AG Excellence

UNFS & Nelshaby Ag Bureau Pre-Seeding Meeting
2026-03-31 09:00 - 11:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | Napperby Tennis Club, Napperby, SA, Australia
Join Prof. Chris Preston, Stefan Schmitt and Leet Wilksch for practical discussion on summer weed control demonstrations, ryegrass and broadleaf management in lentils, herbicide options heading into 2026, residue considerations after dry seasons, and useful tips for understanding inversion layers and using the weather station network.

Soils to Solutions Workshop
2026-03-31 09:00 - 15:00 | Bordertown Hotel, 79 East Terrace, Bordertown, SA, 5268
Variable Rate in Action (VR)
Ready to make your soil tests work harder for you?
You are invited to attend the upcoming ‘Soils to Solutions’ Workshop at Coomandook with Felicity Turner and Dr Melissa Fraser.
This practical, hands-on workshop will give you the confidence to interpret your own soil test results and turn them into clear, actionable variable rate (VR) decisions.
What you’ll gain:

Confidence to read and understand your own soil test results
Skills to identify limiting factors and production opportunities within paddocks
Practical knowledge to translate soil data into variable rate fertiliser decisions
Real-world insights from 2025 demonstration paddocks, showcasing results, lessons learned and economic outcomes

You’ll leave with:

A simple, practical VR implementation plan tailored to one of your own paddocks
A clear next step — whether that’s a full prescription or trial test strips across your paddock
Greater confidence to invest inputs where they’ll deliver the best return

Designed for farmers who want practical tools, clear numbers and realistic steps toward smarter soil and input management.

RiskWi$e online workshop for SA growers
2026-04-09 13:00 - 14:00 | Online, Australia
This one-hour workshop and session will address pre-season cropping decisions and offer practical insights to navigate an increasingly risky start to the season. Bring along your questions on timing, rotations, nitrogen/inputs and climate to this interactive online workshop.
Speakers:

Barry Mudge, Barry Mudge Consulting
Peter Hayman, SA Drought Hub Deputy Director and Scientist at SARDI Climate Applications
Stefan Schmitt, Agricultural Consulting and Research
Sam Trengove, Trengove Consulting

RiskWi$e, a National Risk Management Initiative (NRMI), seeks to understand and improve the risk-reward outcomes for Australian grain growers by supporting grower on-farm decision-making. Made possible thanks to the involvement of all partners and was established through an investment of the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/RA1YT_oiTLyN_SfwL91qCw#/registration

Kick Off Ya Boots screening
2026-04-11 17:00 - 22:00 | Blyth, Blyth, SA, 5462, Australia
Kick Off Ya Boots is a unique initiative promoting rural wellbeing and community resilience, delivered in partnership with Little Town Productions and ifarmwell.
This is a community-oriented night with neighbours, listen in on meaningful stories about rural life, and take away practical tools for wellbeing. Originally a live dinner-theatre production, it has evolved into a touring movie event, with the 2024 live show “This Farming Life” professionally filmed and now shown across regional South Australia. Themes include:

Farm succession planning, financial and business pressures
Drought, climate, seasonal risk and the rural work-life balance
Family communication, mental health, community connection

This event is supported by the SA Drought Hub through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, Rabobank Client Council, and SkiForLife.

Kick Off Ya Boots
2026-04-13 17:00 - 21:00 | Farm Centre Freeling, 40 Hanson Street, Freeling, SA, 5372, Australia
Kick Off Ya Boots is a unique initiative promoting rural wellbeing and community resilience, delivered in partnership with Little Town Productions and ifarmwell.

This is a community-oriented night with neighbours, listen in on meaningful stories about rural life, and take away practical tools for wellbeing. Originally a live dinner-theatre production, it has evolved into a touring movie event, with the 2024 live show “This Farming Life” professionally filmed and now shown across regional South Australia. Come along, share a meal, and watch the Conner family tackle the tough topics of succession, drought, financial security, and unspoken truths as they go about their farming lives in a relatable and humorous way. Key themes include:

Farm succession planning, financial and business pressures
Drought, climate, seasonal risk and the rural work-life balance
Family communication, mental health, community connection

June 19, The Farm Centre- Freeling
This event is supported by the SA Drought Hub through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, Rabobank Client Council, and SkiForLife.
For tickets, follow Kick off Ya Boots- Little Town Production on Facebook.

Kick Off Ya Boots screening
2026-04-17 17:00 - 22:00 | Strathalbyn, Strathalbyn, SA, 5255, Australia

Enhanced Livestock Management Bootcamp - Feed, Fodder & Decision Making
2026-04-22 09:00 - 2026-04-23 13:00 | Keith Institute Meeting Room, Corner of Anzac Terrace and Heritage Street, Keith, SA, 5267, Australia
A practical 1.5-day intensive workshop for progressive livestock producers

Producers in southern Australia face increasing challenges managing feed supply, livestock nutrition, and making timely, informed decisions in uncertain seasonal conditions.
The Enhanced Livestock Management Bootcamp is a practical, hands-on learning experience designed to help beef and sheep producers improve pasture and feedbase management, strengthen decision making and build more resilient livestock systems.Delivered by some of Australia’s most respected livestock advisors and extension specialists, this pilot workshop brings together three valuable topics in one intensive learning event.Participants will walk away with practical tools, strategies and resources they can immediately apply on their own farms.
What you’ll learn
Optimising the Feedbase
• Growing and utilising more quality feed on farm• Understanding pasture growth, feed demand and grazing systems• Identifying opportunities to improve feed utilisation and productivity
Nutrition & Feed Management
• Matching feed supply with livestock requirements• Feed budgeting and filling feed gaps• Understanding feed value and supplementary feeding strategies• Containment feeding principles and practical applications
Decision Making & Risk Management
• Practical decision frameworks for livestock businesses• Using data and tools to support better decisions• Managing seasonal risk and preparing for dry periods• Strategies for managing stocking rate and identifying decision trigger points
Who should attend?
This event is designed for progressive beef and sheep producers, particularly early to mid-career producers, who want to strengthen their livestock production systems and improve their decision making.
Expert facilitators
• Felicity Turner – Turner Agri Services• Deb Scammell – Talking Livestock• Cam Nicholson – Nicon RuralThese highly respected advisors bring decades of experience working with livestock producers across southern Australia.
Limited pilot workshop
This event is being delivered as part of the Enhanced Livestock Management Project and will pilot new learning modules currently under development.Participation is free, however places are strictly limited to 20 producers.All catering and refreshments are included.
Event Details
22-23 April 2026 @ Keith Institute Meeting Room, Keith SA
Program:
DAY 1 – 9:00am to 5:00pmDinner – Keith Hotel (included)DAY 2 – 8:00am to 1:00pmLunch provided. Register here.
For more information, please contact:
Dr Penny SchulzLivestock Technical Specialist0417 853 094penny.schulz@adelaide.edu.au

Facilitating Learning and Change workshop
2026-05-12 09:00 - 2026-05-13 15:00 | Port Lincoln Hotel, 1 Lincoln Highway, Port Lincoln, SA, Australia
Join us for a two day hands-on workshop where we’ll explore effective ways to facilitate learning and drive positive change!

Welcome to the Facilitating Learning and Change Workshop with Jeanette Long
Join us for this two day workshop on Tuesday May 12th and Wednesday May 13th at The Port Lincoln Hotel, Lincoln Function Room.
This interactive and engaging event will be focused on enhancing your skills in facilitating learning to drive positive change. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, these sessions promise to equip you with the tools and techniques to excel. This event is targeted for researchers, advisors and people engaged in extension activities from SA Drought Hub member organisations wanting to increase their skills and knowledge of current extension practices.
This 2 day workshop delves into the nuances of adult learning, offering insights into how we acquire new skills, assimilate knowledge, and become agents of change.
Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, these sessions promise to equip you with the tools and techniques to excel.
This event is free for staff of SA Drought Hub member and partner organisations.
Click here to check if your organisation is a Hub Member
The event is fully catered, and you will need to arrange your own accomodation if required.
All attendees must be able to attend both days.
Day 1 – 9am to 5pm
Day 2 – 8:30am to 3pm
Register now to secure your spot!
Click here to see the event flyer

Winter Sticky Beak Friday
2026-05-15 09:00 - 16:00 | TBA, Liimestone Coast, SA
Sticky Beak Fridays are all about looking over the fence to see how other farmers run their businesses. Throughout the series, we’ll be visiting a variety of different businesses throughout the Limestone Coast and Western Victoria, learning from our hosts and each other, and having a look at the new, the old, the successful and the not-so-successful!
Check back for further details on this event.
Morning tea and lunch included.
Note times are SA.
REGISTRATIONS ESSENTIAL by 13 May 2026 at
MFMG Members $50, additional MFMG primary producer members $30
Non MFMG members $200. Morning tea and light lunch provided.

Online Climate Forum #2
2026-05-22 12:30 - 13:15 | Online, Australia
Friday Climate Forum: Interpreting climate forecasts, what they can and can’t tell you
Join us for our second Friday Climate Forum, part of a new webinar series being delivered over the next couple of years through the Sustainable Agriculture Program.
Dale will dig deeper into models, how they work, but more importantly how to interpret the myriad of different ways the models convey their predictions. He’ll also dig into model accuracy and how that varies across the seasons.
Please send through your weather, climate and seasonal risk questions, or topic suggestions for future webinars, and we’ll work our way through them across the series.

Sip and Strategy - The Person Behind the Brand, Limestone Coast
2026-05-22 16:30 - 18:30 | The Apple Farm, Obo Flat, SA
Join the team from WoTL and Rabobank for a warm and relaxed afternoon of connection and networking. Enjoy an engaging conversation as Kate Facy from Rabobank sits down with Heidi Boyd from Confido Coonawarra, sharing insights, experiences and stories from her journey.
The workshop includes a glass of bubbles or mocktail on arrival and canapés.
The full cost of this workshop is $100 which has been heavily reduced thanks to the support of event sponsors.This project is an initiative of the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030.

Innovation Generation 2026
2026-05-24 08:00 - 17:00 | GMHBA Stadium, 370 Moorabool St, South Geelong, VIC
As Australian growers and the broader agriculture community navigate the ongoing geopolitical uncertainty and its impact on their operations, GrainGrowers has made the difficult decision to cancel Innovation Generation 2026.
In what is an incredibly stressful time for growers, GrainGrowers will instead be focusing efforts on other initiatives to best support growers through these challenging times.
We look forward to delivering Innovation Generation Geelong in 2027 and hope you will join us there. Please stay tuned for more updates.

Innovation Generation is a conference for ages 18-35 that brings together the brightest and best speakers with real-world experience.

Filled with future-focused activities to empower future ag leaders to tackle national industry opportunities and challenges, Innovation Generation is a market-leading professional development experience that is home to new, innovative ideas and tech.

Autumn Sticky Beak Friday - Wangolina
2026-05-29 09:00 - 17:00 | ‘Telang’, Wangolina, 199 Starling Lane, Wangolina, South Australia, 5275, Australia
‘Breeding Better’ Autumn Sticky Beak Friday
Genetics & Data-Driven Decisions with Mark Ferguson, neXtgen Agri and
James and Rebecca Starling, Telang, Wangolina
Join our Autumn Sticky Beak Day focusing on a deep dive into data-driven decision making for breeding better sheep and cattle.
Building a resilient livestock business goes beyond managing seasonal conditions – it starts with the genetics you select.
Join Mark Ferguson, neXtgen Agri, for a practical, producer-focused session exploring how breeding decisions can improve the adaptability, efficiency and long-term performance of both sheep and cattle enterprises. With increasing seasonal variability and input pressures, selecting the right genetics is a powerful tool to strengthen business resilience.
This session will provide clear, practical insights to help you build livestock systems that are better equipped to handle variability — and set your business up for long-term success.
James and Rebecca Starling are our hosts for the day, and will be sharing their journey as custodians of their 100+ year old family farm enterprise. With a focus on genetics and data driven decisions, they’ll share the latest outcomes from the ‘Optimised heifer selection’ project, how they make on-farm decisions, and show us around their property.

Ri$ky Business - A Farm Business Simulation Game for Better Decisions
2026-06-02 08:45 - 14:30 | Wirrulla Hotel, 75 Hay Terrace, Gawler Ranges Road, Wirrulla, SA
Ri$ky Business is a practical, hands-on workshop designed to help farmers improve their business and risk management skills.
In this fast-paced simulation, you run a farm business through several seasons in just one day. Every team starts with the same farm, the same resources and the same finances. From there, your success depends on the decisions you make. The farm with the strongest net worth at the end wins.
Along the way you’ll face the same challenges farmers deal with every year — seasonal variability, price volatility, expansion decisions and financing pressures. The difference is you can test strategies and see the financial outcomes without risking real money.
You’ll make decisions about enterprise mix, forward pricing, adopting new technology, purchasing land, financing growth and off-farm investment.
The real value is seeing how these decisions affect profit, cash flow and long-term wealth. Farmers often say the biggest insight is experiencing many seasons of management in one day and seeing clearly what good — and poor — management looks like. It’s both an insightful and fun workshop.
If you want to sharpen your business thinking and manage risk more confidently, Ri$ky Business is a powerful learning experience for farmers. Great learning for both young and the more experienced farmers.
Facilitator: Mike Krause, P2PAgri
Mike Krause is CEO and founder of P2PAgri, drawing on more than 35 years of experience improving farm business profitability. Ri$ky Business, P2PAgri software and the ‘Farming the Business’ book have been used by over 2,000 farmers across Australia. Mike has also trained bankers, accountants, and agricultural advisers nationwide with this Ri$ky Business Workshop.
Register by Thursday, 26 March

AIA SA Division June Event & Annual General Meeting
2026-06-02 18:00 - 20:30 | Urrbrae High School, 505 Fullarton Road, Netherby, SA

Ri$ky Business - A Farm Business Simulation Game for Better Decisions
2026-06-03 08:45 - 14:30 | Wudinna & Districts Telecentre, Australia
Ri$ky Business is a practical, hands-on workshop designed to help farmers improve their business and risk management skills.
In this fast-paced simulation, you run a farm business through several seasons in just one day. Every team starts with the same farm, the same resources and the same finances. From there, your success depends on the decisions you make. The farm with the strongest net worth at the end wins.
Along the way you’ll face the same challenges farmers deal with every year — seasonal variability, price volatility, expansion decisions and financing pressures. The difference is you can test strategies and see the financial outcomes without risking real money.
You’ll make decisions about enterprise mix, forward pricing, adopting new technology, purchasing land, financing growth and off-farm investment.
The real value is seeing how these decisions affect profit, cash flow and long-term wealth. Farmers often say the biggest insight is experiencing many seasons of management in one day and seeing clearly what good — and poor — management looks like. It’s both an insightful and fun workshop.
If you want to sharpen your business thinking and manage risk more confidently, Ri$ky Business is a powerful learning experience for farmers. Great learning for both young and the more experienced farmers.
Facilitator: Mike Krause, P2PAgri
Mike Krause is CEO and founder of P2PAgri, drawing on more than 35 years of experience improving farm business profitability. Ri$ky Business, P2PAgri software and the ‘Farming the Business’ book have been used by over 2,000 farmers across Australia. Mike has also trained bankers, accountants, and agricultural advisers nationwide with this Ri$ky Business Workshop.
Register by Thursday, 28 May

Carbon Farming explained
2026-06-03 09:30 - 14:30, 2026-06-04 09:30 - 14:30 | Charles Hawker Building – Waite Campus, Waite Road, Urbrrae, SA, Australia
Come along to two free workshops hosted by the NY, SAAL and EP Landscape Boards, and AIR EP to unlock the potential of carbon farming.

Are you curious about how carbon farming can benefit agricultural businesses?
Come along to one or both free workshops hosted by the Northern and Yorke, SA Arid Lands and Eyre Peninsula Landscape Boards, and AIR EP to unlock the potential of carbon farming. These workshops are designed for landholders, researchers, industry, students or anyone else who wants to understand the world of carbon farming and emission reduction – from a primary production lens.
Workshop 1: Beginner’s Guide to Carbon Farming
9:30am – 12pm
· What is carbon farming? Understand the concept and its applications.
· Benefits for on-farm productivity: Explore how carbon farming can benefit farm efficiency and output.
· Generating carbon credits: Can farmers earn credits, and what to consider.
· Carbon footprint: Learn what it is and why or why not to reduce it.
Lunch
12pm – 12:30pm
Workshop 2: Carbon Calculator Deeper Dive
12:30pm – 2:30pm
· Calculating carbon footprints: Learn how to measure farm emission intensity.
· Carbon farming tools: Explore tools including LOOC-C and PLANR, and run some back of the envelope numbers on potential ACCU projects.
These workshops are funded by the Commonwealth of Australia through the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water under the Carbon Farming Outreach Program.

Ri$ky Business - A Farm Business Simulation Game for Better Decisions
2026-06-04 08:46 - 14:30 | Rudall Sports Club, SA

Managing Revegetation
2026-06-10 | Hart Field Site, Hart, SA, Australia

Welcome to WoTL - A Place to Flourish - Wimmera Mallee 2026
2026-06-12 09:30 - 14:00 | Donald Jeffcott Cricket Club, Donald, VIC
Learn how WoTL champions and assists women connected through agriculture, and four steps to flourishing.
This introductory event is a relaxed session designed to bring women together to learn more about WoTL, exploring what it means to be part of a local WoTL group, with a bonus session on flourishing. We will cover;

WoTL’s network of connection, practical learning and shared experience supporting women in ag.
Shaping what a local group could look like for your community.
How to design and implement practices that enable you to flourish personally, professionally, and within communities.

If you’re looking to build confidence, expand your networks and be part of a supportive group of women who understand life on the land, this session is the perfect place to start.
The day includes morning tea, lunch and a small gift.
The full cost of this workshop is $270 which has been heavily reduced thanks to the support of event sponsors.
This event is supported by a Look Over the Farm Gate grant provided by Agriculture Victoria under the Victorian Government’s 2025 Drought Support Package. #LookOverTheFarmGate

Tour, Learn and Share, Yorke Peninsula 2026
2026-06-12 10:00 - 14:00 | AG Schilling & Co, Cunliffe, SA
Join the Yorke Peninsula WoTL network for a tour of A.G Schilling Co and connection lunch at Café Capella, Moonta.
Join us for a visit to A.G Schilling & Co. where Merridee and Mark Schilling will share the history and insights into their multi-facetted business. This will be an informal interaction morning with opportunity to learn and ask questions from a local business using invitation and diversification. Following the visit we will travel by car to Café Capella, Moonta for lunch and an opportunity to connect with new and old members of the group.
Schedule:
10 am- 12pm Morning tea & tour of A.G Schilling & Co.
12:30pm-2pm Lunch Café Capella, Moonta
This workshop includes morning tea, lunch, and the tour. Reimbursement available for car pools traveling 150km+ return.
The full cost of this workshop is $270 which has been heavily reduced thanks to the support of event sponsors.
This project is an initiative of the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030.

Online Climate Forum #3
2026-06-12 12:30 - 13:15 | Online, Australia
Friday Climate Forum: Seasonal Outlook for the Eyre Peninsula
Join us for our third Friday Climate Forum, part of a new webinar series being delivered over the next couple of years through the Sustainable Agriculture Program.
Please send through your weather, climate and seasonal risk questions, or topic suggestions for future webinars, and we’ll work our way through them across the series.

Kick Off Ya Boots screening
2026-06-12 17:00 - 22:00 | Tooperang, Tooperang, SA, 5255, Australia
Kick Off Ya Boots is a unique initiative promoting rural wellbeing and community resilience, delivered in partnership with Little Town Productions and ifarmwell.

This is a community-oriented night with neighbours, listen in on meaningful stories about rural life, and take away practical tools for wellbeing. Originally a live dinner-theatre production, it has evolved into a touring movie event, with the 2024 live show “This Farming Life” professionally filmed and now shown across regional South Australia. Come along, share a meal, and watch the Conner family tackle the tough topics of succession, drought, financial security, and unspoken truths as they go about their farming lives in a relatable and humorous way. Key themes include:

Farm succession planning, financial and business pressures
Drought, climate, seasonal risk and the rural work-life balance
Family communication, mental health, community connection

June 12 @ Tooperang
This event is supported by the SA Drought Hub through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, Rabobank Client Council, and SkiForLife.
For tickets, follow Kick off Ya Boots- Little Town Production on Facebook.

Regional Round Up
2026-06-17 18:00 - 21:00 | Wudinna Commnunity Club, 43 Medley Terrace, Wudinna, SA, Australia
Guest Speaker: Alex McGorman
Alex McGorman is the owner and manager of Thornby, a historic family farm in South Australia’s Mid Murray. The McGorman family has been farming Thornby for over 120 years, evolving the property into a diversified agricultural enterprise. Today, Thornby spans 8,000 acres, where Alex oversees the operation of an AUS-MEAT accredited lamb feedlot that finishes over 120,000 lambs annually, along with the production of broadacre cereal grains and hay. Thornby’s farming enterprise is supported by a team of over 25 staff members who contribute to its thriving operations.
Alex will provide an update on the current market indicators, discuss the potential impact of the live export phase-out on South Australia, share insights on how feedlotting has built resilience against drought, and offer perspectives on the human resources aspect of their business, including team management and the challenges of maintaining a skilled workforce in the agricultural sector.
Registrations are required for catering purposes as dinner is included. Please note this event is free for Livestock SA members. Stakeholders and industry professionals will be charged $30 to attend.

Farm Financial Literacy Workshop
2026-06-22 09:15 - 13:30 | Redhill Football Club, South Australia, 5453, Australia
Join the Farm Financial Literacy Workshop at Redhill Football Club to boost your farm’s financial know-how with key speakers from Pinion Advisory and Purvis Agri Finance.

Monday, 22 June, arrive at 9.15am for morning tea – session starts at 9.30am.

Lunch provided. Please use QR code on the flyer or link below to register.

Winter Sticky Beak Friday
2026-06-26 09:00 - 16:00 | Venue TBA, Caserton
Sticky Beak Fridays are all about looking over the fence to see how other farmers run their businesses. Throughout the series, we’ll be visiting a variety of different businesses throughout the Limestone Coast and Western Victoria, learning from our hosts and each other, and having a look at the new, the old, the successful and the not-so-successful!
Morning tea and lunch included.

Paddocks & Picnics: Crop Foundations - Clare Valley 2026
2026-06-28 09:15 - 14:30 | Manoora Football Club Rooms, Manoora, SA, Australia
A district tour exploring soil types, crop rotations, and nitrogen basics, gaining learnings to apply to your own ‘project paddock’.
Grab your boots and your travel mug; we’re hitting the road for a look-see at what’s happening in the paddock! Led by renown Agronomist, Jeff Braun, we’ll cover the fundamentals of crop and soil health and grab a picnic in the paddock along the way.
Attendees are invited to nominate their own “Project Paddock” , so as a group you can;

Investigate each paddock’s four-year history to understand what’s happening at the ground level.
Identify and query differences in agronomic decision making, specific to rainfall, soil, and conditions.
Delve into weed ID.
Discuss practical tools and support for your role in the business.

This workshop is about creating a space for those new to the area, new to farming, or those with decades of experience, to learn more about crops and soils across the Mid North.
The day includes morning tea and lunch.
The full cost of this workshop is $270 which has been heavily reduced thanks to the support of event sponsors.
This event is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Natural Heritage Trust under the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program and delivered for the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board, a member of the Commonwealth Regional Delivery Partners panel.

GRDC Farm Business Update
2026-07-01 09:30 - 15:15 | Kimba Football Club, Kimba, SA, Australia
SAVE THE DATE!
The GRDC Farm Business Update events drive innovation and adoption of improved farm business management practices across the grains industry. Please register for catering purposes.

GRDC Farm Business Update
2026-07-01 09:30 - 15:30 | Kimba Football Club, Kimba, SA, Australia
The GRDC Farm Business Update events drive innovation and adoption of improved farm business management practices across the grains industry.
Please register for catering purposes
