Burnett Catchment Care Association

Introduction to Excel and simple record keeping for beef producers - Gayndah
2018-03-28 08:30 - 15:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
By participating in this workshop you’ll:

develop basic skills in excel
learn how to create simple spreadsheets for whole of property recording.

FREE workshop. Morning tea and lunch provided.
Venue: Brian Pastures Research Station819 Brian Pastures Road, Gayndah

RSVP: 21 March 2018 to Tracy Longhurst on 0472 844 556 or email tracy.longhurst@daf.qld.gov.auPlease BYO laptop (if you need one, please advise at time of registration) and any property records you’d like entered into excel spreadsheets.

Skills for Psychological Recovery Thinking WORKSHOP FULL!!
2018-03-27 08:00 - 16:00
Free training for front line staff and clinicians working in areas affected by natural disasters
When: Wednesday 28 March 2018 9am – 4pm
Where: Monto Hospital – 35 Flinders Street
To more information and to register click here!!

RCS - GrowthLink - Murgon
2018-03-24 08:00 - 2018-03-26 17:00
For details click here!!!

Australia's Major Plant Families Rare & Threatened Flora - Part 2
2018-03-24 08:00 - 2018-03-25 16:00
The Gayndah based field workshop will look at: The Major Australian plant families; and the rare & threatened flora of the local area.
For more details call Dr Mike Olsen on 0407 330 781
Location – to be confirmed Gayndah

Farming Systems Trial Tour
2018-03-23 08:30 - 15:00
RSVP: By Friday 16th March by phone – 4326 1100 (DAF Bundaberg) or email: Fiona.Sullivan@daf.qld.gov.au

Women in Agriculture (WAG) Day - North Burnett
2018-03-22 09:00 - 14:00 | Monto Town Hall, 51 Newton Street, Monto, Qld, 4630

Grazing BMP Workshop - Gin Gin
2018-03-22 08:00 - 16:30
Grazing Land Management and Soil Health modules in a free one day workshop at Gin Gin. Eligible participants are land mangers in the Better Beef for the Reef project area – Lower Baffle, Lower Kolan, Lower Burnett, and the Gregory and Isis sub-catchments of the Burrum basins.
Click here to view a map of the Better Beef for the Reef priority areas.
A Fact Sheet on the Better Beef for the Reef project is available here.
For more information contact Emma Turner at BMRG – Phone: 07 4181 2999, Mobile 0409 459 669 or Email: emma.turner@bmrg.org.au

HARPS Workshop
2018-03-21 16:00 - 18:00
Harmonised Australian Retailer Produce Scheme (HARPS). A voluntary, retailer-led scheme designed to assist with compliance to food safety, legal & trade legislation for suppliers to the major grocery retailers in Australia. This will help those not currently involved with HARPS get an understanding about what it will mean for their business.
For more information click here!!!

Plant Identification & Pasture Budgeting Workshop - Monto
2018-03-21 09:00 - 14:30

Six Easy Steps Workshop for Canegrowers
2018-03-21 08:30 - 15:00

Grazing fundamentals EDGE - Mundubbera
2018-03-20 08:30 - 16:00 | Billabong Motor Inn, 47 Strathdee Street, Mundubbera, Queensland, 4630, Australia
Grazing fundamentals EDGE is a one-day workshop designed to give you a broad understanding of the components of the grazing production system and the core, scientifically-backed principles behind optimising grazing land productivity.
What you will learn:

environmental regulators of pasture growth and quality
local seasonal pasture growth patterns and key decision dates
how soil properties influence pasture growth
how grazing affects pasture plants, their productivity and growth
how to assess land condition and how this impacts on carrying capacity
when and how to use pasture spelling
principles behind successful grazing systems
how to account for different classes of animals when assessing grazing pressure
what’s involved with forage budgeting

$150pp + GST (subsidised – normally $750pp + GST) – Cost includes comprehensive set of workshop notes, workbook and lunch, morning/afternoon tea.

Places are limited. Register securely at www.trybooking.com/UBIE
For more information, or to register, please contact Jill Alexander, Applied Ag on 0427 764 897, jillalexander@bigpond.com or www.appliedag.com.au

Giant Rats Tail Grass Field Day & Farm Walk
2018-03-16 10:00 - 12:30
Bundaberg Regional Council are holding a Giant Rats Tail (GRT) grass information day to provide landholders with an update on the latest biocontrol research for GRT, pasture & herbicide control options.
To RSVP contact Nicole Miller from the the Bundaberg Regional Council via email on nicole.miller@bundaberg.qld.gov.au

Property Mapping Workshop - Gin Gin WORKSHOP FULL!!
2018-03-15 09:00 - 15:00

Negotiations & Influencing Workshop
2018-03-14 09:00 - 2018-03-15 17:00
Bundaberg Fruit & Vegetable Growers (BFVG) is running a free 2-day course in negotiation and influencing at Fairymead House in Bundaberg.
The workshop has been developed for the horticulture industry by the horticulture industry.
It has been designed specifically to help growers navigate difficult conversations, become better communicators, and feel more confident in influencing conversations for a better outcome. It is intended to help develop personal capacity to negotiate and influence.
Topics that will be covered include:

Control and influence the conversation to get to better pricing outcomes
Preparing effectively to combat wholesaler retail push
Identifying tactics and a strategy to respond
Using language to create cooperation
Managing emotional and difficult conversations
Avoiding conflict

The workshop is an initiative of the VegNET and VegPRO projects which are funded by peak
industry body Hort Innovation with vegetable grower levies and Australian Government
funding.
Negotiations & Influencing is a FREE workshop with priority places for vegetable levy-paying growers and BFVG members. RSVPs are essential. To register, click HERE. Queries regarding the workshop can be made direct to Vegetable Industry Development Officer, Michelle Haase on 07 4153 3007 or michelle.haase@bfvg.com.au

Native Forestry Management Field Day - Childers
2018-03-09 08:00 - 15:00
When: Friday, 9 March 2018, 9.00am – 3pm (postponed from 23 Feb 2018)
Where: Slacks Hardwood property – cnr Berries Road and Isis Hway – approxx 16km west of Childers
To register you interest call 5483 6535
Topics for the day will cover:

The latest update on Legislation, Code of Practice, Trigger Maps, & Notification of a Forest Practice
Current timber products and what they are worth
Latest growth results from a series of 10yo regrowth thinned trials
Compare growth data
Optimal tree stocking— selecting the best trees to retain for grazing and timber production
A great MAPPING APP for your phone
Fire management

Managing Weedy Grasses in Improved Pastures - Webinar
2018-03-06 12:30 - 13:30
Free BeefConnect webinar about how producers manage smutgrass, a relative of giant rat’s tail grass, in sown tropical pastures in the U.S. Professor Brent Sellers (Pasture weed specialist) from the University of Florida is on a study tour to compare U.S. and Australian practices of weedy Sporobulus grass management on cattle production.

In this webinar, Brent will discuss the herbicide and pasture management programs used in Florida to reduce the impact of smutgrass. This is relevant to producers in Queensland and other parts of Australia where there are significant problems with Sporobulus grasses in sown and native pastures in Australia.

Click here to register!!

Storm Recovery Community BBQ - Mondure Hall
2018-03-04 15:30 - 19:30
South Burnett Regional Council is hosting two Storm Recovery Community BBQ’s for landholders and community members who have been impacted by the severe storms in the South Burnett on Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve 2017. Everyone in the South Burnett region is welcome to attend these free events, so please come and show your support for the communities affected.
The Community BBQ’s will be a great, informal chance to connect with others and hear about resources, information and support available to assist residents in the South Burnett with their storm recovery. It will also provide an opportunity for an official ‘Thank You’ to the BlazeAid volunteers who have been working in the region.
?Mondure Hall, Sunday 4 March 2018, 3.30pm-7.30pm

Storm Recovery Community BBQ - Kumbia Memorial Hall
2018-02-25 15:30 - 19:30
South Burnett Regional Council is hosting two Storm Recovery Community BBQ’s for landholders and community members who have been impacted by the severe storms in the South Burnett on Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve 2017. Everyone in the South Burnett region is welcome to attend these free events, so please come and show your support for the communities affected.
The Community BBQ’s will be a great, informal chance to connect with others and hear about resources, information and support available to assist residents in the South Burnett with their storm recovery. It will also provide an opportunity for an official ‘Thank You’ to the BlazeAid volunteers who have been working in the region.
?Kumbia Memorial Hall, Sunday 25 February 2018, 3.30pm-7.30pm

Native Forestry Field Day - Childers
2018-02-23 09:00 - 15:00

RCS Grazing Clinic - Murgon
2018-02-17 08:00 - 2018-02-18 17:00
The RCS Grazing Clinic is a practical hands-on workshop that develops your skills as a grass manager. Topics covered over the two days will include:

Practical knowledge – get the latest on cheap fencing, property layout, water design and moving stock. Understand how to assess rest period and calculate graze period, while accurately matching stocking rate to carrying capacity. See and learn the decision making processes in the paddock.
Control your grazing outcomes – through the practical application of the principles, active use of the grazing chart, good use of the planning tools and good property design for this century.
Refresh the basics through understanding the 6 essential grazing management principles. Develop the skills to monitor and record changes, understand how to adapt to seasonal and climate variability and develop strategies for profitable property planning and overall improved grazing management.

To view the flyer and register click here!!!

Soil Pit Day - South Burnett
2018-02-13 08:00 - 13:30
Tuesday 13 February 8am – 11am & 867 Flagstone Creek Road, Haly Creek
Tuesday 13 February 1.30am – 4.30pm @ John Allen’s Oakland Farm Property, Sempfs Road Byee (Via Murgon)
RSVP: 9 February 2018 to Melinda on 4166 3898 or email admin@burnettcatchment.org

Soil Pit Day - Monto
2018-02-02 08:30 - 15:00
The life in your soils is the foundation to healthy crops. In this free full-day workshop field agronomist David Hall will share insights from 30 years’ experience in the agricultural industry and provide you with key tools in assessing soils and how to keep them healthy.
When: Friday 2 February – 8.30am – 3pm
Where: Monto – Location to be confirmed
RSVP: By Wednesday 24 January to BCCA on 07 4166 3898 or email admin@burnettcatchment.org

BCCA General Meeting - Mundubbera Town Hall Supper Rooms
2018-01-18 09:30 - 13:00
BCCA will be holding its quarterly general meeting on Thursday 18 January 2018 at the Mundubbera Town Hall Supper Rooms – starting at 9.30am. For more information please call the BCCA office on 07 4166 3898.

Pasture Die Back Forum - Bundaberg
2017-12-20 12:00 - 15:00
AgForce and MLA are running a Pasture Dieback Forum for affected landholders in Bundaberg next Wednesday, 20 December 2017 from 12pm to 3pm at the Brothers Sports Club. Find out:

What research is being done?
What are other producers trialling?
What is working and what isn’t?

Registrations are essential!!!

Monto Biosecurity Workshop
2017-12-08 09:30 - 13:00
The website registration is now open and can be found here: http://bit.ly/2fPw1tx

Women in Horticulture Bus Trip, Bundaberg
2017-11-29 08:00 - 16:00
Bundaberg Fruit and Vegetable Growers (BFVG) to hold a FREE Women in Horticulture Bus Trip on Wednesday, 29 November 2017.
The farm tour will include:
• Farm One: Visit with Craig Van Rooyen, Sweet Sensations who will give an overview of the benefits and lessons he has learnt in the application of microbial composting to his Lychee orchard,
• Farm Two: Enjoy a lovely morning tea hosted by Linda Vickers at Bundy Limes,
• Farm Three: Dave Galati from Rosengal in Gooburrum will share his experience in growing premium beans in our sub-tropical climate,
• Farm Four: Visit the Multikraft centre where all the microbial magic happens,
• Finishing the day with a gorgeous lunch at Grunskies By the River.
RSVP’s are essential as seats are limited, please contact BFVG on 4153 3007 email bfvg.info@bfvg.com.au.

BMRG Annual General Meeting - Kingaroy
2017-11-24 09:30 - 12:30
BMRG is convening its Annual General meeting from 9:30am – 12:30pm on Friday, 24 November at the Kingaroy Town Hall. The meeting provides an opportunity for BMRG and community members to meet the board members and hear about the successes across the region in 2016/17. If you would like to attend, please RSVP by calling (07) 4181 2999 or emailing admin@bmrg.org.au.

Soils Field Day - Miriam Vale
2017-11-23 08:30 - 14:00
When: Thursday, 23 November 2017, 8.30am to 2.00pm
Where: Frank and Joan Noonan’s property – 1272 Fingerboard Road, Miriam Vale
RSVP: By 20 November to Peter on 0427 024 921 or email peter@betterburnett.com

Flood Recovery Workshop - Monto & Bundaberg
2017-11-22 - 2017-11-23
Farmers are encouraged to attend Queensland Farmers’Federation’s (QFF) Flood Recovery Workshop to hear from technical recovery experts who can assist in getting you back on your feet.
Monto: 22 November 2017, Town hall 12.00pm – 3.30pm
BundaberL 23 November 2017, Fairymead House 12.00pm – 3.3.pm
RSVP: Ross Henry – ross@qff.org.au or phone (07) 3837 4720

Pest animal management and chemical training workshop - Gin Gin
2017-11-21 08:00 - 17:00
AgForce is pleased to offer Queensland rural landholders a new service that will help you to get ahead of the game and access the most up-to-date tools to manage pest animals.
These one-day workshops for landholders will include practical training and information on the latest pest animal control tools specific to your industry’s pest animal issues. Included in these workshops is nationally accredited chemical handling safety training for safely preparing, delivering, transporting and storing chemicals.
When: Tuesday 21 November 2017 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Where: TBC – Gin Gin
Places are limited so register now!
