Open Meetings

Western Australian grain growers have a new way of having their voices heard on the production issues affecting their profitability.  The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) invites growers and industry people to attend new meetings to be held twice-yearly in each port zone.  

The first full round of open meetings for 2015 has now been completed.  Our sincere thanks to everyone who made it along to a meeting in their port zone and contributed their ideas, thoughts and information to the meeting. 

Here are the details from this first round of RCSN Open Meetings, along with a link to download a one page summary of the meeting.
24 June 2015: Esperance Port Zone
Lake King Golf Club, Varley Road Lake King
5-6 pm: BBQ
6-8 pm: Meeting with guest speaker
Project Update Guest Speaker
Early seeding - a knowledge gap strategy for very early season starts (Kirsty Smith, Landmark, Hyden & Craig Brown, Synergy).
Update
Thank you to the 22 guests who attended the first Open Meeting at Lake King, along with GRDC and RCSN members.  

Download the meeting summary here.
21 July 2015: Kwinana West Port Zone
Dowerin Community Club, Lot 35, East St, Dowerin
5-6 pm: BBQ
6-8 pm: Meeting with guest speaker
Project Update Guest Speaker
Understanding map layers for Variable Rate Technology (VRT) (Ben White, Kondinin Group).
Attendance
Thank you to the 23 guests who attended the first Open Meeting at Dowerin, along with GRDC and RCSN members.  

Download the meeting summary here.
22 July 2015: Kwinana East Port Zone
Bruce Rock Shire Hall, Supper Room, Dunstall St, Bruce Rock
5-6 pm: BBQ
6-8 pm: Meeting with guest speaker
Project Update Guest Speaker
Improving spray fallow techniques for better moisture conservation, better winter and summer weed control (Grant Thompson, Crop Circle Consulting & Bernie Quade, Landmark).
Attendance
Thank you to the 24 guests who attended the first Open Meeting at Bruce Rock, along with GRDC and RCSN members.  

Download the meeting summary here.
28 July 2015: Albany Port Zone
Ferngrove Vineyard, 276 Fergrove Rd, Frankland River
5-6 pm: BBQ
6-8 pm: Meeting with guest speaker
Project Update Guest Speaker
Effective and reasonably priced monitoring and control methods for snails and slugs in the Albany and Esperance Port Zones (Svetlana Micic, DAFWA).
Attendance
Thank you to the 29 guests who attended the Open Meeting at Frankland River, along with GRDC and RCSN members.  

Download the meeting summary here.
13 August 2015: Geraldton Port Zone
Mingenew Recreation Centre, Sportsground Road, Mingenew
2-5 pm: Meeting with guest speaker
5-6 pm: BBQ
Project Update Guest Speaker
Early seeding - a climate change adaptation method in the NE Ag Region of WA (Christine Zaicou, DAFWA) and Farm Advisory Boards (Cameron Weeks, Planfarm).
Attendance
Thank you to the 23 guests who attended the final Open Meeting for 2015 at Mingenew, along with GRDC and RCSN members.  

Download the meeting summary here.

Open Meeting Documents 


Please complete and return your issue submission no later than one week prior to your nominated port zone Open Meeting.