| Clare – 26 August 2009 | ||||
Clare Golf Club, White Hut Road, Clare |
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| 8.30 am | Registration Welcome to Country |
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| The big picture: an economic overview | Water and climate: critical factors | |||
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| Chair | Annabelle Homer ABC Rural |
Chair | Rob Lewis SARDI |
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| 9.00 am | Jammie Penm ABARE Economic issues affecting the region |
1.30 pm | Melanie Ford ABARE Agriculture: moving toward emissions trading |
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| 9.20 am | Mike Nolan Westpac A banker’s perspective on rural finances |
1.45 pm | Darren Ray Bureau of Meteorology El Nino and climate change: an update for South Australia |
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| 9.40 am | Panel discussion | 2.00 pm | Andy McPharlin Office for Water Security Water for Good – ensuring South Australia’s water future |
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| 10.00 am | Nick Champion MP Member for Wakefield Opening address |
2.15 pm | John Gray Bureau of Rural Sciences Soil carbon for productivity or trading? |
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| 2.30 pm | Panel discussion | |||
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| 10.30 am | Morning tea | 3.00 pm | Afternoon tea | |
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| Building sustainable agriculture | Taking the risk: succeeding in the region | |||
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| Chair | Mayor Allan Aughey Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council |
Chair | Kay Matthias Mid North Regional Development Board |
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| 11.00 am | Leanne Lawrance ABARE Commodity outlook and farm performance |
3.30 pm | Brett Roberts Australian Growers Direct Building the grains supply chain |
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| 11.20 am | Frank Nicholls Clare Region Winegrape Growers Assoc. Neville Rowe Clare Valley Winemakers Operating in a tough and changing environment |
3.45 pm | Sally Hawker Bungaree Station Agritourism: making the farm lifestyle a business |
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| 11.40 am | Mark Branson Clifton Using modern farm systems to improve profit and the environment |
4.00 pm | Craig Jaeschke Hillriver Hay Farming full circle for sustainability |
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| 4.15 pm | Mary Retallack Retallack Viticulture Helping grapegrowers become winegrowers |
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| 12.00 pm | Panel discussion | 4.30 pm | Panel discussion | |
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| 12.30 pm | Lunch | 5.00 pm | Conference close | |
