Mingenew Irwin Group is hosting the GRDC Regional Grains Research Update day to be held at the Irwin Recreation Centre Function Rooms in Port Denison on Tuesday the 1st of March 2022.

Come along to hear about the latest research from various speakers within the industry.

Registration commencing from 9:00am with a Networking Sundowner following the program from 4:30pm.

Morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and refreshments provided.

Registration Cost: $33 (incl. GST - booking fee and credit card fees apply)

PROGRAM

9.00 am

Registration

9.30 am

GRDC Update – Peter Bird - Welcome and housekeeping

9.50 am

Global food trends that will affect the grains industry in Western AustraliaDr Food (Professor David Hughes, Imperial College, London UK)

10.30 am

Carbon farming Soil carbon and other strategies to get to carbon neutral for grain growersFran Hoyle, Murdoch University

11.00 am

South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub – A brief introduction

11.10 am

Morning Tea

11.40 am

Heat and Drought tolerant wheat

- Dion Nicol, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)

- Managing Sclerotinia in Lupins and Canola Ciara Beard, DPIRD and Pippa Michael, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University

12.10 pm

5 minute moving

12.15 pm

Re-engineering soilsWayne Parker, DPIRD

Heat and drought tolerant canolaSheng Chen, UWA

12.35 pm

Lunch

1.10 pm

Strip and DiscNick McKenna, Planfarm

1.40 pm

Experiences in growing long coleoptile wheatGrant Thompson, Crop Circle Consulting

2.10 pm

Crop nutrition strategies for 2023James Easton, CSBP and Wayne Pluske, Equii

2.40 pm

Afternoon tea

3.05 pm

AgTech update - what’s around the cornerBen White, Kondinin Group

3.35 pm

Priorities for GRDC Investment in the region

A facilitated interactive discussion

4.35 pm

Closing comments – MIG Chair

Networking Sundowner

GRDC Grains Research Update (Geraldton Port Zone)

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