Events

FarmLink conducts field days, seminars and bus tours throughout the year for members.  The list below will be updated regularly as dates and details of events become available.

2012 Events:

JANUARY

  • 4th - Executive and Annual General Meeting

FEBRUARY

  • 2nd - Session 2 FarmLink Research Rural Leadership Program, Temora
  • 23rd - Conservation Agriculture Field Day, Parkes
  • 28th - 29th - GRDC Advisor Update, Narrandera

MARCH

  • 2nd - Research and Development Meeting
  • 2nd - Water Use Efficiency Meeting
  • 9th - Break Crops Meeting
  • 14th - FarmLink/GRDC Grower Update, Yerong Creek
  • 15th - Windrow Burning Demonstration - click here for flyer
  • 20th - Session 3 FarmLink Research Rural Leadership Program, Wagga Wagga
  • 28th - Executive Meeting

JUNE

  • 19th - Session 4 FarmLink Research Rural Leadership Program, Junee
  • 27th - Executive Meeting

JULY

  • 26th - FarmLink Research Annual Dinner and Rural Leadership Graduation, Wagga Wagga

AUGUST

  • 8th - Ag Tech Show
  • 15th - Research and Development meeting
  • 15th - Rust Workshop
  • 19th - 23rd - FarmLink Bus Tour incorporating AGQUIP

SEPTEMBER

  •  3rd - Break Crops Meeting
  • 12th - FarmLink Research EXPO, Temora
  • 18th - 20th - Henty Machinery Field Days
  • 26th - FarmLink Research Annual General Meeting

OCTOBER

  • 9th - Water Use Efficiency Meeting
  • 17th - Hart Bros Seeds Field Day

 

2011 Events:

 

  • Photo 1 of 36Crowd in attendance

    Annual Dinner

  • Photo 2 of 36Michael Sinclair, Chris Daniher, Terry Daniher and Jon Cobden

    Annual Dinner

  • Photo 3 of 36Michael Sinclair - FarmLink Chairman

    Annual Dinner

  • Photo 4 of 36Jon Cobden - FarmLink CEO

    Annual Dinner

  • Photo 5 of 36Michael Sinclair - FarmLink Research Chairman

    ANNUAL DINNER

  • Photo 6 of 36Rod McKern - Commonwealth Bank

    Annual Dinner

  • Photo 7 of 36Terry Daniher

    Annual Dinner

  • Photo 8 of 36Chris Daniher

    Annual Dinner

  • Photo 9 of 36Jon with Chris and Terry

    Annual Dinner

  • Photo 10 of 36Rob Wilson (Pioneer), John Pattison and Derek Ingold

    Annual Dinner

  • Photo 11 of 36Jo Langtry with Bruce and Debbie Holden

    Annual Dinner

  • Photo 12 of 36Charles Kingston and Andrew Sinclair

    Annual Dinner

  • Photo 13 of 36Crowd in attendance

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 14 of 36Jon Cobden - FarmLink CEO

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 15 of 36Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Resources, Troy Grant

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 16 of 36Michael Sinclair - FarmLink Research Chairman

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 17 of 36Paul Breust - FarmLink's Research Coordinator

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 18 of 36Mitch Allen presenting

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 19 of 36Jon Cobden, Roger Fletcher and LCMA Chairman Rob Gledhill

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 20 of 36Ron Storey - Storey Marketing

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 21 of 36Roger Fletcher - Fletcher's Meats

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 22 of 36Jeff Baldock - CSIRO

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 23 of 36James Hunt - CSIRO

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 24 of 36John Kirkegaard - CSIRO

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 25 of 36Matt Dart - DB Ag

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 26 of 36Matt Dart - DB Ag

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 27 of 36Michael Sinclair, Jon Cobden, Rod McKern and Tim Harvey

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 28 of 36Tim Harvey - Commonwealth Bank

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 29 of 36Graeme Sinclair

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 30 of 36Daniel Cooper

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 31 of 36Craig Wilson

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 32 of 36Roger Todd

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 33 of 36Panel Members

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 34 of 36Craig Wilson and Marty Moses

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 35 of 36Reps from FarmLink Research, CMAs and Temora Ag Bureau

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 36 of 36Graeme Sinclair, Jon Cobden, Troy Grant, Gary Levelle, Ron Russell and Andrew Robbins

    Temora Research Station

  • 14th September - FarmLink Research EXPO
  • 19th August - Annual Dinner
  • 17th August - Rust Workshop
  • 12th August - Mixed Farming Forum Temora 2011
  • 2nd March - SPAA Workshop at FarmLink Offices
  • 16th March - GRDC Grower Update at Junee
  • 24th February - Conservation Agriculture Field Day at Lockhart
  • 3rd February - Official Opening of FarmLink Office and AGM
  • Photo 1 of 50Office Opening

    AGM

  • Photo 2 of 50Office Opening

    Jon's welcome at Office Opening

  • Photo 3 of 50Office Opening

    Jon with Brian Higginson

  • Photo 4 of 50Office Opening

    Bernard Hart giving History of FarmLink at Office Opening

  • Photo 5 of 50Office Opening

    John Pattison during his FarmLink History speech at Office Opening

  • Photo 6 of 50Office Opening

    Jon with John Pattison

  • Photo 7 of 50Office Opening

    FarmLink Chairman, Michael Sinclair

  • Photo 8 of 50Office Opening

    Chairman Michael "cutting the wire" to officially open the new Office

  • Photo 9 of 50Office Opening

  • Photo 10 of 50Office Opening

  • Photo 11 of 50Office Opening

  • Photo 12 of 50Office Opening

    Kirrily and Felicity with Clare

  • Photo 13 of 50Office Opening

    Jon with Bernard Hart

  • Photo 14 of 50Conservation Ag Field Day 1

  • Photo 15 of 50Conservation Ag Field Day 2

    FarmLink's display at Field Day

  • Photo 16 of 50Conservation Ag Field Day 5

    FarmLink's Chairman, Mick Sinclair and Executive Member and Director, Steve Day.

  • Photo 17 of 50Conservation Ag Field Day 3

  • Photo 18 of 50Conservation Ag Field Day 4

  • Photo 19 of 50Conservation Ag Field Day 8

  • Photo 20 of 50Conservation Ag Field Day 6

  • Photo 21 of 50Conservation Ag Field Day 7

  • Photo 22 of 50GRDC Grower Update 1

    Presenter Tim Condon (Delta Agribusiness) with Section Chairman Bernard Hart

  • Photo 23 of 50GRDC Grower Update 2

    Lunch Time

  • Photo 24 of 50GRDC Grower Update 3

    Lunch Time

  • Photo 25 of 50GRDC Grower Update 4

    Presenter John Kirkegaard (CSIRO)

  • Photo 26 of 50GRDC Grower Update 5

    Presenter John Kirkegaard (CSIRO)

  • Photo 27 of 50GRDC Grower Update 6

    Presenter Greg Condon (Grassroots Agronomy)

  • Photo 28 of 50GRDC Grower Update 7

    FarmLink display at Grower Update

  • Photo 29 of 50GRDC Grower Update 8

    FarmLink Extension Agronomist Mitch Allen

  • Photo 30 of 50GRDC Grower Update 9

    FarmLink Executive and Beckom farmer, Mike O'Hare

  • Photo 31 of 50Jon Cobden - FarmLink CEO

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 32 of 50Michael Sinclair - FarmLink Chairman

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 33 of 50Parliamentary Secretary for natural resources, Troy Grant and Jon Cobden

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 34 of 50Jon Cobden, Roger Fletcher, Rob Gledhill LCMA Chairman

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 35 of 50Paul Breust - FarmLink's Research Coordinator

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 36 of 50Graeme Sinclair - presenter

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 37 of 50Daniel Cooper - presenter

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 38 of 50Craig Wilson - presenter

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 39 of 50Roger Todd - presenter

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 40 of 50Grower Panel

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 41 of 50Ron Storey - Storey Marketing

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 42 of 50Roger Fletcher - Fletcher's Meats

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 43 of 50Mitch Allen - FarmLink's Extension Agronomist

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 44 of 50Jeff Baldock - CSIRO

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 45 of 50Matt Dart - DB Ag

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 46 of 50 John Kirkegaard - CSIRO

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 47 of 50Tim Harvey - Commonwealth Bank

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 48 of 50Michael Sinclair, Jon Cobden, Rod McKern and Tim Harvey

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 49 of 50Craig Wilson and Marty Moses

    Mixed Farming Forum

  • Photo 50 of 50Representatives from FarmLink Research, CMAs and Temora Ag Bureau

    Mixed Farming Forum

 

2010 Events:

  • Photo 1 of 17SA trip - Grazing perennial shrubs

  • Photo 2 of 17SA trip - Bale spreader

  • Photo 3 of 17SA trip - Feedlot

  • Photo 4 of 17SA trip - Northern Sustainable Soils Field Day - Kadina - Precision Ag Trial

  • Photo 5 of 17Annual Dinner Guest Speaker Murray Hartin with FarmLink CEO Jon Cobden

  • Photo 6 of 17Portion of the crowd at Annual Dinner in August

  • Photo 7 of 17FarmLink Chairman Michael Sinclair addressing the crowd at Annual Dinner in August

  • Photo 8 of 17Annual Dinner Guest Speaker, Murray Hartin

  • Photo 9 of 17GRDC Grower Update - CEO Jon addressing crowd

  • Photo 10 of 17GRDC Grower Update - Portion of the crowd

  • Photo 11 of 17GRDC Grower Update - Presenter Neil Druce from Junee Licorice and Chocolate Factory

  • Photo 12 of 17GRDC Grower Update - Presenter Derek Ingold

  • Photo 13 of 17GRDC Grower Update - Presenter Matt Dart

  • Photo 14 of 17GRDC Grower Update - FarmLink's Felicity Harris

  • Photo 15 of 17GRDC Grower Update - Crowd interaction during lunch

  • Photo 16 of 17GRDC Grower Update - Presenter CSIRO's James Hunt

  • Photo 17 of 17GRDC Grower Update - Presenter Greg Condon

  • 29th August/2nd September - South Australian No-Till Farm Study Tour
  • 20th August - Annual Dinner at Wagga
  • 17th Mar - FarmLink/GRDC Grower Update: Young
  • 9th Mar - CTF Discussion Group: Temora
  • 2nd Mar - Precision Agriculture Workshop: Coolamon
  • 18th Feb - Conservation Agriculture Field Day: Trangie

 

2009 Events:

  • 18th Feb - NSW Conservation Agriculture Field Day: Temora
  • 18th Mar - FarmLink/GRDC Grower Update: Osborne
  • 14th & 15th Jul - FarmLink Post-Sowing Bus Trip (sytems for farming moisture): Merriwagga, Binya & Rankins Springs
  • 28th, 29th, 30th Jul- Integrated Weed Management Workshops: Henty, Wagga, Cowra
  • 5th Aug - 'Back to Basics' workshop understanding financial reports : Young
  • 11th, 12th Aug - 'Back to Basics' workshops grain marketing options in a deregulated environment : Wagga, Temora
  • 19th Aug - Rust Workshop: Temora
  • 16th Sep - FarmLink Spring Bus Trip: Grenfell region
  • 21st Sep - Farmwalk: canola herbicide systems trial: Marrar
  • 13th Oct - Farmwalk: water use efficiency trial: Temora
  • 16th Oct - PA Workskhop: setting up headers for yield mapping: Temora
  • 28th & 29th Oct - FarmLink Girls' Day Out: Sydney

 

2008 Events:

  • 12th Mar - FarmLink/GRDC Grower Update: Coolamon
  • 14th - 15th Apr - Soil Water Workshops: Tarcutta & Euroley
  • 24th Apr - Grazing Cereals Roadshow: Delegate
  • 11th Jul - FarmLink Disc vs Tyne Farmwalk: Illabo
  • 6th Aug - Canola in Depth Farmwalk: Culcairn
  • 19th Sep - FarmLink Members' Dinner & AGM : Wagga Wagga
  • 17th Oct - FarmLink Spring Bus Trip: FarmLink region
  • 21st - 22nd Oct - FarmLink Girls' Day Out Bus Trip: Sydney
  • 28th - 29th Oct - What is the Right Price Workshops: Cootamundra, Grenfell, Temora

 

2007 Events:

  • 28th Feb - Beef Droughtlotting Field Day: Mundarlo
  • 8th Mar - Murrumbidgee Grain & Graze 'Bringing back the Birds' field day: Coolamon Focus Farm
  • 22nd Mar - FarmLink/GRDC Grower Update: Grenfell
  • 18th Jul - G&G Fodder Budgeting Workshop: Downside
  • 30th Jul - Yield Prophet Workshop: Temora
  • 3rd Aug - G&G Farmwalk (grazing wheat management): Collingullie (am) & Ganmain (pm)
  • 14th to 16th Aug - Grain & Graze National Forum: Wagga
  • 30th Aug - Lockhart Ag Bureau Biotechnology Update: Osborne
  • 4th Sep - FarmLink 'Back on Track' Seminar (financial recovery post-drought): Wagga
  • 8th Sep - FarmLink Members & Guests Dinner: Osborne - postponed 'til 2008
  • 26th & 27th Sep - Annual FarmLink Bus Trips & Compaction Field Days: north & south of region

 

2006 Events:

  • 18th July - G&G Supplementary Feeding Seminar: Cootamundra
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd August - G&G Fodder Budgeting Workshops: Cowra, Temora, The Rock
  • 8th August - Canopy Management/Stripe Rust Workshops: Rannock (am), Brookdale (pm)
  • 9th August - Precision Ag Update (GRDC/Lockhart Ag Bureau): Lockhart
  • 30th August - Bridging the Gap between Climate Research & the Farmer: Wagga
  • 2nd September - FarmLink Members Dinner (guest speaker - ABC weather personality Mike Bailey): Wagga
  • 5th September - G&G Silage Seminar: Junee Reefs
  • 22nd September - G&G Farmwalk: grazing wheats: Marrar & Ganmain
  • 6th October - FarmLink bus trip & BBQ: "Where to Now?"
  • 24th, 25th, 26th October - MLA Lamb Cost of Production Workshops (run as part of G&G Seminar Series): Yerong Creek, Ardlethan, Grenfell
  • 2nd November (POSTPONED 'til 2007) - Controlled Traffic Seminar: Coolamon
  • 18th December - Droughtlot Field Days: Yerong Creek, Ariah Park