13th Murrumbidgee Landcare Annual Forum

New Frontiers in Land Management

Proudly hosted by Tarcutta Valley Landcare Group

Program subject to change without notice.

09.00 – 09.30	Registration
09.30 - 09.35	Welcome, Joint chairs of Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc & Tarcutta Valley Landcare Group
09.35 – 09.40	Introduction to the day’s proceedings. Guest Chairman, Assoc. Prof. Peter Cregan, School of Agricultural & Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University.
09.40 – 10.20	Keynote Speaker Dr Maarten Stapper , “Soil Fertility Management” as seen on Australian Story
10.20 – 10.40	Questions of Dr Stapper
10.40 – 11.00	“Soil Carbon under Pastures” NSW Dept Primary Industries, Yin Chan & Albert Oates
11.00 – 11.30	Morning Tea
11.30 – 11.50	“Healthy Soils” Malcolm Plum, local producer.
11.50 – 12.20	“Weather Changes & Predictions” Robbie Leonard, Bur. Meteorology
12.20 – 12.40	“Climate change & agriculture” Meat & Livestock Associaton, Cameron Allan
12.40 – 13.00	Questions of all speakers
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 14.20	"Conservation and production across Box-Gum Woodlands" Toni McLeish, Conservation Management Network
14.20 – 14.40	"Future travelling stock reserve management" Mark Luff, Livestock, Health and Pest Authority
14.40 – 15.00	"CMA landcare incentives for the future" Ray Willis, Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority
15.00 – 15.20	"Coach Hole project" Bill Belling and Darryl Weston, Tarcutta Valley Landcare Group
15.20 – 16.00	Afternoon tea
16.00 – 16.20	"20 Years of Landcare resilience" Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc, Sam Archer, Chair, Marion Benjamin, EO.
16.20 -16.50	Plenary session
16.50 –17.00	Summary of today’s proceedings, Assoc. Prof. Peter Cregan
17.00 – 18.00	Free time/perusal of sponsors’ displays
18.00 – 19.00	Pre dinner nibbles & friendship
1900 – 21.00	Dinner: DPI’s Lloyd Kingham, introducing John Harper from the “Mate Helping Mate” Programme.