Perennial Pasture Systems will welcome New Zealand professor Derrick Moot as it hosts its eighth annual conference at Ararat’s Gum San Hall on September 14.
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It will give farmers the chance to focus on getting the most from their crops rather than worry about the drought.
The better rainfall during winter has given the region’s agricultural producers the prospects of a good spring and a profitable year.
The annual conference attracts high profile presenters in a seminar session combined with a farm tour which complements the conference theme.
This year’s title ‘Looking at Legumes: Legumes to Lift Your Bottom Line’ is exploring lucerne and clover management and their importance in grazing systems.
Three speakers from New Zealand and Western Australia head the line-up while local issues will also be covered.
When members visited New Zealand on the annual study tour they inspected lucerne and clover research trials at Lincoln University with Mr Moot.
Perennial Pasture Systems president Wayne Burton said a quality line-up of speakers had been picked for the conference.
“We wanted to keep the conference affordable,” he said,
“So that multiple members of farm enterprises can attend our sponsors have allowed us to achieve this and we are looking forward to a great day”.
Perennial Pasture Systems has also invited Dr Phil Nichols from Western Australia to speak at the conference.
Mr Nichols is a renowned sub-clover breeder and he will tell the conference about new sub-clovers and other legumes which have been developed.
The other speaker from Western Australia is university animal research expert professor David Pethick.
Mr Pethick leads the Centre for Production Animal Research at Murdoch University’s School of Veterinary and Life Sciences.
Perennial Pasture Systems member Simon Brady will talk about his use of Arrowleaf Clover in his mixed farming system.
Fellow member Charlie de Fegely will discuss the use of legume pastures in maximising weight gains in lamb production.
After the seminar session the conference will head out of town by bus to inspect the Hassad Australia property at Moyston.
The conference will finish with the annual dinner at the Chalambar Golf Club in Ararat.
Best Wines’ Viv Thompson will then talk about his long career working in the wine industry.
Project manager Rob Shea said tickets costs $50 for members, $70 for non-members and could be booked by calling 0438 521 357 or emailing yadin@netconnect.com.au