15 November 2017 at the Ibis Styles Tamworth, 80-90 Ebsworth Street in Tamworth, NSW
Registration is complimentary for all delegates, however pre-event registration is essential.
Join others from around your region to hear the latest economic trends and agricultural commodity updates from ABARES speakers, as well as business innovation stories from local business people and producers.
Program
8.30 am Registration
Innovation in agriculture – capturing the opportunities
CHAIR Kristy Reading, ABC Rural
9.00 AM Welcome to Country
Opening address
Senator Bridget McKenzie, Senator for Victoria, Chair of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee
9.30 AM Steve Hatfield-Dodds, ABARES - Big picture issues affecting New South Wales
9.50 AM Michael Dean, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Free Trade Agreements: agriculture, trade and foreign investment
10.10 AM Questions and discussion
10.30 AM Morning tea
Innovation in livestock enterprises
CHAIR Ian Lobsey, Regional Development Australia Northern Inland
11.00 AM Rohan Nelson, ABARES - Commodity outlook and issues
11.20 AM Derek Blomfield, The Conscious Farmer - From paddock to plate sustainably
11.40 AM Chris Lawlor, International Animal Health Products - Biological control of livestock parasites
12.00 PM Guy Hebblewhite, Praedium Agri Management / Nuffield Scholar - Efficient poultry production with world’s best practice
12.20 PM Questions and discussion
1.00 PM Lunch
Growing crops and collaboration in a changing environment
CHAIR Guy McMullen, Department of Primary Industries
2.00 PM Stephen Lellyett, Bureau of Meteorology – Better information, better decisions
2.20 PM Neal Hughes, ABARES - Climate adjusted productivity on cropping farms: the slowdown and the rebound
2.40 PM Andrew Watson, Kilmarnock Farming / Nuffield Scholar - Economic benefits of sustainable cropping
3.00 PM Lorraine Gordon, Farming Together - Increasing returns through collaboration
3.20 PM Questions and discussion
4.00 PM Afternoon tea and close
Registration includes:
- conference entry
- morning and afternoon teas, and lunch
- copy of the delegate directory for easier networking
- copy of ABARES ‘About my region’ agricultural industries profile
- access to ABARES recent publications.