The Great Aussie Composting Roadshow - Pittsworth, QLD

The Great Aussie Composting Roadshow will provide intensive animal industries such as egg and broiler farms, cattle feedlots, piggeries and dairy farms with tailored and in-depth information regarding solid manure management, focusing on composting as a management tool.

Where relevant, the composting of food and fibre processing residues in regional areas and the co-composting of urban and agricultural residues will also be discussed.

Each event will feature five key speakers, listed below, who will provide a framework for the discussion, in addition to presentations from local industry and government representatives.

• Professor Robert Rynk, State University of New York
• Matthew Cotton, Composting Consultant, California
• Janine Price, Scolexia Animal & Avian Health Consultancy
• Dr Kevin Wilkinson, Frontier Ag & Environment
• Johannes Biala, University of Queensland, Centre for Recycling of Organic Waste and Nutrients

The Great Aussie Composting Roadshow will address and answer your questions on the following key topics:

• Why consider composting?
  
• Regulations governing manure management and composting
  
• The fundamentals of composting
  
• Composting technologies, equipment and costs
  
• Mortality composting and biosecurity
  
• Co-composting of agricultural and non-agricultural residues
  
• Compost characteristics and compost use

Each event will conclude with a roundtable for discussion and Q&A.