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Sponsor of the Irrigated Crop of the Year, Landmark’s Andrew Jakins presents the Prize to Prime Ag’s Hamish Johnstone.
2 August 2010
About 130 people attended the Macintyre Valley Cotton Growers Association (MVCGA) annual awards night to recognise outstanding achievements in the past year and thank those who’ve contributed to the industry.
MVCGA Vice- Chairman Simon Corish, in welcoming people to the night,
thanked the sponsors who continued to support the industry and spoke of a
feeling of optimism around the district with improved prices and good
recent rainfall.
Winner of the Irrigated Crop of the Year, based on yield and agronomic
management was Prime Ag Australia, ‘Mullala’, with a crop of Sicot 71BRF
that yielded 13.8 bales per hectare.
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Meet at Goondiwindi Showgrounds, Boundary Road for Registration and ‘Smoko’ |
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Buses Depart |
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Arrive at Farm Location |
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3 x 1 hour concurrent sessions (including light lunch ‘on the run’) |
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Fleabane: New products and technologies in the fight against fleabane
- Frank Taylor, NuFarm Research and Development Officer based in Toowoomba will discuss NuFarm’s new fleabane control product ‘Sharpen’
- Hayes Spraying will discuss the development and sale of Camera Spray Rigs
- Craig Thompson, local contractor will review camera rigs
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Picking Innovation: Round balers, transport and precision Ag
- Chesterfield will have bale wrapping machine and precision ag updates
- McCormack’s and Ross Munro will discuss machinery used in loading/unloading and transporting round bales
- Joe Robinson a cotton grower from the Gwydir Valley will discuss the usage of the round bale pickers including pros and cons
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Currency Management & Water Buyback updates
- Matt Leeson from Moree will be on hand to discuss currency management
- Andrew Erskine discussing interest rates and commodity risk management
- QLD and NSW Government BuyBack updates
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Keynote Speaker Senator Barnaby Joyce |
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Depart Farm |
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Arrive Goondiwindi Showgrounds. |
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BBQ, refreshments and trade display at show grounds |
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Enjoying the day, Marg Herde, Kerry Corish, Julie Duddy and Bev Coulton.
20 August 2009
More than 120 people teed off at this year’s Macintytre Valley Cotton
Industry Charity Golf Day on a beautiful Autumn day, proving to be a
lot of fun and raising funds for local students.
While the proceeds from the day are still being tallied up, the events organizers are more than happy.
President of the Macintyre Valley Cotton Field Day committee David
Kelly said funds raised by this event over the past seven years have
injected over $35,000 towards the Goondiwindi State High School Student
Bursary.
“Potentially we would have raised more this year because the numbers
were up – it’s great for the student bursary and a good day out for the
golfers”.
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Winners of the Irrigated Crop of the Year, Dell and Bruce Bailey, ‘Hazeldene’, Boomi celebrate with their agronomist Andrew Arthur, Griffiths & Arthur, Goondiwindi.
Almost 200 people attended the Macintyre Valley Cotton Growers
Association (MVCGA) annual awards night to recognise outstanding
achievements in the past year and thank those who’ve contributed to the
industry.
MVCGA Chairman Ben Coulton said there was a lot more
optimism in the industry now, with the cotton area predicted to more
than double in the upcoming planting season but still a long way behind
the seasons in the late 1990s.
“Back in 1998/99 the district produced about 440,000 bales from
almost 70,000 hectares, a yield of about 6.2 bales per hectare. This
season we will produce about 180,000 bales from 19,000 hectares, a
yield of almost 9.5 bales per hectare,” Mr Coulton said.
Winner of the Irrigated Crop of the Year, based on
yield and agronomic management was Bruce and Dell Bailey, ‘Hazeldene’,
Boomi, with a crop of Sicot 71BRF that yielded 12.95 bales per hectare.
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St George-based irrigation engineer Glenn Lyons shows how bankless channel irrigation works.
Close to 130 people attended this year’s Macintyre Valley Cotton Field Day which ventured to Norman Farming’s operations, south of Toobeah.
Macintyre Valley Cotton Field Day Committee president David Kelly said it was the most attendees the event had seen for close to five years, reflecting both a topical program and some renewed enthusiasm in the industry.
“The team at Norman Farming did an excellent job in presenting the
changes they have made to their operation to keep producing a lot of
crops during the drought - measures improving the capture and retention
of soil moisture, using a variety of planting configurations to improve
yield per megalitre and developing unique management strategies for
different soil types.”
“It is real food for though for those attending – as water
availability is the major limiting factor for the industry.” David
Kelly said.
Another well-received topic during the day was bankless channel
irrigation, led by St George-based irrigation engineer Glenn Lyons,
Thallon irrigator Ed Willis and Norman Farming’s Steve Klowes.
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