Last chance to register for Grasslands conference at Wagga

Producers are being encouraged to book their place at this year‟s Grassland Society of NSW conference being held at Wagga Wagga on 24-26 July, with registrations closing on Monday 16 July.

Conference convenor, Nathan Ferguson, an agronomist with NSW Department of Primary Industries, said land managers needed to be more targeted in their management decisions and this conference was aimed at helping them achieve that goal.

"The conference will take people on a journey rich with skills including understanding climatic conditions, topography, soil types, vegetation, soil fertility status, different enterprises, paddock size, water sources and carrying capacities," he said.

The Society's 27th annual conference titled 'Driving your Landscape to Success' is being held at Joyes Hall, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga campus.

As part of the conference, participants will have the opportunity to choose from one of three bus tours.

Bus Tour A is a high rainfall tour to look at beef and sheep production, while Bus Tour B looks at how a local community undertook a cross property planning process to better manage agriculture in the landscape.

Bus Tour C is a tour for the mixed farmer, looking at crop sequencing trials at the EH Graham Centre, as well as local farms producing lucerne hay, sheep and irrigated and dryland cropping and pastures.

More information can be found at http://grasslandnsw.com.au/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/2012ConferenceFlyer.pdf or contact Nathan Ferguson on (02) 6941 1400 or nathan.ferguson@dpi.nsw.gov.au.

Photo available from sarahc@sf.nsw.gov.au

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