crop Nutrition following a dry season
Rick Lewellyn | CSIRO
Mastering the Art of Decision-making – Summer Weeds, Seeding & Autonomous machines in the Mallee
Mary O’Brien | Spray Drift Girl
Spray Drift Girl – Maximising your spraying operations
🍽️ Fully catered – includes Lunch
Afternoon Session: Mary O’Brien | Spray Drift Girl
Mary will be sharing practical, efficiency-driven strategies on spray drift risk management, application precision, and chemical best practice. Her workshops focus on getting chemicals on target, reducing waste, and improving compliance while saving money. If you’re looking to cut costs without cutting corners, this session is a must.

UNFS & Nelshaby Ag Bureau Pre-Seeding Meeting
2025-03-06 09:00 - 15:00 | Napperby Tennis Club, Napperby, SA, Australia
Speakers include:

Bron Stedall – ‘Good to great team work’
Stefan Schmitt –
AMEX control in lentils update’

Karoonda - Mallee Research Update Roadshow
2025-03-07 | Karoonda Football Clubrooms, Pope Rd, Karoonda, SA, Australia
Farmers across the Mallee are in for a no-nonsense, hands-on learning experience at the upcoming MSF MRU’s – a must attend event featuring real solutions for real farm challenges. Following a drought in 2024, this year’s event will showcase practical ways to boost efficiency, manage risk, and maximise farm productivity.
Speakers and topics include:
Mary O’Brien | Are You Bogged Mate!
Mary brings humour, heart, and practical advice to tackle rural mental health, focusing on supporting men in rural communities. Join us for an engaging session full of relatable stories, insights, and tools to help build resilience and spark vital conversations
Penny Roberts | MSF Research Manager
2024 Trials – what we learnt from a dryer year?
Sean Mason | Agronomy Solutions
Crop Nutrition following a dry season
Rick Lewellyn | CSIRO
Mastering the Art of Decision-making – Summer Weeds, Seeding & Autonomous machines in the Mallee
Mary O’Brien | Spray Drift Girl
Spray Drift Girl – Maximising your spraying operations
🍽️ Fully catered – includes lunch
Afternoon Session: Mary O’Brien | Spray Drift Girl
Mary will share practical, efficiency-driven strategies on spray drift risk management, application precision, and chemical best practice. Her workshops focus on getting chemicals on target, reducing waste, and improving compliance while saving money. This session is a must if you’re looking to cut costs without cutting corners.

Soil and Nutrient Management workshop
2025-03-07 09:00 - 15:00 | Bordertown Hotel, 79 East Terrace, Bordertown, SA, 5268
Are you looking to optimise soil fertility and make informed nutrient decisions that boost your crop and pastures? Join Dr. Mel Fraser and Felicity Turner for a free “back to basics” hands-on facilitated learning workshop focused on soil health and nutrient management. Designed for farmers, early career agricultural advisors or those just wanting to sharpen their skills, this workshop will help you make informed soil and fertiliser decisions to optimise both crop and pasture production, improve soil health, and ensure long-term sustainability.
You will learn:

How to accurately collect soil samples and assess variability in your fields
How to interpret soil test results
How to identify factors that can limit crop and pasture growth
Best practices for managing key nutrients for optimum productivity
How to create a nutrient management plan for both crops and pastures

Spaces are limited so register soon to avoid disappointment!

Hart getting the crop in seminar
2025-03-12 | Influencers Church, Stradbrooke Road, Clare, SA, 5453, Australia
This free event offers the opportunity to hear from industry experts across a range of fields – agronomy to finance, grain markets to chemical regulations.

Elders SA Stud Merino Expo
2025-03-12 - 2025-03-13 | Burra Community & Sporting Complex, Smelts Road, Burra, SA, Australia
AWI Woolgrowers Dinner
Ram of the Year Judging
Fashion Parade by Iris & Wool
Stud Merino & Trade Displays

MLA MeatUp Forum
2025-03-12 08:30 - 18:00 | Naracoorte – Venue TBA, Naracoorte, SA
Are you a beef, sheep or goat producer? Head along to Naracoorte’s MLA MeatUp Forum to learn something new, stay up-to-date with the latest on-farm research and technologies, and meet others working in the red meat industry.
Speakers include:

Deb Scammell, Talking Livestock – ‘Containment feeding – The good, the bad and the ugly’
Sally Martin, Sheep MetriX – ‘The power of on-farm data: What and when’
Prof Wayne Pitchford, Davies Livestock Research Centre, Uni of Adelaide – ‘Mum’s not angry, just disappointed’

Plus, a Virtual Farm Tour addressing the Autumn feed gap with producers John Kidman (Penola), Todd & Anne Woodard (Joanna), and Nick & Ella Clarke (Furner).
Breakout sessions include:

‘Feeding through lambing’ with Sam Clothier, Toby Hassell and Deb Scammell
‘Moneyball for Sheep’ with James Starling, and
‘Soil and pasture investments in 2025- Where do we start?’ with Felicity Turner and Mel Fraser.

Plus much more!
An ideal opportunity to network with expert speakers, advisors, researchers and leading producers, and access tools and insights relevant to our region.

2025 Sheep Projections Webinar
2025-03-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Online, Australia
Join MLA for an exclusive look at what’s ahead for the sheep industry! We’ll cover flock trends, slaughter forecasts, production shifts, carcase weights, and key global market movements to help you stay informed and prepared. Equip yourself with expert insights and industry forecasts to make informed decisions in 2025.

GRDC Grains Research Update - Strategic use of zinc phosphide for successful mouse control
2025-03-12 12:30 - 13:30 | online
Registration for the livestream event is free.
The recording will be uploaded to the GRDC website, past events page to view at a later date.
Steve Henry, CSIRO and Ben White, Research Engineer
Strategic use of zinc phosphide for successful mouse control.
Explore strategies for successful mouse control and factors that restrict efficacy of zinc phosphide. Steve and Ben will highlight recent research on best placement of zinc phosphide and the impact of leftover grain in paddock post-harvest.

GRDC Farm Business Update - Should I own trucks? Assessing the commercial benefit
2025-03-13 12:30 - 13:30 | Online, Australia
Is truck ownership a good fit for your grain growing business? James considers associated costs and benefits of truck ownership for the whole business as we work through the numbers around owning vs contracting.
Free registration GRDC Farm Business Update National Livestreams are topic specific, interactive, interview style discussions that address key farm business management improvements common to grain growing businesses across Australia.

SANTFA Celebration of Achievement
2025-03-14 17:00 - 2025-03-15 15:00 | Barossa Weintal Hotel, 235 Murray St, Tanunda, SA, 5352, Australia
SANTFA welcomes you to join us to celebrate the end of an era. With the adoption of conservation farming practices, SANTFA has met its objectives in converting over 90% of South Australian farmers from full till to no-till.
We look forward to catching up with you and other SANTFA members who have been integral to the organisation’s success over the many years of service to the grower community.

GRDC Speaker Workshop
2025-03-17 08:30 - 2025-03-18 17:00 | Adelaide Intercontinental Hotel, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA
GDRC recognise that effective communication is crucial for sharing research findings, driving innovation, and influencing industry practices. By investing in the professional development of speakers, we ensure that they are not only proficient in presenting complex information but also capable of engaging and inspiring their audiences.
This initiative focuses on upskilling and training presenters through intensive workshops, ongoing mentoring, and personalised support. In this workshop, you will gain a comprehensive toolkit of strategies to transform your presentations:

Content Structure: Learn how to craft a clear and compelling message.
Delivery Techniques: Develop effective speaking strategies to improve your stage presence.
Storytelling: Convert complex information into relatable and memorable stories.
PowerPoint Mastery: Optimise your slides to support delivery and engagement.
