Ag & Rural Events

Organising an agricultural or rural event? In-person or online, small or large? Let me know & I'll retweet it. For best event promotion results include: 1) A relevant photo (imperfect images with character are more effective than generic) 2) Interesting facts 3) Speaker accounts

Applications are now open for the 2025 AWI graduate intake program. bit.ly/3Wg5GcJ. #agtwitter

Field research to control #gazanias is underway. Big shout out to @babarshahzad221 and our collaborator @GilesKears4393 and Callum from Nutrien Ag, Cleve. No easy fix for this nasty weed, so get rid of those few plants here & there. Thanks @GRDCSouth for supporting this work.

Had a great experience at the 2024 ASABE Conference! Our robotics teams won FIRST place in the Advanced division and THIRD place in the Beginner division. So proud of them! #AgRobotics @LingjuanL @GareyAFox @NCState_BAE @NCStateCALS

Congratulations to the @WeedSmartAU team on another awesome WeedSmart Week event 👏👏. @theGRDC is proud to be a plantinum sponsor of this highly successful grains industry event.

#Wheatblast is a devastating grains disease with limited control options and, while the disease is not found in Australia, it presents a global risk to wheat production. Learn more about this exotic pest: loom.ly/Cgxel2E #GrainsFarmBiosecurity @GrainProducers

A beautiful bamboo forest in Peru 🎋 Fieldwork is crucial to identify #bamboo species of commercial and environmental value growing across the biodiverse landscape. Join our upcoming photo competition 👇 inbar.int/event/photocom… #thinkbamboo #Peru

Are you an Australian researcher looking for funded sea time on a marine research vessel in 2025? Fully funded grants of up to 14 days on SA’s MRV Ngerin, WA’s RV Naturaliste or other coastal vessels are available. Apply now ow.ly/UQch50SHMgu #SARDI #ResearchGrants

Join us tonight for an exciting Early Careers Night hosted by Soil Science Australia's Victoria branch! This free in-person event will be held at the University of Melbourne with 5 guest speakers. For more information, please visit: eventbrite.com.au/e/early-career…

@SoilCRC @TasInAg @UTAS_ such fantastic soil in that region - hope soil conservation measures are getting a good kick along. (Singing Big Yellow Taxi...the quality & depth of soil in that region appears to be somewhat taken for granted)

🗓️ For those in north-west Tasmania, here's an opportunity to hear about some of the Soil CRC technology being developed by the @TasInAg research team at @UTAS_ 👇

Back online again at last, after a computer hard drive fail last month! If you have any ag related events coming up and would like a boost, don't hesitate to let me know!

Come and hear @MHarveySutton talk about @keepthesheepWA and why it's been so well supported at @LambExAU next week in Adelaide

🌱On 28 July 2024, the COAST Foundation, a partner of #APFP-#FO4A in Bangladesh turned over a cheque to a Tea Producers Cooperative in Panchagarh, Bangladesh. This funding aims to support the cooperative in enhancing its tea production & marketing business. #SupportFamilyFarmers

The #CottonConference is next week! Hear Caitlin from #AgBiTech presents “Raingrown #Cotton Resistance Management - Bust the Pupae or the Moth?” at 9AM on Aug 7 ANZ Plenary room. Catch up with the team & learn about Bollgard 3 RPM for moths in #cotton. @CottonAustralia

Finalización del Curso de uso seguro de plaguicidas Centro de Encuentro Rural Canelones Oeste Escuela N 82 María Clotilde Núñez Ruta 65 km 72 Agradecemos a los técnicos de DIGEGRA por el apoyo para esta actividad

This Saturday 15 June join our team, the @UFUHQ & @BankofIrelandUK as we kick off Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend from Beatties Glenpark Farm, near Omagh. Follow our socials to hear about the farms you can visit & the fun/educational activities taking place across the weekend!

Join this FREE 'Livestock Strategies for the Next 100 Days' event. Hear from experts on livestock care, nutrition, and health. Enjoy a BBQ and catch up with mates. 📍 Coonalpyn: 11 June 📍 Keith: 12 June 📍 Kalangadoo: 14 June Register now: buff.ly/4bMXzcN

Exciting news!  We are delighted to announce that HRH The Duke of Edinburgh will be attending this year’s Royal Norfolk Show. Read more about it on our website rnaa.org.uk/royal-visit-24/.  Don’t forget to book your tickets to this unmissable event! rnaa.ticketsrv.co.uk/tickets/royaln…

Great to spend time yesterday with two young people who are totally committed to the positive growth of young farmers in Scotland. Ally Brunton and Jillian Kennedy, @SAYFC Young Farmers National Chair and Vice-chair, explained why the young farmers association is so important for young people, and talked through a major new campaign, building on #AreEweOkay and other recent initiatives, set to be launched very soon by SAYFC, supported by RSABI. #KeepTalking

Members of the AgConnectWA committee will be attending the Muresk Rally for #KeepTheSheep this Friday advocating for our members. Will we see you there?