2008 Young Farmer of the Year
Winners of the Young Farmer Competition: Back: Tim Dobson (3rd), Adam Chugg (4th), Alan Prewer (6th), Front: Jamie Burns (2nd), Sarah Gatenby (1st), and Georgina Milkingstone (5th).
Recently I had the pleasure of judging the Ag Marketing module in the Motors Isuzu Trucks Tasmanian Young Farmer Competition held at Quercus Rural Youth Park (Agfest Site).
There were five Young Farmers selected from the North West, Northern and Southern regions to compete for the Young Farmer title. During the day those fifteen competitors were then tested on ten areas:
Call for Dairy Benchmarking Entries
The TIAR Dairy Centre is seeking participants to provide information for benchmarking their farm performance for the 2007-08 season.
This can be done through entering the Impact ANZ Dairy Business of the Year Award or as a separate exercise for farmers who do not wish to take part in the Award.
In both cases, dairy farmers receive valuable information on the financial and technical performance of their dairy business.
Free place to Hobart’s ABARE Conference
In my last post I mentioned the ABARE Regional Outlook Conference. I attended the one in Lauceston last year and got heaps from it.
It was a wonderful opportuniy to meet some new contacts and access information.
I got so much out of if that I decided that Rural Connections will shout one person to attend the conference in Hobart on the 8th of October at The Old Woolstore.
There are 12 guest speakers on topics ranging from nuffield scholars to climate change- and I must say that it looks very interesting. View the program
Drop us a line – in 50 words or less and tell us why you want to attend the conference for your chance to win.
ABARE Regional Conference
With 12 speakers across four sessions, this is your chance to access the latest commodity data and industry trends for your region at the Hobart Regional Outlook conference on Wednesday 8 October.
Hear from key speakers including:
- ABARE’s Phillip Glyde on the road ahead for commodities
- Tony Pearson, ANZ, with a banker’s perspective on interest rates, and where to from here?
- Rob Goudswaard, ANZ exploring how financial institutions can contribute to sustainable communities
- Nuffield scholar Ronald Thompson, on keeping farmers in agriculture
- Melanie Ford, ABARE with climate change – preparing for carbon trading
- Ian Barnes-Keoghan, Bureau of Meteorology on coping with short and long-term climate change
- Johann Joubert, New Life Industries, discussing hydroponic farming: benefiting the environment
Download the conference program and registration form.
Rural Diary - September 2008
Photo taken from Tasman Highway at Runnymede, Southern Tasmania.
Bridgewater Pig and Calf Sale
1 September
Bridgewater Saleyard, Bridgewater, Tasmania
Contact your local Roberts agent
Cattle and Sheep Sale
2 September
Killafaddy Saleyards, Killafaddy, Tasmania
Contact your local Elders, Landmark or Roberts agent
Bridgewater Spring Store Cattle
4 September
Bridgewater Saleyards, Bridgewater, Tasmania
Contact your local Roberts agent
Farmer Wants a Wife Series III
Following the successful series of Farmer wants a wife II the producers are now calling for applications for the next series.
If you are interested please contact:
Raina Weir, Associate Producer - Farmer Wants A Wife
T (02) 9434 0635 E raina.weir@fremantlemedia.com.au