Wednesday 23 March 2011
‘Kalanga’, Toobeah, QLD
Busses Depart Toobeah  9:30 AM

MORNING Monsanto Cotton Grower of the Year Field Day
Norman Farming, 2010 Monsanto Cotton Grower of the Year Winners

• Large Scale Row Configuration and Variety Trial, “Wahroonga’
• John Norman and Tony Taylor – Designing a farming System around an unpredictable environment
• Dr Mike Bange, CSIRO, - Using row configurations as a risk management tool in an unpredictable environment
• CSIRO Cotton Breeders – Breeding varieties to keep Australian growers at the forefront
• Oliver Robertson, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland. Birds on Cotton Farms

AFTERNOON Macintyre Valley Cotton Field Day
“Bouncing Back”

• John Hornbuckle, CSIRO Griffith. IrriSAT SMS – Calculate crop water use using satellite imagery of real crop growth and SMS direct to your phone or PC.
• Graham Harris, DEEDI QLD. WaterSched – A breakrough in irrigation scheduling technology
• John Ritchie and Rosalie Hannah, DERM Qld. Healthy Headwaters Water Use Efficiency Project
• Ross Culpitt, Synergies QLD, Economics model of the Healthy Headwaters Program.
• Rob Imray, FarMarCo Australia. Cotton Price – why the record highs and what are the implications? 

5:00 –  7:00pm
Coronation Hotel, Toobeah
Return to Toobeah at 5:00pm

• Retire to the Coronation Hotel for refreshments, nibbles and catch-up. 

More information will follow soon. We are in the process of securing some key-note speakers 

Further Information:
Monsanto Cotton Grower of the Year Field Day
David Kelly, CSD
0428 950 021
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Macintyre Valley Cotton Field Day
Bec Raymond  
0409 919010
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Matt Butler
0429 045 825
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