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  • Herbicide Resistance Field Day
    Time & Date:

    01.10.08

    Location:

    Buloke

    Herbicide Resistance Field Day
    More information will be provided closer to the date.


    Region: Buloke
    Location: Still to be confirmed

  • Go Grains
    Time & Date:

    01.10.08

    Location:

    CSIRO National Measurement Laboratory, Bradfield Road, West Lindfield, Sydney

     

    The conference theme will focus on the growing international interest in, and evidence for, the role of grain foods and legumes in the prevention and management of lifestyle diseases such as Heart Disease, Diabetes, Weight Management and Bowel Health.     

    If you wish to be informed, enthralled and challenged, then this one-day Go Grains conference is for you.

    • Be enlightened by compelling research about grains (refined and wholegrains) and grain-based foods.
    • Open your eyes, ears and mind to ‘4+ serves a day’.
    • Wrap your head around the environmental impact of eating plenty of grains.
    • See, touch and taste new grain-based food product innovations.

    Registration closes 19th September, 2008

  • Fuelling Food in WA
    Time & Date:

    03.10.08

    Location:

    University Club, UWA

    Fuelling Food in WA
    How will we eat when oil runs low?
    The era of cheap oil is coming to an end as the world’s oil production peaks.
    Western Australia is particularly susceptible to increases in fuel costs and food prices. 

    Years of low transport costs have encouraged the food industry to buy from more distant suppliers
    and produce foods in distant factories. 
    The resources boom has pushed labour costs up, further encouraging food production and processing to move elsewhere. 

    Now, more than 70% of our food is imported from the eastern states and overseas, while more than
    70% of the food we produce is exported. 

    As oil prices rise, how much food can WA farmers produce? Will they concentrate on local products for
    local markets? Can we go on paying freight costs? Will new food processing factories open as the cost
    of transport makes imports too expensive? Should the government initiate a much stronger buy local
    campaign and make easier the transition to local production for local consumption?

     
    Early Bird Registration...................................................... $220 inc GST
    Last chance 31st August
    Corporate and Government.............................................. $250 inc GST
    Non-Government Organisations...................................... $66 inc GST
    Be quick! Only 60 discount tickets available

  • ABARE Regional Outlook conference
    Time & Date:

    08.10.08

    Location:

    The Old Woolstore, 1 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania

    Coming to Hobart – ABARE’s Regional Outlook conference

    With 12 speakers across four sessions, this is your chance to access the latest commodity data and industry trends for your region at the Hobart Regional Outlook conference on Wednesday 8 October.

    Hear from key speakers including:
    • ABARE’s Phillip Glyde on the road ahead for commodities
    • Tony Pearson, ANZ, with a banker’s perspective on interest rates, and where to from here?
    • Rob Goudswaard, ANZ exploring how financial institutions can contribute to sustainable communities
    • Nuffield scholar Ronald Thompson, on keeping farmers in agriculture
    • Melanie Ford, ABARE with climate change – preparing for carbon trading
    • Ian Barnes-Keoghan, Bureau of Meteorology on coping with short and long-term climate change
    • and Johann Joubert, New Life Industries, discussing hydroponic farming: benefiting the environment

    This is your opportunity to make new contacts, discuss industry trends, and access information that can encourage innovative approaches to traditional issues. The conference is open to anyone with an interest in their community.

    Date: Wednesday, 8 October
    Venue: The Old Woolstore, 1 Macquarie Street, Hobart
    Time: registration from 8.30am, conference 9am – 5pm

    Registration for the conference is $77 (inc GST).

  • BCG Members Only Field Day
    Time & Date:

    17.10.08

    Location:

    Buloke

    BCG Members Only Field Day
    More information will be provided closer to the date.


    Region: Buloke
    Location: Birchip

    Fri 17th Oct