AG Excellence

AWEX WoolClip & Wool Classing Workshop
2024-10-26 10:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Parndarna Golf Club, Playford Highway, Parndarna, SA
Come and join us where we will be presenting information and training on utilising ePacks in conjunction with WoolClip your online clip information website and app.
Also join in the afternoon session for a closer look at the AWEX Code of Practice, Q and A and important updates.
When: Saturday the 26th October starting at 10 am – 12.00 lunch provided and afternoon session at 1.00- 3.00pm
Where: Parndana Golf Club
What to bring : laptop, tablet or Smart phone for hands on training.
All welcome.

Callington show
2024-10-27 | Callington Recreation Park, Lot 15 Callington Road, Callington, SA

Tools for Tough Seasons
2024-10-29 08:45 - 15:00 | Caledonian Inn, 1 Victoria Street, Robe, SA
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.

With a focus on creating individual action plans, participants will leave with tailored strategies to address what they can control, covering enterprise, business, supporting yourself and others. Complementing the more technical workshops being offered, it is an opportunity to connect with others, bring information together and formulate a plan to move forward, for the business and the people in your business.
Numbers are limited for this topical workshop, so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Strategies to Prepare for a Dry Spring & Summer 2024
2024-10-30 09:00 - 16:00 | Karoonda Football Clubrooms, Pope Rd, Karoonda, SA, Australia
Workshop delivered by Felicity Turner, Turner Agri & Deb Scammell, Talking Livestock and will include:

Making difficult decisions around selling, retaining and/or feeding sheep or cattle
Developing sheep and cattle feed budgets and understanding trigger points
Developing a water budget (if applicable)
Developing feed rations and the use of containment feeding for sheep and cattle
Managing stock to optimise their performance for the coming year
Long-term economic impacts

RSVP is essential

Stock Containment Uncovered: Challenges, Solution...
2024-10-30 15:00 - 19:00 | Mundulla Memorial Hall, Mundulla, SA

Strategies to Prepare for a Dry Spring & Summer 2024
2024-10-31 09:00 - 16:00 | Yankalilla Golf Course, Yankalilla, SA

GRDC farm business update - share farming and leasing models in focus
2024-11-01 12:30 - 13:30 | Online, Australia
Despite being age-old business models, share farming and leasing agreements continue to evolve to suit shifting seasonal fortunes and farm business situations.
Join the conversation about the key variables and other factors to be considered in modern share farming and lease agreements.

Penola show
2024-11-02 | McCorquindale Park, Cameron Street, Penols, SA

Kingscote show
2024-11-02 12:00 - 17:00 | Soldiers Memorial Park, 21 Centenary Ave, Kingscote, SA

Uraidla & Summertown show
2024-11-03 | Uraidla Showgrounds, 86 Swamp Road, Uraidla, SA

Beginners guide to carbon farming
2024-11-05 13:00 - 16:00 | Blyth Bowling Club, Blyth, SA
Are you curious about how carbon farming can revolutionise your agricultural practices and benefit your business?
The Northern and Yorke Landscape Board is hosting a series of free workshops to unlock the potential of carbon farming. We’ll provide the latest local information on this new buzz term and explain emissions reduction
What you’ll learn:

What is carbon farming? Understand the concept and its applications.
Benefits for on-farm productivity: Explore how carbon farming can enhance your farm’s efficiency and output.
Generating carbon credits: Can you earn credits? And what to consider.
Carbon footprint: Learn what it is and why reducing it is critical.
Calculating emissions intensity: Get practical insights on measuring and managing your emissions.

Biodiversity in agriculture: maximising opportunities for your business
2024-11-06 12:30 - 15:00 | Online, Australia
Is there a financial return – not just an environmental benefit – for farmers from building biodiversity?
Emerging and existing opportunities to boost farm business bottom lines by improving biodiversity will be explained in an upcoming Landcare Agriculture webinar.
This free webinar on Biodiversity in Agriculture: Maximising Opportunities for Your Business, on 6 November, 2024, at 1pm (AEDT – NSW), will provide participants with a greater understanding of biodiversity, natural capital accounting systems and emerging environmental market opportunities and is part of an ongoing series to build knowledge about natural capital accounting and biodiversity. It will provide participants with a greater understanding of how biodiversity changes are measured and how accounting systems work.
It will provide participants with a greater understanding of natural capital accounting systems.
Five biodiversity specialists, covering science, emerging opportunities, on-farm management and understanding measurement systems, will share their knowledge. The webinar presenters are:
Webinar speakers are:

Professor Hugh Possingham, former Queensland Chief Scientist and current Chief Scientist for Accounting for Nature and Chief Councillor of the Biodiversity Council. Prof. Possingham has research interest in environmental markets and will share insights into new markets and the challenges of quantifying biodiversity.
Dr Amanda Hansson, Capacity Building & Advisory Manager at Accounting for Nature, has been upskilling producers as part of the Landcare Agriculture Natural Capital Accounting Benchmarking Project. Dr Hansson will provide practical guidance on using environmental accounting systems.
Bjorn Everts brings 18 years of experience leading high-impact initiatives across conservation, nature-based solutions to climate change, and renewable energy. He is currently the Head of Nature at GreenCollar, where his role focuses on the development of the voluntary biodiversity credit markets in Australia and overseas. Bjorn will share information on current and developing biodiversity markets and how to participate in them.
Catherine Riordan is a director in the Nature Repair Market Branch of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, is a lawyer by training and has experience in State, Federal and local governments and working for several regulators. She will talk about government policy and the key implications for managing on-farm biodiversity.
Melinee Leather, a Queensland Cattle producer and owner of Leather Cattle Co, a grassfed and EU certified humane cattle enterprise from Central Queensland. She was recently awarded a Success Through Collaboration Award at the Global Conference on Sustainable Beef in Punta del Este, Uruguay. This accolade is awarded to the business that best exemplifies the foundational principles and goals of Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and drives collaborative efforts to advance beef sustainability. Melinee will share her learnings from firsthand participation in biodiversity markets.

There will be a chance for participants to ask questions and to receive links to further explain the information shared.
This webinar, and a follow up webinar on 5 December 2024, Carbon in Agriculture: Understanding ecosystem opportunities for business, are part of an ongoing Landcare Agriculture series designed to build knowledge around environmental market opportunities, and will provide the latest information on environmental market opportunities.

Summer Weed Management
2024-11-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Online, Australia
This online session is an opportunity to learn about weed control techniques and strategies to reduce their impacts in native bushland.
As an existing or aspiring Heritage Agreement owner, the Native Vegetation Heritage Agreement (NVHA) Grants Program is excited to be offering a training program providing the opportunity to learn about conserving natural vegetation on your property.
Tiffany Jamieson (Bush For Life Regional Coordinator) will deliver this training session on behalf of the partnership with Trees For Life.
This online workshop will enable you to;

Understand the background for minimal disturbance bushcare
Learn about effective weed control strategies
Learn about different treatment methods
Meet other HA owners and conservation management staff

Livestock Industry Dinner
2024-11-07 18:15 - 22:00 | Adelaide Pavillion, Cnr South Terrace and Peacock Road, Adelaide, SA
Join us for the annual Livestock Industry Dinner at the Adelaide Pavilion where red meat and wool producers, as well as industry stakeholders, will come together to engage over the year that’s been and what challenges and opportunities lie ahead.
Guest speaker Mick Crowley has over 14 years of experience within MLA, holding several senior roles, including General Manager for Research, Development, and Adoption. He has also served as regional manager for Europe and Russia and as CEO of Herefords Australia before returning to MLA. Mick is well-regarded in the red meat industry for his expertise in program management, industry innovation, and strategic leadership.
Cost: This event is free for Livestock SA members who attend the Annual General Meeting. The cost for stakeholders is $50 per person which includes dinner and drinks.

MFMG Annual General Meeting
2024-11-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Katnook Estate, Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, SA
Come along for a great meal, catch up with mates, hear about what MFMG has been up to, and learn from guest speaker Todd Price, Sustainability Field Manager – SA, VIC & TAS, Nutrien Ag Solutions on ‘Why you should care about carbon’.
NOTE: you must be logged into your account to view the event and to register to attend.

Millicent show
2024-11-08 | Millicent Showgrounds, Adelaide Road, Millicent, SA

Agribusiness workshops for emerging industries
2024-11-08 09:00 - 13:00 | Online, Australia
These free 2 x 4 hour online workshops will introduce participants to using the Business Model Canvas (BMC) process for planning. The workshops will provide an overview of business planning and include blocks of supported individual learning so participants leave at the end of the day with a useable plan for a priority aspect of their business.
The workshops will be delivered by RM Consulting Group (RMCG) expert trainers in agribusiness. Your trainer will make contact with you individually, prior to the workshop, to explain the BMC process and identify individual learning priorities for the workshop day.
The BMC allows users to separate out and consider three main aspects of planning for their business:

Marketplace – who are your customers, how do you make and maintain connection with them, what is unique and valuable about your product?
Production – what are the risks and opportunities of your production system and supply chain? Who are the key people, what are your key resources and what tasks and activities keep your business going? How can you improve production practices?
Money – breakdown your cost structure and consider where costs might be reigned in. Examine revenue streams and think through the amount of cost/effort versus revenue for various products and customer segments.

Agribusiness workshops for emerging industries, small enterprises and producers
2024-11-08 09:00 - 13:00 | Online, Australia
These online workshops will introduce emerging industry producers to using the Business Model Canvas (BMC) to analyse and plan business development. The BMC supports farmers to focus on marketplace strategy, production efficiency and managing money.
Participants leave with a useable ‘plan on a page’ for their business.
Previous emerging industry BMC participants have described what they learned:

It really did open my eyes to the business of farming in ways I hadn’t thought of.
How to plan for distribution of my product.
Deeper understanding of the value of the product that the target customer segment is looking for.
I learned the correct pricing for our target market.

Dates (we encourage you to do both sessions, but welcome participants in just one or other session):

Session 1 – BMC and marketplace – Friday, 25 October, 9am-1pm on Teams
Session 2 – production and money – Friday, 8 November 9am-1pm on Teams

GRDC farm business event - planning forward on reduced seasonal returns
2024-11-08 12:30 - 13:30 | Online, Australia
Join guest presenter Tony Hudson who will outline the practical steps to assessing the seasonal returns and planning forward for another production cycle and the expenses that will need to be met. Including an outline of the available levers that can be pulled to release cashflow and up to date information about accessing bank or third party credit lines.

Eudunda show
2024-11-10 | Eudunda Oval, Morgan Road, Eudunda, SA

Tools for Tough Seasons
2024-11-11 08:45 - 15:00 | Stokes Bay Hall, 1950 Bark Hut Road, Cassini, SA
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.
With a focus on creating individual action plans, participants will leave with tailored strategies to address what they can control, covering enterprise, business, supporting yourself and others. Complementing the more technical workshops being offered, it is an opportunity to connect with others, bring information together and formulate a plan to move forward, for the business and the people in your business.
Register quickly as places are limited – RSVP 4th November 2024 for catering purposes.

Women on Ag Boards
2024-11-12 18:30 - 19:30 | online
Australian Women in Agriculture invests in women to influence the agriculture agenda. At our national conference in September we were astounded by the response to our Women on Ag Boards sessions. AWiA shares the ambition of having more women appointed to agricultural boards and is keen to support the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry to this end. The first in a series of activities is our Women on Ag Boards pathways, insights and lessons event. Join Cathy McGowan and Narelle Hooper for an inspiring evening on Tuesday 12th November via Zoom. Here they will both share practical tips and insights about board pathways and leadership, as well some of the lessons they’ve learnt throughout their distinguished careers.
Cathy McGowan – Cathy is the chair of AgriFutures Australia which is one of the 15 Research and Development corporations serving the Australia Agricultural sector. She was formally the federal Member of Parliament for Indi and has an extensive background in community, not for profit and other boards. Cathy’s book “Cathy Goes to Canberra” has recently been republished by Monash Uni and a special discount is available for AWiA members – To order insert CIM20 in the caption box when checking out (https://publishing.monash.edu/product/cathy-goes-to-canberra-updated/)
Narelle Hooper – Narelle is an award-winning business editor and author who has interviewed top global & national business leaders and facilitated forums for CEDA, Chief Executive Women, the Business Council of Australia, ASIC, the AICD, the Global Summit of Women. Her career has spanned print, radio, TV and digital with the nation’s leading media groups – the ABC, Australian Financial Review, SBS TV and BRW – and private business, NFP and government boards.

SA Livestock Advisor Update
2024-11-13 08:30 - 21:30 | Marion Hotel, 849 Marion Road, Mitchell Park, SA

Tools for Tough Seasons
2024-11-13 08:45 - 15:00 | RSL Hall, Jamestown, SA
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.
With a focus on creating individual action plans, participants will leave with tailored strategies to address what they can control, covering enterprise, business, supporting yourself and others. Complementing the more technical workshops being offered, it is an opportunity to connect with others, bring information together and formulate a plan to move forward, for the business and the people in your business.

Register quickly as places are limited – RSVP 6th November 2024 for catering purposes.
This a complimentary event and includes morning tea and lunch.

GRDC grains research update - best practice soil testing for the southern region
2024-11-13 12:30 - 13:15 | Online, Australia
Sean Mason, Agronomy Solutions
Best practice soil testing for the Southern Region
Discover how soil tests can be leveraged to make educated decisions around nutrient management for the season ahead. Sean explores best practice strategies for soil testing and how to ensure fertiliser applications are getting to where they are needed the most.

Parndana show
2024-11-16 | Parndana Sports Club, Parnada, SA, Australia

Bordertown spring festival & show
2024-11-16 - 2025-01-29 | Bordertown Showgrounds, Cnr Naracoorte Road & South Terrace, Bordertown, Sa

Fire Ready Workshop
2024-11-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Sherlock Hall, Mallee Highway, Sherlock, SA
A workshop to provide women with a safe non-threatening setting to learn new skills to protect their families and livelihoods. Workshop topics include; preparing yourself emotionally, understanding the new bushfire danger ratings and warnings, deciding when to “leave early” or “stay and defend”, preparing a Bushfire Survival Plan, identifying hazards around the home, bushfire behaviour and preventing injury.

Carbon Essentials for Agribusiness
2024-11-18 13:30 - 16:30, 2024-11-18 19:00 - 22:00 | Loxton Hotel, Loxton, SA, 5333, Australia
Join the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board for a series of free workshops and feedback sessions designed to share current information and facilitate discussion & inform agri-business directions – the sessions will comprise multiple break-out sessions to enable discussion of related scenarios, questions, problems and ideas.
Some of the items covered by the workshops:

Comparison of common produce certification systems and QA systems/environmental management systems against the carbon footprint calculation process

Does my business need to calculate a carbon footprint? What are the current options or tools for calculating annual estimations of emissions per ton of produce?

Latest progressions in Australian Government carbon policy and carbon sequestration methods/practices for agriculture

Realistic practice change options and considering these for mitigating emissions on farm – or is their income stream potential?

Understanding where your enterprise fits in the carbon economy and how to interpret the carbon marketplace
Sessions will comprise facilitated feedback sessions to enable your questions to be answered and your suggestions to be incorporated into future industry workshop content.

These events are free to attend and include breakfast, morning tea or afternoon tea depending on what session is selected.

Delivered with funding support from the Commonwealth of Australia through the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water under the Carbon Farming Outreach Program.
