AgLife – January 31, 2018 edition

January 31, 2018

Safety focus

Cara Hadzig’s passion to reduce farm-work injuries has seen the mother of two nominated for a rural women’s award – Story, page 33 Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

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Passion for farm safety C

ara Hadzig of Murra Warra, north of Horsham, is one of three Victorian finalists for a 2018 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award.

The selection recognises the mother of two and former award-winning agricultural student for her contribution to regional Victoria.

The award celebrates leadership and innovation throughout rural and regional Victoria, including the $13.1-billion agriculture sector.

Mrs Hadzig’s nomination is based on her passion for farm safety.

She wants to reduce farm work injuries by developing a mobile-phone application that provides farm-safety inductions, alerts for maintenance requirements and a platform to log faults and issues around the farm.

Mrs Hadzig, 26, was dux of her Longerenong College Certificate IV in Agriculture course last year and was also a finalist for the 2017 Victorian Trainee of the Year award.

She grew up on a farm at Wallup and despite trying other professions always felt drawn back to agriculture.

“I’ve tried other things but they simply didn’t sit well with me and I decided to pursue what I knew best,” she said.

Mrs Hadzig, working at Western Ag Supplies in Nhill, said she had adopted the concept of developing a farm-safety app based on her studies at Longerenong.

“I needed to challenge myself and because I did so well in my occupational health and safety subject I thought this was my next step,” she said.

“I’m only in the planning stage at the moment and putting the ideas on paper. But it’s about creating a tool that helps farm workers navigate through safety checks while on the job.

“It could develop on its own or, in collaboration with others, be incorporated into other agriculture apps.

“I’ll give myself about 12 months to get

RECOGNITION: Murra Warra’s Cara Hadzig – pictured at the Victorian Training Awards, where she was a finalist – is now in the running for another accolade.

Mrs Hadzig is a finalist for the 2018 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

in the swing of it and it will be a case of trial and error.”

She said she would pursue her project regardless of whether she won the award.

“I’m pretty chuffed to get this far. Perhaps the government or private sector might get on board and help make it happen,” she said.

Official ceremony

Officials will announce a Victorian winner at a ceremony at Melbourne Museum on March 20.

The winner will have a $10,000 bursary to put towards their project vision.

Each state and territory winner will have an opportunity to attend an Australian Institute of Company Directors course before a national award ceremony in Canberra in September.

Agriculture Victoria spokesperson Leesa

Sheerin congratulated the finalists and all the applicants for taking an invaluable role in shaping their communities.

“The AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award celebrates these women, their achievements, and the crucial role they are playing in rural and regional industries, businesses and communities,” she said.

Other Victorian finalists are – Kyneton’s Melissa Connors, who wants to create stronger and more engaged communities by connecting tree changers with established and retired farmers who can pass on their invaluable knowledge to motivated newcomers.

Jade Miles, from Stanley, who wants to share her experiences from developing a community-owned regional food co-operative and build a social enterprise-based model to be rolled out in other regions.

Grain growers to guide GRDC investment priorities Grain growers and industry stakeholders are being invited to provide feedback to the development of the Grains Research and Development Corporation’s five-year strategic plan.

The GRDC has released a discussion paper for comment.

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The paper sets out the objectives of the corporation’s research, development and extension investments over the next five years to 2023 with the aim of creating enduring profitability for Australian grain growers.

Managing director Steve Jefferies said open grower feedback was essential.

“Research and development corporations exist to drive profitability on Australian farms, so it is crucial that we have the input of grain growers at the grassroots,” he said.

Consultation closes on February 16.

People can access the full discussion paper online at https://grdc.com.au/R&D plan.

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Victoria’s peak farming group is happy with new Agriculture Minister David Littleproud’s progress in trade talks that have led to India agreeing to provide forward notice of future tariffs.

But the Victorian Farmers Federation, while pleased with the concession, has stressed it was imperative that Australian and Indian governments continued free-trade agreement negotiations.

VFF grains president Ross Johns said Australian producers competed in an international market without any government support.

“Therefore ensuring positive trade protocols with our trading partners is essential,” he said.

The VFF expressed concern that while India’s government was motivated to protect the livelihoods of its farmers during a high-yield harvest and a tariff strategy had short-term appeal, it would not stand up over time. The federation also believes India needs to consider the long-term market distortion tariffs create.

Mr Johns said sudden changes, such as an introduction of a tariff, created uncertainty, and

a disincentive for Australian farmers to plant pulses.

“Australian growers need a stable trade environment, with a reasonable expectation that the market conditions when they make their planting decisions will be reflective of the conditions at harvest,” he said.

“The increased potential for sudden and unpredictable drops in profitability will dampen the international supply of pulses.

When India’s domestic supply has a harder year, it is vital that there is a sufficient international supply to meet the shortfall.

“It is in India’s interest, as well as Australia’s, for our two countries to have an open and unencumbered trade relationship. We urge our government to resume free-trade negotiations with renewed vigour.”

Australian grain farmers received a shock in the height of this year’s harvest when India introduced a new tariff of 30 percent on chickpeas and lentils late last year.

The tariff came into effect immediately, affecting shipments already on the water, and catching farmers off guard.

India is a key market for Australian pulses, accounting for about 80 percent of Australian chickpea exports.

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“As the program continues into 2018, we are looking to establish a strong network of research collaborators across the country.”

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Spray drift has caused concern in the Wimmera in the past, such as more than 12 months ago when a Horsham district grape grower feared herbicide drift had killed his vines. Fortunately, his vines had started becoming dormant and later recovered.

Nufarm Australia spray application consultant Bill Gordon said the focus of spraying herbicide needed to be on doing the job right so weeds received the correct dose and died. He said this included reducing airborne spray to a bare minimum.

“In many cases this means not spraying at night if the wind speed is too low,” he said.

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immera farmers will draw on their internationally renowned depths of knowledge and expertise as they enter a crucial period of planning for next season.

The region has a reputation for having some of the best broadacre farmers in the world and what they decide to do in the next couple of months will heavily influence their success.

Victorian Farmers Federation president David Jochinke said the region was entering a critical research period and looking at ways of getting the formula as right as possible.

“Hopefully many farmers are making the most of any relaxing time with family and friends they have managed to get after what has been a challenging season,” he said.

“But the start of school often signifies the time when everyone starts looking at their farm plans.

“It’s the period where you assess the previous season and try to work out what worked and what didn’t, what weeds and diseases had been a threat, what yields were good and what weren’t and of course consider prices and what you can potentially grow the next season.

“It’s all about making decisions and preparing – considering machinery, what needs to be done on the farm and what direction to take.”

Risk mitigation

Mr Jochinke said in-depth planning was often tough –especially when confronted with issues of uncertainty – but also essential. He said much of it was about working to mitigate risks.

“Last season our grain growers were thrown a lot of curve balls such as frost, late rain, mice and international tariffs – much of them out of farmers’ control – but planning is as much about understanding

WISH LIST: Many Wimmera farmers are hoping 2018 brings ‘an average year with average problems’ following a ‘mixed bag’ harvest in 2017.

Picture: SARAH SCULLY risk management as anything,” he said.

“There a many things that happen in farming that unfortunately we can’t control so we focus on maximising potential.

“Planning is something that starts today by having chats with the family, agronomist,

stock agent, that banker about what’s needed.”

Mr Jochinke said expectations that last season’s harvest would be ‘a mixed bag’ had been accurate.

“Many farmers had outstanding results but the shine came off overall based on the impact

of a variety of environmental events, many which occurred in combination,” he said.

Mr Jochinke said topping a wish list for many Wimmera farmers preparing for next season was to have ‘an average year with average problems’.

“We saw a lot of extremes

last year that were both challenging financially and mentally for many producers,” he said.

“There are always challenges in farming but it is always better to have average challenges.”

Mr Jochinke continued to press a consistent message to growers that production-portfolio diversity was an essential form of insurance.

“It’s basically about making sure you don’t put all your money on black, or not putting all your eggs in one basket.

And that comes from being informed,” he said.

“What we’re seeing, in planning for the mix this year for example, is an increase in livestock across the region based on red-hot prices. We’re seeing a lot more head getting around the district than usual.

“The truth is that many of the mixed farmers who have stuck with livestock have been rewarded.”

Compendium outlines 2017 season research results The farming season at Birchip Cropping Group is incomplete until members receive their copy of the 2017 BCG Season Research Results compendium.

BCG presents the publication, which includes results and technical information from more than 30 trials, writes up and presents a selection of re-

ports to present to members at a BCG Trials Review Day on February 16.

BCG managed 25 research sites throughout the Wimmera and Mallee in 2017.

BCG commercial services manager Cameron Taylor said a considerable amount of hard work went into putting results together, but the effort

was worth it when members showed their appreciation.

“Before the header stops moving the team very quickly move into analysing data, making sure that BCG members get access to their information as soon as possible,” he said.

“When talking to members at Trials Review Day, it makes the entire process worth it as

you see how much members are grateful for the effort we put in.”

BCG employee De-Anne Ferrier said BCG research and extension staff and external presenters appreciated the opportunity to present directly to a grower audience.

“It is great to have the opportunity to present all the hard

work to a grower audience in a way that it can be useful on-farm, and for the season ahead,” she said.

Jil Jil grower Tim McClelland said the BCG Trials Review Day and season research results compendium helped gain a greater understanding of the information presented on the day.

“The manual is a great reference, especially after the trials review day when you want to remember something you heard,” he said.

The day also provides an opportunity for growers to meet industry experts like Steve Henry, Jaclyn Brown, James Hunt, Chris Williams and Jason Brand.

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