Agribusiness Today Forum 2024
Event description
Join an outstanding lineup of industry experts from across Australia for Agribusiness Today Forum 2024. Catch up with the Central West farming network and meet new stakeholders at the Australian National Field Days Function Centre in Borenore on 1 August.
Forum overview:
SESSION 1: FAMILY FARMING FORWARD
Markets & economy: impacts on your business - Toby Mendl, Rabobank
Boost your business & keep great staff - Tess Herbert, 2023 Australian Farmer of the Year
Strong minds, healthy farms - Jason Banks, Co-CEO TIACS
Panel Session + Q&A
Morning Tea
SESSION 2: ADOPTING AGTECH TO INCREASE THE BOTTOM LINE
Agtech tools of the trade - Hamish Munro, Pairtree; Ben Watts, Bralca; Ash Saini nbn Co.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1 * see below
BREAKOUT SESSION 2 * see below
Lunch
Navigating your Agtech journey - Facilitated by Clare Belfield, NSW Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development
SESSION 3: BEYOND THE PASTURE
The boom of agritourism and how it could boost your income security - Sean Haylen, Destination Central West
Beyond the supermarket and the rise of omnichannel sales - Bianca Tarrant, Our Cow
Assessing opportunities for on-farm investment - Carmen Quade, AgriFocused
Panel Session
Panel Session + Q&A
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Technology for genetics and selection
How to use eID to increase your flock’s profit
Richie Cartwright, Specialised Livestock Services
Genetic selection for improved productivity
Fay Haynes, NSW Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development
Technology and and managing meat quality
How the diet of ruminants will affect the quality of their meat
Benjamin Holman, NSW Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development
Innovations in soil and pasture management
Maximising livestock production with low methane pastures
Matt Newell, NSW Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development
Is your soil sample good enough?
Richard Hayes, NSW Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development
Maximising reproductive potential
Reproductive loss in sheep: Politics, emissions, welfare, and data
Gordon Refshauge, NSW Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development
Technology in feed and pasture budgeting
The key consideration in confinement feeding
Brett Littler, Local Land Services
Grazing Intelligence – Empowering livestock producer’s grazing decisions
Warwick Badgery, NSW Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development
About Agribusiness Today Forum:
For 25 years, the Agribusiness Today Forum has brought together expert speakers to provide insight into domestic and international markets, pathways to improve productivity and sustainability, and opportunities to increase market growth.
The Forum is an initiative of Charles Sturt University, Local Land Services NSW, Central West Farming Systems, and Regional Development Australia Central West.
The first forum in 1995 was a gathering of 30 exporters at the Charles Sturt University Orange campus. It has grown over the years and is now held at different locations across the Central West region.
The Agribusiness Today Forum informs producers, advisers, and exporters about opportunities in the agribusiness industry by discussing the complete supply chain from “Paddock to Plate.”
Agribusiness Today Forum 2024 is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry as part of its Support Regional Trade Events Program. Thank you to nbn local and Rabobank for making this event affordable and accessible to the Central West agricultural community.
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