AgLife - Wimmera Machinery Field Days Edition - February 28, 2018

February 28, 2018

Trash to treasure Horsham’s Glenn Connor is tightlipped about his latest creation from scrap metal, which he is preparing to enter in this year’s Victorian Farm Sculpture Competition at the Wimmera Machinery Field Days – Story, page 5 Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

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“A spill over from the pavilion into an agribusiness marquee has led to a rebranding, and we now have an Agribusiness Centre”

BY DEAN LAWSON

sense of buoyancy and strength in Victoria’s agricultural industry has led to a strong business response to this year’s Wimmera Machinery Field Days.

That’s the frank assessment of field days manager Murray Wilson, who has been preparing for a busy three days of activities at Wimmera Events Centre at Longerenong.

Mr Wilson said site inquiries from national and international agricultural businesses had been strong and augured well for a major rural showcase.

“Following a bumper harvest last year to a mixed-bag, but also reasonable harvest this year, there is an obvious sense of optimism in agriculture, especially in our part of the world,” he said.

“What patrons will see at the field days are exhibits and activity that reflect the continuing evolution of broadacre farming in Australia and a strong desire to be as efficient and profitable as possible.”

The field days event, which represents the largest industry exhibition on the Wimmera calendar, celebrates farming and rural and regional culture as well as promoting the latest agricultural machinery, products and concepts.

It is designed to correspond with a critical broadacre farm-planning period between seasons, when farmers assess what they will grow and the best ways of achieving crop or livestock success.

Mr Wilson said a major expansion of agribusiness exhibits based at Alan Heard Pavilion reflected how the business of farming was continually evolving.

“A spill over from the pavilion into an agribusiness marquee has led to a rebranding, and we now have an Agribusiness Centre,” he said.

“It provides an example of the diversity and general expansion of agriculture into various fields of expertise and business.

“There is everything from brokering and agronomy to general precision farming, which might include computer software and go right down to the most effective nozzle for a sprayer.

“It’s about helping farmers to use every available area in their paddock and services available.

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“It shows where our farmers stand in being among some of the best in the world.

“The willingness to adopt new technology and practice, minimise risk and maximize potential is part of the growth we’re seeing.

“Wimmera and Mallee farmers like to keep up with international trends and what makes them so effective is that they are not satisfied doing the same thing year in year out.

“They are wonderful at absorbing information, and that is what the field days are all about.”

Mr Wilson said site inquiries would continue up to the start of the event, which would take the number of exhibitor sites well beyond the 500 mark.

“The beauty of the Wimmera Events Centre is that from an outdoors perspective we can always manage to fit exhibitors in and we will always provide opportunities,” he said.

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Sculptures from scraps

What’s on Tuesday

BY SARAH SCULLY

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10am: Product demonstration, Auditorium 10am: Live snake show, Livestock Block 10.30am: The Chefs Toolbox demonstration, Auditorium 10.30am: Motocross FMX Stunt Show, O’Connors site, J 1-18 10.30am: Tom the Shearer, Livestock Block 11.30am: Fashion parade, Auditorium 11.30am: Live snake show, Livestock Block 12.30pm: Magi Mix demonstration and show, Auditorium 12.30pm: Motocross FMX Stunt Show, O’Connors site 1pm: Tom the Shearer, Livestock Block 1.30pm: Live snake show, Livestock Block 2pm: Horsham College student showcase, Auditorium 2.30pm: Motocross FMX Stunt Show, O’Connors site 3pm: Magi Mix demonstration, Auditorium 3pm: Tom the Shearer, Livestock Block 3pm: Tractorcade Vintage Machinery Rally, outdoors 3.30pm: Live snake show, Livestock Block

orsham’s Glenn Connor loves the sense of freedom working with metal brings compared with other materials.

“With your imagination and steel you can make nearly anything,” he said.

“If you’ve got a problem when you’re making something, and something has to go from here to there, you just visualise it and then make it out of steel.

“There is a real freedom.”

Mr Connor’s foray into creating sculptures from scrap metal started about four years ago when he bought a mig welder.

Since then, he has entered several competitions and become a regular contributor to the Victorian Farm Sculpture Competition.

The Wimmera Machinery Field Days will host the 13th edition of the competition from March 6 to 9.

The competition usually attracts more than 40 entries from across the region and interstate.

Mr Connor has placed in the competition but is yet to break through for a win.

He hopes 2018 is his year.

Mr Connor started working on his project, still under wraps, a few months ago.

He has completed extensive research on his chosen subject and is working off detailed designs.

“You’ve got to know what you’re going to make. If you can’t draw a plan of it, it’s a bit hard to make it,” he said.

“Things are subject to change without notice though.”

Mr Connor said he had spent about 500 hours learning his craft.

“I like to look at the best in the world and see what they do and try to learn,” he said.

“I’d hate to know how much time I’ve put into making things, but it’s all good fun.

“I am getting slightly smarter.

I was making them so big it’d take 10 men to cart them out to the field days.

“Half the time, because they’re so big and heavy, you’d break a bit of something.

Wednesday – family day

10am: George the Farmer live, Auditorium 10am: Live snake show, Livestock Block 10.30am: Motocross FMX Stunt Show, O’Connors site 11am: Field Days Kids Fashion Parade, Auditorium 11.30am: Live snake show, Livestock Block 12.45pm: George the Farmer live, Auditorium 12.30pm: Motocross FMX Stunt Show, O’Connors site 1.30pm: Live snake show, Livestock Block 2pm: Exhibitor Site Awards presentation, Field Days Square 2pm: Horsham College student showcase, Auditorium 2.30pm: Motocross FMX Stunt Show, O’Connors site 3pm: Magi Mix demonstration, Auditorium 3pm: Tractorcade Vintage Machinery Rally, outdoors 3.30pm: Live snake show, Livestock Block

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COMPANION: Bailey keeps watch over Horsham’s Glenn Connor as he spends hours in his workshop creating sculptures and other items from scrap metal. Mr Connor is preparing to enter the Victorian Farm Sculpture Competition at the Wimmera Machinery Field Days.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER “The one I’m making this year actually goes into about six pieces, so it should be easier to put together.”

Mr Connor said he loved the challenge of coming up with an idea, designing his sculpture and sourcing material.

“Probably the hardest part about doing this is if you make something out of new steel, it doesn’t look any good and it’s very heavy and hard to work with,” he said.

“But if you get old steel that’s rusty, it either falls apart or doesn’t do what you want.

“Part of the art is finding old steel you can work with.”

Mr Connor sources his material from farms, scrap-metal dealers and ‘anywhere where someone doesn’t want something that is old, rusty and useless’.

While he spends hours in his workshop creating masterpieces and honing his craft, Mr Connor has company in the form of his dog, Bailey. Bailey spends hours sitting on his mat, overseeing the creative process.

Mr Connor said Bailey took a while to get used to the equipment.

“Whenever I was going to do something noisy or dangerous he’d come up beside me, even though he was scared,” he said.

“I thought maybe he just doesn’t like the noise – I don’t either when it’s really screaming. So I put ear-muffs on him and he was fine.

“After a while he just got used to it.

“Now, I put his ear-muffs on when I’m going to do something and when I turn away he shrugs them off. He’s pretty cunning now.”

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From the president W Days.

elcome to the 56th annual Wimmera Machinery Field

The WMFD committee and staff extend their warmest welcome to exhibitors and patrons and hope you have a fantastic and productive time at this year’s field days.

The WMFD provides a world-class event to the communities of western Victoria and we are proud to be able to provide an opportunity to our exhibitors to showcase the latest and greatest that the world’s manufacturers have to offer.

Likewise, our patrons have the chance to conduct business and learn about new technologies and avenues of growth in the industry, while enjoying a relaxed day and friendly environment that the field days are known for.

The organising committee and staff of the WMFD are a passionate and dedicated group.

Members work tirelessly to overcome obstacles and challenges to bring our patrons and exhibitors together for an event that epitomises agriculture.

Agriculture continues to be an industry at the forefront of innovation.

It is always looking for new inventions and ideas that can be incorporated to assist with efficiencies and better practices.

The WMFD has been an excellent platform to achieve this for the past 56 years.

We consider all our exhibitors and sponsors to be vital to our event and it’s with great appreciation that we rec-

ognise all they have contributed to the successful running of the WMFD. Our exhibitors are essential to our industry, always looking for an edge on the competition to provide customers with the results they want.

In addition they promote a fantastic atmosphere for our patrons and a great social day out.

We would like to thank all our volunteer and community groups whose participation and hard work help to

make the field days a success. Once again I would like to welcome you all to the 56th annual Wimmera Machinery Field Days.

I hope your time with us provides you with the ideas, skills, knowledge and tools to benefit your business, community and your lifestyle.

Peter Moore President Wimmera Machinery Field Days

What you need to know

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he 56th annual Wimmera Machinery Field Days are on Tuesday, March 6, Wednesday, March 7 and Thursday, March 8.

Opening times Tuesday and Wednesday, 8.30am to 5pm, Thursday, 8.30am to 4pm.

Entry Adults $18, two-day pass $25, students aged 12 to 18 years, $5. Children under 12 are free.

Eftpos is available for entry at gates two and three.

Toilets Toilets are clearly labelled on the site map, on page 17 of this feature. These include indoor, modern facilities with full disabled access in Alan Heard Pavilion. Wider access toilets suited to disabled access and prams are located in the blocks in the Country Lifestyle Square and the toilet block near the Field Days Kiosk two, in the boating, camping and caravan area.

Parents and babies A well-equipped family and kids marquee is situated in Field Days Square behind the main office, offering a place to go for little ones to get changed, relax or have a play. There are also private feeding areas available.

First aid Emergency Medical Response will have qualified first aid trained staff and their fully

equipped vehicles stationed near the field days office each day.

Explore bus A free site explorer bus will operate on all three days. The ‘hop-on hop-off’ bus will save your legs from plenty of walking as it covers the entire site.

The bus will run from 9am to 4pm each day.

Scooter hire Scooter hire is available at gate two. People can book by calling 0428 694 335.

Courier service A free courier service will operate for customers who have purchased goods. People can use the free courier and parcel pick-up service to help with their larger purchases. Items can be picked up and taken to a depot to collect later.

Banking Banking services, along with Eftpos for money withdrawal, is located at the south end of the field days office. Opening hours are 9.30am to 4.30pm daily.

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FMX stunt riders sure to thrill W

immera Machinery Field Days will again feature an exciting freestyle motocross stunt team as a special attraction.

Stunt riders from Factory FMX, a huge hit with field days patrons last year, will again bring their live show to the event.

As a bonus this year, the show will feature two professional riders showcasing tandem jumps and the latest mid-air tricks, while leaping distances of more than 21 metres long and nine metres high.

O’Connors Farm Machinery has come on board to sponsor the motocross stunt show and will be offering the chance for the Factory FMX Motocross stunt riders to leap over some of its huge tractors and other machines lined up under the jumps area.

Wimmera Machinery Field Days manager Murray Wilson said the motocross stunt team would be a huge drawcard for the event.

“With the region’s strong connection to motocross and Horsham’s first-class track, the site of world junior titles later this year nearby, it is a great fit for the field days,” he said.

“It’s also fantastic to have major field days exhibitor O’Connors show its support by providing farm vehicles and machinery for the team to leap over, which is sure to be an impressive sight for patrons.”

The Factory FMX Motocross team will perform three shows daily at this year’s event.

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An FMX stunt team member takes to the air at last year’s Wimmera Machinery Field Days. Picture: KELLY LAIRD

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Event plays major farming role T

BY DEAN LAWSON

he hit and miss success rate of last year’s broadacre crops across the Wimmera-Mallee has emphasised a need for growers planning for next year to arm themselves with as much information as possible.

Victorian Farmers Federation president David Jochinke said earlier in the year that what farmers decided to do in the interim period between seasons would heavily influence their success.

He said the Wimmera boasted some of the best broadacre farmers in the world and much of that reputation came down to their ability and willingness to harness the latest expertise available.

An understanding of the critical farm-planning period between seasons is one of the primary reasons why the Wimmera Machinery Field Days exist.

Field days manager Murray Wilson said while the three-day event had evolved into a major celebration of rural lifestyle, it had maintained its critical role in providing farmers with the latest developments in farm machinery, technology and knowhow.

“Because the field days are early in the calendar year it is always seen as an effective launching pad for businesses and experts in the sector to promote new products and-or ways of simply doing things,” he said.

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“As a result, farmers also use the field days as a launching pad – to set themselves up for the season ahead.

“The plans, purchases and decision-making for the next 12 months for many involves, in some way, the field days.

“It’s been a primary role of the field days for more than half a century and its evolution has meant the international world of agriculture and the Wimmera collide every year for three days in March.”

Mr Wilson said the diverse nature of rural and regional society had meant the field days had also had to adapt beyond a simple product and service market.

“An understanding of what makes rural communities tick is at the core of why we have such a variety of attractions,” he said.

“At the Moore Exhibition Centre, for example, there is a strong regional community and service-group presence where people can gain advice on everything from banking and finance to health, education and training.

“In contrast is a Gourmet Pavilion where people can explore regional produce, be they ciders, beers and wines or the vast variety of food products that are becoming available.

“In many cases people can also sample what’s on display with the produce coming from the Wimmera and beyond.”

Mr Wilson said a Country Lifestyle

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marquee and square represented one of the region’s largest pop-up markets, where patrons would have access to everything from product demonstrations and art and craft to clothing.

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of the field days. It’s our main entertainment section where there are food-preparation and cooking demonstrations, activities on stage such as fashion parades and the always highly anticipated showcase of Horsham

College creative arts,” he said. “But that’s only a taste of the experiences on offer. We have a specific boating and camping site, our Livestock Block will have Tom ‘The Shearer’ McGrath providing shearing demonstrations, a vintage tractorcade, snake handlers and interactive wildlife demonstrations.

“And for the adventurous keen to get a bird’s eye view of what’s happening, there are helicopter rides available from either Grampians Helicopters or Ultimate Helicopters.”

Mr Wilson emphasised that machinery display and promotion remained a critical part of the three days.

“We have an event that remains strong and maintains its importance for key agricultural organisation,” he said.

“In direct acknowledgement of the region’s primary industry – agriculture – the field days are a key driver in building, driving and fostering that industry.

“It continues the tradition of being an effective tool and important part of our region’s agricultural backbone.

“It is also important to understand that in regards to worldwide agriculture, it puts the Wimmera and Horsham on the national and international map.

“It’s this time every year that we all realise just how big a role we are playing in helping to feed and clothe the world.”

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Time to taste

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BY SARAH SCULLY

s a survivor of prostate cancer, Horsham’s Brian Nagorcka knows how important early detection can be.

In 2016, he and friend Max Judd formed Wimmera Prostate Cancer Support Group to use their experiences to help others.

Mr Nagorcka said the pair not only wanted to provide support for other men and their families dealing with the disease, but also wanted to raise awareness of a need for men to prioritise their health.

Wimmera Prostate Cancer Support Group members will have a stand at Wimmera Machinery Field Days for the first time this year.

Mr Nagorcka encouraged people to visit the stand, in Moore Pavilion, for a chat or to pick up some literature.

“The field days committee was good enough to ensure we had a stand this year to address people about this important topic and help people who want help,” he said.

“I had a man call me up last week who had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

“That’s what our group does – offers support. We don’t tell people what sort of treatment we think they should have, but we can talk to them about the treatment we’ve had and some of the options that are out there.

“We also have oodles and oodles of literature on the subject.”

Prostate cancer specialist nurse Gay Corbett will be on hand to answer questions on Wednesday, with a Cancer Council Victoria representative to attend on Thursday.

Ms Corbett is a regular visitor to the Wimmera through her work with Wimmera Prostate Cancer Support Group.

The group has about 30 members, including wives and partners, and meets at Horsham RSL on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

“We get together for lunch and a meeting. People share their experiences and sometimes we have a guest speaker,” Mr Nagorcka said.

He said while he believed people were becoming more educated about prostate cancer, more needed to be done.

“It is talked about a lot more than it used to be,” he said.

“But we still need to talk about it more. The women have got their act together but men still have the mentality, ‘it won’t happen to me’.

“Well, it happened to me. I’m okay now, but early detection is key.

“Once they get to 50, men should have regular check-ups and blood tests to make sure they are taking care of their health.”

Mr Nagorcka encouraged women attending the field days to stop by Wimmera Prostate Cancer Support Group’s stand.

“It’s important women are involved in this as well,” he said.

“They play a big role supporting the men. It’s a team effort.”

ewly established Pomonal Estate, based at the foothills of the Grampians, will be a first-time field days exhibitor in the Country Gourmet Pavilion.

The family-run, small boutique winery will offer local wines, handcrafted beer, cider and local produce.

The business will showcase its cellar door and its venue, perfect for weddings, functions and conferences.

It also has self-contained accommodation.

Pomonal Estate will also bring its popular handcrafted beer and wine ‘tasting paddles’ to the field days, which are sure to prove a hit.

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first for the Wimmera Machinery Field Days this year is the inaugural ‘Field Days Kids’ fashion parade.

SURVIVOR: Brian Nagorcka will join other Wimmera Prostate Cancer Support Group members at a stand at Wimmera Machinery Field Days for the first time this year.

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See our live demonstrations every day with our celebrity home cook expert Yvette in the field days auditorum

An excited group of youngsters ranging in age from four to 12 will take to the field days catwalk on Wednesday at 11am.

The parade is another key feature of the field days ‘Family Day’.

Supporting the Field Days Kids fashion parade will be Horsham children’s clothing store Kawaii Kids.

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Showcase of past machinery W immera Machinery Field Days will host a vintage machinery tractorcade at this year’s event.

Last seen rolling out at the field days 50th anniversary event in 2012, the tractorcade was a huge drawcard and an extremely popular feature capturing the attention of thousands of patrons every day.

Each afternoon participating tractors and machinery will roll out and complete a lap of the central field days site, allowing patrons to see the machines in the tractorcade as they drive past.

There will be a host of participating brands and machines, some dating back 60 to 80 years.

The 2018 Field Days tractorcade is supported by the Dunmunkle Sump Oilers, Wheatlands Warracknabeal Agricultural Machinery Museum and Nhill Vintage Machinery Club.

SHOWCASE: Dunmunkle Sump Oilers’ Winston Chivell at last The parade will get year’s Dimboola Show. Dunmunkle Sump Oilers are sponsoring underway at 3pm every the tractorcade at this year’s field days.

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LIVE SHOW: The team from Black Snake Productions will host live shows across the three days of the Wimmera Machinery Field Days. Pictured are helpers Alicia Bunting, left, and Brit Hides.

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Get up close and personal

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he team from Black Snake Productions will return to the field days this year with some of their deadliest possessions.

The exhibit gives patrons the chance to get up close to the world’s most deadliest snakes.

People can touch and hold a big, friendly python or native lizard and see how sharp a baby crocodile’s teeth really are.

The team will have displays of other reptiles and will introduce many during live shows throughout the three days.

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Live ‘venomous’ snake shows will run daily at 10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm in the Livestock Block.

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Exhibitor awards up for grabs T

he Wimmera Machinery Field Days prides itself on providing a showcase with a modern professional image and the very latest in agriculture machinery and technology.

To encourage exhibitors to strive for similar ideals, there are two major product awards and 11 site awards on offer during the event.

The two main product awards are judged by a panel of regional primary producers and agribusiness professionals who are committee members of the Wimmera Machinery Field Days.

In many cases the award winning machine has gone on to become a standard piece of equipment on farms throughout Australia.

Judging criteria for the product awards include the machine’s purpose and suitability; scope of application; construction – durability, appearance and design; ease of maintenance and service; ease of operation, including operator comfort and safety; ease of adjustment; availability of parts; and overall value-for-money.

The machinery and agribusiness products that are eligible are required to be new to the market in the 12 months following last year’s field days in March.

Exhibitor site awards are judged by a panel of Wimmera Machinery Field Days committee members ac-

Site awards – • Best Outdoor Agribusiness Site.

• Best Indoor Agribusiness Site.

• Best Outdoor General Site.

• Best Moore Exhibition Centre Exhibit.

• Best Indoor Country Lifestyle Exhibit.

• Best Outdoor Country Lifestyle Exhibit.

• Best Country Gourmet Pavilion Exhibit.

2017 award winners

WINNERS ARE GRINNERS: From left, Wimmera Machinery Field Days vice-president Chris Bartlett with Bellvue Trading Warracknabeal’s Chris Taylor and Kuhn Farm Machinery representative Jarrod Maskell. A Kuhn spreader displayed by Bellvue Trading won a Machine of the Year award at least year’s field days. cording to overall showcase and ease of recognition; effort put into the display; quality of the site; and overall participation in the theme and spirit of the Wimmera Machinery Field Days.

Judges also look for aesthetic appeal, presentation of equipment on display, dress and ease of recognition of staff on the site – uniforms, name

tags and so on – and safety, for example tent pegs, leads, sharp objects and trip hazards.

It is also important that exhibitor site holders are compliant with Wimmera Machinery Field Day policy and procedure prior to and during the event.

Presentations to all winners takes

place in Field Days Square on Wednesday, March 7, at 2pm

Field Days Exhibitor Awards 2018 Product awards – • Wimmera Machinery Field Days Machine of the Year.

• Agribusiness Innovation of the Year.

Machine of the year: Bellevue Trading Warracknabeal – Kuhn fertiliser gypsum spreader.

Agribusiness Innovation of the Year: Agricultural Energy – Turbodrum.

Best Outdoor Agribusiness Exhibit: Wimmera Small Engines.

Best Indoor Agribusiness Exhibit: Precise Farm Solutions.

Best Outdoor General Site: Stephen Pasture Seeds.

Best Moore Exhibition Centre Exhibit: Wimmera Aquatrail.

Best Boating, Camping and Caravan Exhibit: New Age Caravans.

Best Indoor Country Lifestyle Marquee Exhibit: Out and About Clothing.

Best Outdoor Country Lifestyle Square Exhibit: Mr Pure Water.

Best Country Living Gourmet Pavilion Exhibit: The Chef’s Toolbox.

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snapshot into the growth and evolution of the arts across the Wimmera will be on show at this year’s Wimmera Machinery Field Days.

Students across the region have never had greater opportunities to explore artistic flair at senior levels and Horsham College is keen to share what its students have been creating and learning.

The college’s annual student showcase – Horsham College has Talent – will feature at 2pm in the field days auditorium on all three days of the event.

The showcase promises an eclectic mix from textile students displaying garments they have created as part of their studies to Vocational Education and Training dance students performing routines.

The showcase has become an integral part of field days attractions and fits neatly into the event’s charter to promote a country lifestyle.

It also encourages the college arts students to get out of their comfort zones and exposes them to the world of analysis and critique.

Previous showcases at the field days have left many patrons staggered at the level of art that students are producing at the college.

The college, while long having a reputation for its fine art, textile and music students, now also has dedicated dance studios. This year is the first that dance graduates from the college have gone on to study the discipline at a tertiary level.

Not to be outdone, college hospitalitycourse students will provide showcase support by providing audience members with ‘taster’ bags.

ederal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud will officially open the Wimmera Machinery Field Days at Longerenong on Wednesday.

FINAL TOUCHES: Horsham College students Jacinta Oliver, Soe San Di, Jessica Taylor, Georgia Perris, Hannah Murray, Destany Dickerson-Cornell, Tara Emmerson and Tori Foster prepare for Horsham College has Talent at the Wimmera Machinery Field Days.

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The National Party of Australia member for Maranoa will also join guests at a field days president’s lunch at the Wimmera Events Centre event.

Field days manager Murray Wilson said the visit from Mr Littleproud, sworn in as Agriculture and Water Resources Minister in December, was a major coup for the event.

“It has been a while since we’ve had such a high-ranking federal minister attend the field days,” he said.

“His visit reflects the national significance of agriculture in the Wimmera, Mallee and Western District and also the role that the Wimmera Machinery Field Days play.”

Mr Littleproud’s opening of the field days is loosely scheduled for 11.30am on a lawn area in front of Moore Exhibition Centre.

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2018 Exhibitor list Ace Machinery House..........................P15-17 Achmea Australia................................ D11-12 Action Steel Industries.............................S1-3 Active Machinery................................M19-23 Advantage Feeders Pty Ltd......................T8-9 AF Gason.............................................A62-68 Aglights...................................................T5-6 Agriculture Victoria (DEDJTR).................. D1-4 Agrifac Australia Pty Ltd...........................A1-8 Agrimac.......................................... A75B-79B AgriTune Australia.................................. G 5-6 Ahrens Group Pty Ltd...........................L19-28 AJ & SM Petrie............................................ T7 Allied Grain Systems............................F16-17 Anu Tools.............................................P18-20 APCO Machinery..................................... D5-7 Ararat Auto & Ag Services........................P3-6 Arrow Farmquip...................................... U4-5 Atlex Stockyards..................................... C7-9 Austral Wire Products..........................F14-15 Australian Shearing Supplies.................... K15 B Keogh and Sons ................................. B1-4 BA Group Australia...............................A69-74 Ballarat Mahindra................................... O1-3 Ballarat Trailers & Towbars.......................P7-8 Bargain Boots.............................................R2 Batesford Quarry................................W17-19 Bearing Service Centre....................... C10-11 Bellevue Trading Pty Ltd.......................A15-22 Bendigo Bank..................................... D20-21 Bendigo Hat Shop....................................... T4 Berrima Hay Rakes............................. B21-22 Bio Natural Solutions..................................G4 Bison Engineering.....................................B23 BKT Tyres............................................... G7-8 Bob Healey KB Grader Boards.............W28-31 Bonney Energy......................................P9-10 Breuers United Tools............................... C1-6 Bromar Engineering........................... U 10-11 Brookfield........................................... C30-32 Bushmans Watertanks.........................P13-14 Bute Engineering................................M11-13 Campbell Silos..........................................O11 Carines Merchandise 1........................A57-61 Carines Merchandise 2...................A 75a-79a Challenge Implements........................ D27-29 CJD Equipment................................... C24-27 Claas Harvest Centre – Lake Bolac......A48-56 Clark Tanks............................................. Q5-7 Clipex................................................. Q13-14 Commander Ag-Quip.......................... C35-38 Converte P/L.............................................R17 Coolamon Chaser Bins........................ N19-22 Crop Smart...............................................C18 Customvac Australia...............................W1-2 Darbys Paints...........................................D51 Discount 12Volt LED Lights & Generators.......................................... D41-42 DJ Hogan Builder/Independent Builders Network....................................................C19 DogMaster Trainers/Garmin........................R4 DSM Toolboxes.........................................C12 Duncan Stockcrates................................ U8-9 Dunmunkle Sumpoilers......................... H1-11 Dunstan Farmers Engineering..............X20-26 Duraquip............................................. C33-34 Eagle I Machinery................................A57-61 EGR Trailers.............................................L3-4 Elders Rural Services...............................K1-3 Elgra Engineering..................................... T13 Emmetts.............................................A 23-37 Eureka Garages & Sheds.......................X9-10 Extend Security........................................... S5 Eye Muffs.................................................D45 Faresin................................................A57-61 Farm Pro.................................................W3-5 Flexicoil...................................................V7-8

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Wimmera field days manager Murray Wilson said one of the key outcomes of the field days was the opportunity to provide something different and a helicopter flight to see the field days from the air would provide a unique experience for visitors as part of the event.

“Both Ultimate Helicopters and Grampians Helicopters look forward to providing five, 10 and 15-minute joy flights during the three days of the

Wimmera field days, starting from $60 a person,” he said.

“This will be an amazing opportunity for patrons to see just how big and impressive the field days site is from the air and it will certainly give people the chance for a unique view of the site in its entirety.

“We expect it to be an exciting and popular feature of the field days this year.

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ictorian farming leader David Jochinke has urged Wimmera people to pause and consider what the Wimmera Machinery Field Days means to them and the region as a whole.

Mr Jochinke, Victorian Farmers Federation president and a field days committee member, said it was rare in agriculture to have standalone events so dedicated to the industry.

“As a whole, I don’t know whether we in the Wimmera and southern Mallee generally appreciate what that means for us,” he said.

“To have the country’s largest event dedicated to broadacre farming in our own backyard shouldn’t be taken for granted.

“Not only does it celebrate agriculture, but it celebrates our region and for me, even though it is a traditional event that occurs every year, it is somewhere to find out the latest in what’s happening.

“In fact it is all about leading-edge technology – the world’s best technology in broadacre farming coming to the Wimmera.

“When you think about it, that’s pretty special.

“We have the sheer scale of the event and also the value of equipment being displayed or promoted.

“Added to this are the lifestyle exhibitors. It all culminates into a ma-

DIVERSITY: The Wimmera Machinery Field Days is as much about families and rural lifestyle as it is about buying and selling machinery. jor celebration and reflection of the region.”

Mr Jochinke said from a Victorian Grains Conference in Geelong that he had been attending the field days since he was youngster.

“I used to go there with the Dimboola college concert band, let alone dad pulling me out of primary school as well,” he said.

“Now it’s great to see schools in-

volved and creating new habitual pathways.

“It’s not just about farm kids either.

It’s an opportunity for children and people generally to learn about the local economy and farm industry.”

Mr Jochinke said from his perspective the field days could be roughly split into three parts – relationships between buyers and exhibitors; a celebration of rural and regional lifestyle;

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“Firstly, the field days relies on patrons coming to look at exhibits and exhibitors relying on patrons to see what they have to offer,” he said.

“But the field days shouldn’t be seen as a simply buying and selling exercise.

“It is a learning and comparing process where you can talk to relevant people and touch and feel – all in the one location.

“Secondly, it is not just 100 percent agricultural technology.

“There is lifestyle and general interest and for me it is also a great social event.”

Mr Jochinke stressed the value of the field days as a promotional tool for regional connectivity and solidarity.

“It is a chance for regional communities to mingle, to catch up,” he said.

Mr Jochinke added the field days also remained a major ‘touch point’ between the VFF and a large section of the Victorian farming community.

“It provides an opportunity to discuss issues, policies and politics with members as well as broader community,” he said.

“We want engagement with all players in the agricultural fraternity while also understanding that our members are number-one.”

Mr Jochinke said he would be ‘wearing his VFF hat and field days uniform’ when he caught up with Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud during the field days.

“I’ve already cornered him on a couple of issues and the field days gives me another chance to discuss things further,” he said.

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griculture Victoria has selected five new graduates to take part in its latest 18-month Agronomist Development Program.

The expanded number of graduates will take up positions in Horsham, Hamilton, Bendigo and Mildura and will also undertake intensive placements with leading grower groups and agribusinesses.

Program leader James Nuttall said the new graduates – Stephen O’Connor, Kate Finger, Rachel Coombes, Mitchell Fromm and Alexander Clancy – were the fourth intake under the program, which was established to build grains industry capability.

“This current intake follows three previous cohorts of three graduates that commenced with the program in 2015, 2016 and 2017,” he said.

The Agronomist Development Program is part of the Regional Research Agronomists program, co-funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation and Agriculture Victoria.

Dr Nuttall said the program to date had targeted grains research and development for the medium and high rain zones, however, an expansion into low rain zones had meant several graduates would be undertaking placements that focused on production systems and networks in the Mallee.

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They will gain experience in key areas including seasonal risk management; nutrition and pathology; trial development and management; pest, weeds and disease identification; and crop protection options in a regional

context; as well as developing communication packages to support research adoption.

These positions will be based in Hamilton, Bendigo and Mildura.

The remaining two graduate positions are designed to build capability in targeted areas.

For Mitchell, the program focus will be pulse agronomy in the Mallee, with placements at Southern Pulse Agronomy and Moodie Agronomy, working from Horsham and Mildura.

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Dr Nuttall said the modified approach of these two ADP positions reflected the growing need for agronomists with targeted skills to support these priorities, supporting the successful transition of pulses into the Mallee and pulse agronomy applications to industry.

GRDC Grower Services southern manager Craig Ruchs said the aim of the program was to provide wide industry exposure to the graduates, who would be able to use the skills on completion of the 18-month program.

“The ability for each graduate to work across the three areas of agricultural research with agribusiness, Agriculture Victoria and a farming systems group will provide them with wide exposure to future employment directions,” he said.

“The program will equip the next generation of information providers with a diverse skills base, ready to provide this information for future generations.

“Previous Agronomist Development Program graduates are now all working in the agricultural sector, with one graduate from the 2017 cohort recently accepting an employment offer from a Mallee-based agro-consulting group.

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Research trials uncovered B

CG members had the opportunity to hear the results from a plethora of 2017 research trials at the annual BCG Trials Review Day.

The day attracted about 160 people from across the Wimmera, Mallee, North Central and beyond.

Invited guests and BCG researchers presented on topics covering cereal disease pressure, pulse and cereal variety performance, three-year brome grass and wild radish control, the movement of nitrogen in stubble, the threat of mice in 2018, a seasonal climate update and more.

A highlight of the event was the review of the 2017 season by two farmers, Sam Eastwood of Kaniva and Terry Kiley of Nandaly, who shared their experiences, self-critiqued their operations and spoke of challenges and opportunities for the future of their farm businesses.

Steve Henry from CSIRO provided information on the potential of a mice outbreak in 2018, saying there was a moderate chance.

“Eight weeks prior to sowing is the latest you can leave paddocks without baiting,” he said.

“Zinc phosphide is the only registered product to control mice, and at a rate of 1kg-ha.

“Don’t over bait, the best way to reduce mice numbers is by removing the food source.”

Mr Henry also said narrow windrow burning provided a good base for mice, as there was adequate food and shelter available for months.

“Immediately after burning windrows is an effective time to bait, as mice have lost their shelter and food source,” he said.

Another highlight of the event was timely wheat and barley varietal performance information.

Research leader Claire Browne highlighted the importance of looking at long-term varietal performance when choosing a variety, so it could be compared over a range of different seasonal finishes.

“Scepter has performed well in the Wimmera in the past three years. Arrow, Mace, Corack, Beckom, Cosmick and Trojan have also performed well,” Ms Browne said.

“Don’t change varieties for the sake of changing, managing them according to your system is your best bet.”

BCG research officer Linda Walters highlighted key barley varieties La Trobe, Fathom, Hindmarsh, Spartacus CL, Compass and Rosalind were consistently performing well across a four to six year average in the Wimmera.

RGT Planet, a new variety from Europe, had also performed well, however, it had only been tested in two seasons.

“You could choose any of these varieties based on yield, but then look at individual agronomic traits of the varieties to see which will best suit your farming system,” she said. “For example, if you are choosing a variety for weed management and its competitiveness, RGT Planet, Fathom and Compass offer good weed competition.”

WELL RECEIVED: More than 150 people attended a BCG Trials Review Day last week.

BCG research staff have been selecting research sites for 2018 and will host its main research site on the Nullawil-Birchip road, 18km north-west of Birchip.

The core Wimmera research site will again be at Longerenong College.

The site selection process entails finding out about paddock history, for example, herbicide history to understand residual risks, weed type and pressure, soil type, rotation history and planned crop type around the trial site for the current year.

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Soil sampling allows for a better understanding of the soil profile, including moisture and nutrition location, thus leading to informed decision-making throughout the year.

Wild dog, fox bounty resumes Collection teams will be back on the road next month with the resumption of a Victorian Fox and Wild Dog Bounty.

Agriculture Victoria’s John Matthews said collections would resume on Monday, starting with north-west collection centres.

“The collection period for the fox and wild dog bounty will run from March until the end of October, consistent with previous years,” he said.

“Eligible participants can submit entire fox scalps for a $10 reward and entire wild dog skin pieces for a $120 reward during scheduled collection times.”

Mr Matthews urged hunters to check collection centre times because there were minor scheduling changes for 2018 due to public holidays and a change of venue at Geelong.

He also reminded hunters the collection of entire wild dog skin pieces for the North West Wild Dog Control Area was by appointment only.

He said appointments could be made by calling the Agriculture Victoria Customer Service Centre on 136 186.

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armers in grains, red meat, wine, dairy and horticulture sectors will have their tariffs to Peru slashed after the signing of the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement.

Member for Wannon Dan Tehan said PAFTA would eliminate 99.4 percent of tariffs that exporters faced when marketing into Peru, putting Australian farmers on equal footing with foreign competitors.

He said many farmers across western Victoria, including his electorate, would benefit from the agreement.

“This new trade deal is a huge win for farmers right across Wannon, creating expanded export opportunities,” Mr Tehan said.

“This is fantastic news, putting more cash in the pockets of our hardworking farmers while building on our $435-million two-way trade with Peru.”

The key tariff outcomes for Australian agriculture through PAFTA will include: • Immediate elimination of all tariffs for seafood, sheep meat, kangaroo meat, most horticulture products and wheat – current tariffs are up to nine percent.

• Elimination of all tariffs for beef within five years and immediate elimination of most tariffs for pork – current tariffs are up to 17 percent.

• Immediate elimination of tariffs for wine across lines of commercial interest to Australia, with the remainder being phased out over five years – current tariffs are up to nine percent.

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Bootcamp for young farmers A two-day Young Farmer Business Bootcamp program is underway at Kaniva.

The bootcamp, which combines expert presentations and advice with hands-on activities and professional networking opportunities started in Kaniva yesterday and continues today.

A similar bootcamp was in Ouyen earlier this month and another will be at Skipton on March 14 and 15.

The Agriculture Victoria bootcamp takes participants through: Analysing the performance of a business; understanding profit and loss, variable costs and gross farm income; return on assets; understanding risk; planning for profit and drivers for profit; how to make evidence-based decisions; cash-flow budgets; strategic planning; and pathways to farming including leasing and share farming and succession planning.

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Opportunity for greater profit S

ignificant opportunity exists for most southern region grain growers to generate stronger levels of profitability from their resource bases.

That is based on a study commissioned by the Grains Research and Development Corporation, which has identified the key profit drivers in successful cropping businesses.

The project – The integration of technical data and profit drivers for more informed decisions – involved collecting a minimum of three and up to five years of benchmarking data from more than 300 cropping businesses nationally.

The project was led by Rural Directions Pty Ltd in the southern region and involved Meridian Agriculture and Macquarie Franklin.

Tony Craddock from Rural Directions said a consistent message from the project was that a large gap in financial performance existed between the ‘top 20 percent’ businesses and the average business in each agro-ecological zone.

“It demonstrated that there is abundant opportunity for many grain growers to increase profit from the resources that they currently have available to them,” he said.

Findings from the project were detailed to growers and advisers attending GRDC ‘Opportunity for Profit’ workshops in 2017.

Designed to enable growers to better understand the profit drivers in their own businesses and therefore adopt profit-generating changes, the workshops will again be occuring throughout the southern region of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania in 2018-19.

Driven from the agro-ecological zone level upwards to ensure the key profit drivers reflected the farming conditions relevant to different rain zones and soil types, the project explored the management characteristics of cropping operators, which influence their decision-making processes and farm business performance.

percent businesses and average businesses in relation to this profit driver,” Mr Craddock said.

“The top 20 percent maintain a 0.7 to 1.0 machinery investment to income ratio while also generating more than $600,000 of turnover per full time equivalent, FTE, labour unit. The average businesses often had a machinery investment to income ratio of more than 1.0 to 1.0 and the average level of turnover per FTE is less than $450,000 across the full dataset.”

People management

Profit drivers

The study found that four primary profit drivers separated the top 20 percent of grain businesses – which are consistently retaining 30 percent of turnover as net profit – from average businesses in the GRDC’s southern region.

These four primary profit drivers were identified as gross-margin optimisation; low-cost business model; people and management; and risk management.

In terms of gross margin optimisation, Mr Craddock said this was driven by two main factors – income or turnover per hectare and variable costs per hectare.

“Therefore, it is all about optimising yield in a cost-effective manner,” he said.

Tony Craddock “The top 20 percent are often generating 10 percent more crop yield per hectare from a common or lower overall investment into variable costs per hectare. This enables the top 20 percent of businesses to generate gross margins which are 15 percent to 20 percent stronger than the average business in the dataset.”

Developing a low-cost business model also provided growers with the opportunity to increase farm profitability.

“Differences in machinery use and labour use are driving the most significant variation between the top 20

In terms of people and management, Mr Craddock said a qualitative survey identified that an implementation gap rather than a knowledge gap was driving substantial differences in performance between the top 20 percent and their lower-performing peers.

There are six key management characteristics that characterise high performing grain businesses: Having a systems focus; taking a ‘helicopter’ view of management when under pressure; internalising and taking responsibility for key decisions; focusing energy on things within their control; superior implementation ability; and strong observation skills.

“As a result of focusing their energy on things within their control, the top 20 percent of growers achieve a stronger return on investment from the time and energy they contribute to their businesses,” Mr Craddock said.

Risk management is the fourth key

profit driver, with the top 20 percent of businesses being low-risk, high-margin operations.

Mr Craddock said some potential measures of well-implemented risk management within a business might include lower income variation from year to year; lower long-term cost of production by commodity; lower variability in profit from year to year; and a greater ability to withstand a business or production shock.

“Businesses able to retain a greater percentage of turnover as net profit on a long-term basis become more resilient by design. They are able to more easily absorb a short-term production or business shock that reduces revenue within a particular year,” he said.

Mr Craddock said that in terms of opportunity for enhanced profitability, some businesses might have a yield and revenue opportunity, other businesses might benefit from a more disciplined approach to variable costs, while for others the opportunity could be in managing total plant machinery and labour-related costs.

“While it takes skill, courage and discipline to replicate top 20 percent performance, it is generally decisions and choices that are well within our control that we can influence to achieve it,” he said.

“Low risk, high margin agriculture is possible.”

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Expert leaves his legacy

MOUSE SPECIALIST: CSIRO’s Steve Henry will lead seminars about early season strategies for mouse management in the Wimmera and Mallee next month.

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ith experts forecasting another outbreak of mice this autumn, Wimmera and southern Mallee farmers are invited to hear about early season strategies for mouse management.

Agriculture Victoria will host mouse information seminars at Hopetoun on March 16 and Kalkee on March 17.

CSIRO mouse specialist Steve Henry will lead the seminars.

Mr Henry will share the latest mouse monitoring data from the region and discuss tactics to minimise mouse damage to this season’s crops.

Mr Henry said mice caused serious damage to cereal crops in late spring last year and higher than expected numbers were already being reported this year.

“It’s very concerning,” he said.

“We know there is plenty of food available and that the long-term forecast is for average to above average rainfall.

“These factors can contribute to high mouse numbers in grain-growing districts.”

Mr Henry said the situation was compound-

ed in some areas where late season frosts and heavy rainfall just before harvest had led to high grain residues on the ground.

Agriculture Victoria land management extension officer Heather Drendel said farmers should not miss these events.

“Burning stubble is not effective in significantly reducing mouse numbers, as mice live in deep burrows,” she said.

“We will learn about tactics to manage mice pre-sowing, during sowing and in-crop with information on a range of integrated tactics that have the biggest impact.”

The seminars, which will include a 45-minute presentation followed by open question time, will be at Hopetoun Recreation Reserve at 3.45pm on March 16 and at Kalkee Recreation Reserve at 7pm the following day.

For Mallee growers, there will be a seminar at Underbool Recreation Reserve at 7.30pm on March 15.

People can call Heather Drendel on 5083 2205 for more information.

There would be few people in western Victoria involved in invasive species management who had not worked with, or know the work of, John Matthews from his 38year career.

John began with the Department of Crown Lands and Survey as it was known back then, in 1979, and has worked across regional Victoria in Swan Hill, Ellinbank, and Horsham – spending most of his career at offices in Hamilton and Casterton.

“A lot has changed since I first began,” he said.

“The department was a very male dominated workforce, now it is a great mix of professional, dedicated people using science to achieve results.”

John said over the years his work had provided many adventures and challenges, including working with many organisations and gaining their trust to work with them to protect community assets.

“Trialling and establishing compliance for pest animal management was difficult early on, but is now widely accepted and requested by the community and environment bodies,” he said.

As he approaches retire-

John Matthews ment, John said some of his proudest achievements were being part of the team that led Victoria to become the first jurisdiction to fully privatise and commercialise access to 1080, and lead the development and accreditation of an established invasive animal training program for Victoria.

His final major piece of work has been on the RHD boost project for Victoria – a 20-year national program to biologically control rabbits.

As much as it is about the work, John noted how fortunate he had been to work with wonderful, intelligent and supportive colleagues who had given him many years of enjoyment and friendship,

as well as his achievements in the established invasive animal space.

“I hope I have improved systems and processes for the management of EIA in Victoria by influencing and providing solutions to the wicked problem that is the impact of established pest animals in our state,” he said.

Agriculture Victoria Director of Plants, Chemicals and Invasive, Sharyn Williams, said that throughout John’s career with the department he had been a key contributor and driver in incorporating proven ideas from research into established pest animal management programs.

“He has been the leading advocate in showcasing the results of best practice pest animal management in Victoria,” he said.

“John has been a friend to many, a mentor, and a true gentleman to work with and has guided many staff with their career development and always provided support to colleagues.

“John’s technical input, commitment to mentor and teach, and professional approach are just a few examples of the legacy he leaves in the department.”

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Celebratrating Women in Conservation. Melbourne.

GRDC Grains Research Updates. Charlton.

AgVic Property to Property transfers. St Arnaud.

Planning for resilient and liveable cities and towns. Horsham.

GRDC Stubble Initiative Annual Meeting. Melbourne.

Planning for resilient and liveable cities and towns. Ballarat.

AgVic Property to Property transfers. Ballarat.

Wimmera Mallee Machinery Field Days. Longerenong.

AgVic Property to Property transfers. Bendigo.

AgVic Property to Property transfers. Casterton.

Integration of Cropping and Livestock in Southern Australia. Bordertown.

AgVic Young Farmers Bootcamp. Skipton.

AgVic Property to Property transfers. Hamilton.

AgVic Pre-sowing mouse management update. Underbool.

AgVic Property to Property transfers. Ararat.

AgVic Pre-sowing mouse management update. Hopetoun Women on Farms Gathering. Rosebud.

AgVic Pre-sowing mouse management update. Kalkee.

SADGA Durum Wheat Pre-Seeding Forum. Horsham.

National Harmony Day with Tim Low 'Where Song Began'. Horsham.

Lucindale Field Days.

Lake Albercutya Movie Night.

Collaboration in and outside of your organisation. Horsham.

AgVic Property to Property transfers. Edenhope.

AgVic Property to Property transfers. Horsham.

Collaboration in and outside of your organisation. Ballarat.

AgVic Property to Property transfers. Kaniva.

AgVic Property to Property transfers. Hopetoun.

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Adjuvants’ role in fighting resistance N

ational herbicide-sustainability group Weedsmart has reported on the work of Jubilee Consulting research agronomist Andrew Somervaille and his views on adjuvants in herbicides.

“In the worst-case scenario, the incorrect use of an adjuvant can reduce herbicide performance, might compromise the physical compatibility of mixtures and can alter the function of tank mix components.

“This can result in a sub-lethal dose of herbicide being applied, which is known to amplify herbicide resistance if there are low levels of resistance present in the weed population.

“When populations are highly resistant then the impact of adjuvants is reduced.

“This highlights the importance of being very deliberate and calculated when making recommendations or decisions about adjuvants.”

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Adjuvants are designed to improve herbicidal activities or application characteristics.

Mr Somervaiile has been evaluating the performance of herbicides for more than three decades and said the role of adjuvants was often either over-rated or underestimated.

This might seem a contradiction, but Mr Somervaille said the fact is that sometimes adding an adjuvant was beneficial and sometimes it was detrimental; and there was an art to knowing how to best deploy these additives.

He said when weeds were susceptible to the applied herbicides, the effectiveness of adjuvants generally went un-noticed.

However, correctly applied adjuvants could reduce the impact of lowlevel herbicide resistance by helping maximise the amount of herbicide taken up by the plant.

“In the best case scenario, the correct use of an adjuvant can optimise performance of a single herbicide, or a herbicide mix,” Mr Somervaille said.

“This results in the most efficient control of the target weeds, minimises seed set and reduces weed numbers into the future.

“All research points to low weed numbers as the only sustainable way to manage herbicide resistance.

EITHER WAY: Research agronomist Andrew Somervaille suggests growers and advisors should not overlook or over-rate the use of adjuvants.

In one example of Mr Somervaille’s experiments involving two formulations of glyphosate, he measured the effect of the adjuvant used in each formulation, when in the presence of 2,4D, to control awnless barnyard grass.

“We know there is antagonism between 2,4-D and glyphosate in a tank mix in some situations that results in a reduction in the level of control expected from glyphosate alone,” he said.

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In another experiment, Mr Somervaille investigated the effect of different adjuvants – LI 700 and Liase – on the efficacy of a RoundUp Power Max glyphosate and Amicide 2,4-D mix.

The results clearly showed that while Liase improved the performance of the mix, LI 700 reduced performance

to less than 80 percent control of barnyard grass.

He said grower experience, research trials and computer modelling all pointed toward high levels of herbicide performance, coupled with the removal of survivor plants, to reliably and sustainably extend the useful lifespan of herbicides by removing potential carriers of resistance traits.

“Even small incremental losses in control at the ‘top end’ can have a large effect on the total seed-bank load,” he said.

“While 95 percent control might still be considered a good result from a herbicide application that could have potentially achieved 98 percent control, this three percent loss in efficiency could be the start of a substantial increase in weed numbers and allow herbicide resistance to gain a foothold.”

Mr Somervaille said keeping weed numbers low allowed the targeted use of more expensive products such as through an optical sprayer, made manual control methods economical, and even allowed the use of less efficient products to maintain or slightly reduce numbers while adding diversity to the program – provided there was no cross-resistance.

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Keys to crop water-use A

Education opportunity

four-year study into western Victorian wheat crops has found nitrogen fertiliser application rate, crop rotation and sowing date were the top three factors influencing the crop’s water-use efficiency.

At an Agriculture Victoria seminar earlier this month, Professor Roger Armstrong unveiled crop, soil, disease and management practice data collected from more than 136 commercial paddocks in the Wimmera, Mallee and Western District.

Analysis of the results indicated that crop management had significantly more influence on water-use efficiency than environmental factors or seed variety.

The research, part of Agriculture Victoria and Grains Research and Development Corporation project, ‘Benchmarking and validating the yield gap in each agro-ecological zone’, was an attempt to understand the major factors influencing wateruse efficiency.

Professor Armstrong said farmers, advisers and researchers continued to debate the relative importance that different environmental and management factors had on grain yields.

But there had been little objective assessment of these factors when considered as a whole, especially in ‘real-world’ paddocks.

IN DEPTH: Professor Roger Armstrong reviews crop, soil, disease and management practice data collected from more than 136 commercial paddocks in the Wimmera, Mallee and Western District.

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Applications are open for secondary schools around Australia to apply for a unique agricultural and entrepreneurial learning program for year nine and 10 students.

AgriFutures Australia and startup.business have joined forces to provide the program designed to teach rural and regional children how to help solve problems facing Australian agriculture.

The program, called AgriFutures startup.business, is based on using innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset.

AgriFutures Australia, formerly Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, will sponsor seven schools across the country to receive a $7000 education program.

The pilot program aims to show young people how the skills and mindset of entrepreneurs can allow them to create their own jobs.

The Problem Based Learning concept reflects the way people learn and develop in real life.

Presenting problems – not the solutions – to encourage learning, will work in conjunction with skill development and awareness activities, presented in the form of modules.

Phronesis Academy is the parent company of startup.business and chief executive Jo Burston said people learned based on curiosity, challenges and things they did.

“As we learn we grow. That’s why we’ve brought together entrepreneurs and academics to design a unique program of learning,” she said.

AgriFutures Australia manager director John Harvey said his organisation was thrilled to help launch the program.

Teachers or school representatives can apply online at www.agrifutures.com.au/people-leadership/ agrifutures-startup-business/ before March 12.

“We know that we are not achieving our full water-limited yield potential in commercial paddocks and we wanted to try to identify the most important things growers need to focus on to improve this,” Professor Armstrong said.

In a bid to get a picture of what was happening in a commercial setting, the research team moved away from the traditional ‘whitepeg trial’ approach.

It instead gathered data from farmers’ paddocks. The team then used statistical techniques recently developed by CSIRO to analyse the data.

“While within paddock spatial variability is a problem in traditional ‘designed’ trials, we used this variability to gain new insights into the impact of different environmental – especially soil – factors,” Professor Armstrong said.

“The findings reinforced that small improvements to water-use efficiency can have a big influence on yield and profitability and a lot can be achieved by refining how the crop is managed.”

The results clearly showed nitrogen rate to be the most influential variable on water-use efficiency.

The next most influential vari-

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Professor Armstrong said while nitrogen rate had the biggest influence on water-use efficiency, it was important to note the other factors examined made a small, but significant difference, when considered as a whole.

“The good news for growers is that a lot can be achieved with good management practices,” he said.

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$55,000 inc. GST – Midwest 45ft Draper front with MF and Gleaner adapter.

$22,000 inc. GST 45ft tri-axle drop deck

$99,000 inc. GST New Holland CR 970

2004 model. Approx. 3000 rotor hours.

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Auto steer ready, approx. 1500 rotor hours.

Prices inc. GST

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Day Break Duo DEC II, 40ft 15” spacings, disc seeder, hyd. side shift for inter-row sowing......................................................................... $55,000

Located at Lot 1 Palm Avenue, off Dooen Road, HORSHAM www.theweeklyadvertiser.com.au

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Case canola pick-up front, 12ft, 2015....................................... $13,200

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Krone 320 disc mower, 3-point linkage, rotary mower.............. $6600

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Howard Nugget slasher, 6ft, 3-point linkage, 180 slasher.......... $2500

John Deere D60 planter, 60ft 15” spacings, 4-tonne seed box............................................................................................. $275,000

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Chasemore 32t chaser bin........................................................ $55,000 9250 40ft flex draper front, 2013, suited to Gleaner and Massey Ferguson header, little work. May be adapted to other headers........................................................................................ $33,000

Borgault 8810, 60ft 10” spacings with 11,000-lt Simplicity bin.............................................................................................. $176,000

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Case DX131, 13ft steel on steel mower, very good condition, centre pull............................................................................................... $21,000

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Howard Slasher, 3-point linkage, 6ft butterfly finishing slasher, ideal for hobby farmer...............................................................................$990

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Lely rotary rake, 8m.................................................................. $12,500

Hay Max super conditioner...................................................... $16,500

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MF2170 3 x 4 Big Square Baler, 2010, 23,000 bales................. $99,000

New Holland 43’ front, Honey Bee 94C draper front with third deck windrow option and U 2 reel...................................................... $49,500

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Macdon FD70/2162 flex draper front, 40ft, new draper mats.. $77,000

New Holland 1010 3x3 big square baler with approx.

49,000 bales................................................................................. $11,000

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Fendt 936, 2013, 360HP FWA 50K Vario tractor...................... $198,000

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