Production in the rangelands forum (Hay)

All welcome to a free workshop on the latest research regarding production in the rangelands.

When and where

Wednesday, 19 April 2023; 8.00 am

Hay Services Club, 371 Murray St

RSVP

Register here by Wed 12 April.

To find out more contact Sally Ware - Riverina LLS (sally.ware@lls.nsw.gov.au or 0429 307 627).

Schedule

8.00 am Registrations, tea and coffee

8.30 am Welcome to Country by Ngiyampaa Elder, Roy Kennedy and Welcome to Hay, Sally Ware, Senior Land Services Officer, Local Land Services Hay film clips

8.45 am Sandra Ireson, Program Manager, Hay Inc Rural Education, program and film clip

9.00 am Dr Sue Hatcher, Director and Principal Scientist, Makin Outcomes

Pregnancy Scanning in Extensive Sheep Flocks – Results from the First Breeding Cycle

9.30 am Dr Sarah McDonald, Research Officer Pastures, NSW DPI Trangie

Measuring and Improving Productivity and Landscape Function in NSW Rangelands

10.00 Dr Susan Orgill, Senior Scientific Advisor, Soil Science and Farming Systems, Select Carbon

Building Soil Carbon in the Rangelands

10.30 am Morning tea

11.00 am Tanisha Shields, Consultant, Agrista, Oxley

Key Profit Drivers in Rangeland Grazing Businesses

11.30 am George Lehmann, Project Co-ordinator, Extension and Capacity Building, AWI Ltd; Miles Barritt, Project Manager WoolQ and Traceability

Wools Move to a Digital World

12.10 pm Dr Louisa Mamouney and John Seidel, Credits Supply Taskforce, Environment and Heritage Group, Credits Supply Taskforce

Rangeland Opportunities through the NSW Biodiversity Market

1.00 pm Wind up

Information booths

• Samantha Star, National Emergency Agency Management
• Linda McLean, Rural Financial Counselling Service
• Sandra Ireson, Hay Inc Rural Education
• Jenny Dwyer, Murrumbidgee Landcare, Bidgee West and Hay Plains Landcare
• SelectCarbon staff
• Riverina Local Land Services staff

Flood recovery services will be available from 8.30am until 2.30pm.

NSW Government’s recovery assistance service provides face-to-face access to a range of Government and NGO flood recovery support including:

• Service NSW
• NSW Health – Louise Fraser, Farming Community Counsellor, Deniliquin
• NSW DPI Recovery Support Officers (can assist with RAA applications)
• Environmental Protection Authority
• Services Australia
• Salvation Army

When
19 Apr 2023

Region
Riverina