Our first Grains Research Update for the year ran this week in Adelaide. And it was a cracker! Record numbers of people attended totaling 558, including 118 growers.
So many highlights, including loads of great researchers, agronomists and growers talking on a great mix of relevant topics, and vibrant networking and conversations happening during every break!
Big thanks to everyone who presented & attended and our event managers @ORMPtyLtd
Get the Update Papers right now: https://t.co/Sex0xjp4Py
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ORM will be closed for the Christmas and New Year break from 2pm today (Friday 20th December) and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2025.
We wish you a safe and Merry Christmas and New Year. We look forward to working with you in 2025. 🎄🎁🚜
Manage the risk of staff turnover, attract, and keep good people!
Free @GRDCNorth Workshop #Goondiwindi
✔ Reinforce your farm business as an ‘employer of choice’
✔Practical skills & strategies #BecFing#HousePaddockConsulting
✔Details & register now https://t.co/FKUF0KXByx
Join us this week and next for our online Farm Business Updates 📈 🙌
1 - 2pm AEST, Wed 21 Aug - Positive, proactive communication language
Register ▶️ https://t.co/rk05znkZZq
1 - 2pm AEST, Wed 28 Aug - Delegation tools, creating maximum leverage from your time
Register ▶️ https://t.co/CJ71fK0AwF
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Job Opportunity
🌾Are you ready to take the lead in agricultural communications? Savvy with project delivery, and have a background in the grains industry? We're seeking a seasoned Senior Communications Specialist to shape narratives that matter
🔗To apply https://t.co/NM4bfIMDXb
Join ORM Agribusiness Consultant Ben Hogan at the Mallee Machinery Field Days tomorrow & Thursday, as a guest presenter for CBA, presenting on the recent trends, changes to farm profitability, growth & transitioning the business. Read our newsletter https://t.co/CPFFsfcm9e
This year's National Farm Safety Week theme is ‘In Safe Hands’. To help farmers be in safe hands when it comes to cattle handling, we have created a checklist to help farmers identify what unsafe and safe cattle farms look like.
Download the checklist: https://t.co/60YOqq1CuB
STARTS THIS WEEK: Grains Research Updates southern region
🌟 4 Jul, Campbell Town (Tas) https://t.co/7xui5A7an9 🌟
Then 17 Jul Nhill, 18 Jul Sea Lake, Lock 23 Jul & Jamestown 25 Jul
https://t.co/GfjiCwfsBx
Speakers & topics chosen with local growers.
@ORMPtyLtd
Join us for a farm walk on July 2 and hear a local grower share why their family prioritises safety. We'll also share practical approaches to improving safety in key areas like silos, machinery shed, chemical shed and shearing shed.
🔗 Register: https://t.co/fMnrEffTlr #ausag
Now that temporary full expensing for machinery capital purchases has wrapped up, growers are looking for other ways to manage their taxable income. We look at what strategies growers can use to manage their taxable income. Read more https://t.co/pngVpuli52
Over the last five years, land values for cropping areas within Victoria have more than doubled for most regions. Seasonal conditions have been favourable resulting in strong yields with good commodity prices. So has farm income kept pace with land values? https://t.co/Pd8eCCpJ6N
📅 Save the date 📅
Growers in Victoria are invited to join our upcoming Farm Business Update sessions:
🌟18 Jun, Yarrawonga https://t.co/r9MUrt2pnK
🌟19 Jun, Bendigo https://t.co/mKjHBv3P5W
Stay tuned for full program details including topics & speakers.
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What are the biggest threats to farm profitability?
Our April newsletter delves into trends and changes in the cost of farming and assesses the risks going forward - click below to read more
https://t.co/1b5PO0UyZi
Use a non-slewing telehandler with capacity over three tonnes? There's a new licence and tailored training coming.
Complete our survey and help us work out training locations. Your responses will be kept confidential.
Visit https://t.co/IpC440lE0k
💻GRDC Grains Research Update, online - pre-sowing
Air cart/seeder bar set-up & canola establishment
11 April, 1-2pm (AEST)
🌟Brett Asphar: Air cart set-up & seeder bar function 🌟Ash Wallace: Stubble load impact on canola
👉 https://t.co/MPNNI5K1oV
@ORMPtyLtd#GRDCUpdates
🌟💻 GRDC Farm Business Update, ONLINE
Global outlook and grain markets
10 April, 1.00-2.00pm (AEST)
Join Vítor Caçula Pistóia @RabobankAU analyse the global economic outlook & forecasts for grain markets & inputs.
👉 https://t.co/K7432E6St9
@ORMPtyLtd#FarmBusinessUpdates
'We're not invincible. Very competent, capable, experienced farmers have incidents,' Ben McEvoy, sheep and cropping.
It's never you, until it is. Whatever job you're doing on the farm, take a minute to think through.
Get safety support for your farm at https://t.co/SefT5lEAsK