Meeting Achives (Open Meetings: 2015 - 2017)
2017 Open Meeting Summaries (Archive)
Kwinana West Port Zone | 17 - 18 July 2017 (Meetings in Cunderdin, Wongan Hills and Dalwallinu)
Esperance Port Zone | 25 - 27 July 2017 (Meetings in Cascades, Salmon Gums and Hopetoun)
Kwinana East Port Zone | 8-9 August 2017 (Meetings in Narembeen, Southern Cross and Nungarin)
Albany Port Zone | 7 and 15 August 2017 (Meetings in Hyden, Woodanilling and Boyup Brook)
Geraldton Port Zone | 24 August 2017 (Meetings in Mullewa and Three Springs)
- KW Open Local Forum Summary Handout
- Presentation #1: GRDC Update (Brondwen MacLean)
- Presentation #2: Lime application to acid soils influences yield response to P and K fertiliser (Craig Scanlan)
- Presentation #3: New Nutrition Investment - Western Region (Brondwen MacLean)
- Presentation #4: Sclerotinia and Timing of Foliar Fungicide (Ravjit Khanghura)
- Presentation #5: Machinery Replacement Options for Growers in the Kwinana West Port Zone (Ben White)
- Presentation $6: Liming Options - Comparing Sources and Methods of Applying Liming Materials (Bill Bowden)
Esperance Port Zone | 25 - 27 July 2017 (Meetings in Cascades, Salmon Gums and Hopetoun)
- ESP Open Local Forum Summary Handout
- Presentation #1: Peter Roberts and Bill Ryan (Western Panel): GRDCs investment into frost agronomy and research (Cascades and Salmon Gums)
- Presentation #2: Leigh Nelson (GRDC): GRDCs investment into crop protection (Hopetoun)
- Presentation #3: Rebecca Smith (Living Farm)
- Presentation #4: Brenton Leske (DAFWA): Frost trial work and results (Cascades Presentation and Salmon Gums Presentation)
- Presentation #5: Rick Horbury, Craig White & Matt Williss (Bayer): Statice, matricaria and other hard to control weeds (Salmon Gums)
- Presentation #6: Nick McKenna (Planfarm): Assessment of some harvest weed seed management options
Kwinana East Port Zone | 8-9 August 2017 (Meetings in Narembeen, Southern Cross and Nungarin)
- KE Open Local Forum Summary Handout
- Presentation #1: Alex Douglas (DPIRD): Matricaria Ecology and Control Options (all meetings)
- Presentation #2: Glen Bradley (Bayer): Matricaria and Statice Trial Work (Nungarin)
- Presentation #3: Bill Bowden (WMG): Alternative Lime Sources - Farmer Trials, Comparison to Limesand and More (all meetings)
- Presentation #4: Peter Hills (HillsAg): Harvest Weed Seed Management (Nungarin)
Albany Port Zone | 7 and 15 August 2017 (Meetings in Hyden, Woodanilling and Boyup Brook)
- ALB Open Local Forum Summary Handout
- Presentation #1: Glenn McDonald (DPIRD): Strategic Tillage Options (Hyden)
- Presentation #2: Peter Hills (HillsAg): Harvest Weed Seed Management (Hyden)
- Presentation #3: Andrew Etherton (GRDC): GRDC's Investment into High Rainfall Crop Production (Boyup Brook)
- Presentation #4: Dr Heping Zhang (GRDC): High Rainfall Wheat and Canola Production (Boyup Brook)
- Presentation #5: Garren Knell (ConsultAg): Frost 2016 - What Worked and Did Not Work (Woodanilling)
- Presentation #6: Phil Longmire (Beaumont Grower): Managing Inputs Using VRT (Woodanilling)
- Presentation #7: Devon Gilmour (McIntosh and Son): iHSD and Harvest Weed Seed Control (Boyup Brook)
Geraldton Port Zone | 24 August 2017 (Meetings in Mullewa and Three Springs)
- GER Open Local Forum Summary Handout
- Presentation #1: Wayne Parker and Bindi Isbister (DPIRD): Compaction, CTF and More (Mullewa)
- Presentation #2: Steve Davies (DPIRD): Non-wetting Trials and Results (Three Springs)
- Presentation #3: Alana Hartley (Liebe): Best Bet Management of Ameliorated Non-wetting Soils (Three Springs)
- Presentation #4: Matt Hill (Esperance Grower): Managing Inputs using VRT (Three Springs)
- Presentation #5: Jason Stokes (Nolba Grower): What Rotations Work on our Farm (Mullewa)
- Presentation #6: Grant Thompson (Crop Circle Consulting): Improving Spray Fallow Techniques for Better Moisture Conservation & Winter and Summer Weed Control (Mullewa)
- Presentation #7: Wayne Pluske (EQUII): Subsoil Constraints Work (Mullewa)
2016 Open Meeting Summaries (Archive)
Kwinana East Port Zone | 21 June 2016 (Meetings in Merredin and Bencubbin)
Geraldton Port Zone | 19-20 July 2016 (Meetings in Coorow, Mingenew and Northampton)
Esperance Port Zone | 25 July 2016 (Meetings in Ravensthorpe and Esperance)
Albany Port Zone | 1-2 August 2016 (Meetings in Newdegate, Gnowangerup and Green Range)
Kwinana West Port Zone | 9-10 August 2016 (Meetings in Moora, Northam and Wickepin)
Thank you to everyone who attended the meetings and all of the guest presenters who provided a wealth of information on RCSN related projects.
Kwinana East Port Zone | 21 June 2016 (Meetings in Merredin and Bencubbin)
Geraldton Port Zone | 19-20 July 2016 (Meetings in Coorow, Mingenew and Northampton)
- Open Meeting Summary Handout
- Project Presentation #1: Range of Technologies for Monitoring and Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency (Topham & Gillam)
- Project Presentation #2: Regional Specific Agronomy Project: Time of Germinating Cereals - Affects on Yield and Quality (Joyce)
- Project Presentation #3: Improving the Understanding of Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Soil Water Interactions (Topham & Gillam)
Esperance Port Zone | 25 July 2016 (Meetings in Ravensthorpe and Esperance)
- Open Meeting Summary Handout
- Project Presentation #1: Management Practices for the Reduction of Rhizoctonia (Mudie)
- Project Presentation #2: Effective and Reasonably Priced Monitoring and Control Methods for Snails and Slugs (Micic)
Albany Port Zone | 1-2 August 2016 (Meetings in Newdegate, Gnowangerup and Green Range)
- Open Meeting Summary Handout
- Project Presentation #1: Results of the 2015 Herbicide Resistance Survey of the Great Southern (Hobley)
- Project Presentation #2: Sclerotinia, NTNB and Fungicide Resistance Update from CCDM (Denton-Giles)
Kwinana West Port Zone | 9-10 August 2016 (Meetings in Moora, Northam and Wickepin)
- Open Meeting Summary Handout
- Project Presentation #1: Best Practice Management of Spot Type Net Blotch in Barley & Interactions with Stubble Management and Head Loss (Gnell)
- Project Presentation #2: Septoria Management in Bannister Oats (Gnell)
Thank you to everyone who attended the meetings and all of the guest presenters who provided a wealth of information on RCSN related projects.
2015 Open Meeting Summaries (Archive)
- Esperance Port Zone - Download the meeting summary here.
- Kwinana West Port Zone - Download the meeting summary here.
- Kwinana East Port Zone - Download the meeting summary here.
- Albany Port Zone - Download the meeting summary here.
- Geraldton Port Zone - Download the meeting summary here.
