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Our first Grains Research Update for the year ran this week in Adelaide. And it was a cracker! Record numbers of people attended totaling 558, including 118 growers. So many highlights, including loads of great researchers, agronomists and growers talking on a great mix of relevant topics, and vibrant networking and conversations happening during every break! Big thanks to everyone who presented & attended and our event managers @ORMPtyLtd Get the Update Papers right now: bit.ly/4caA9kA #GRDCUpdates

ORM will be closed for the Christmas and New Year break from 2pm today (Friday 20th December) and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2025. We wish you a safe and Merry Christmas and New Year. We look forward to working with you in 2025. 🎄🎁🚜

Manage the risk of staff turnover, attract, and keep good people! Free @GRDCNorth Workshop #Goondiwindi ✔ Reinforce your farm business as an ‘employer of choice’ ✔Practical skills & strategies #BecFing #HousePaddockConsulting ✔Details & register now t.ly/BAYQQ

Join us this week and next for our online Farm Business Updates 📈 🙌 1 - 2pm AEST, Wed 21 Aug - Positive, proactive communication language Register ▶️ bit.ly/4dJsgAa 1 - 2pm AEST, Wed 28 Aug - Delegation tools, creating maximum leverage from your time Register ▶️ bit.ly/3YRthCg #GRDCEvents

Job Opportunity 🌾Are you ready to take the lead in agricultural communications? Savvy with project delivery, and have a background in the grains industry? We're seeking a seasoned Senior Communications Specialist to shape narratives that matter 🔗To apply bit.ly/3Alqreu

Join ORM Agribusiness Consultant Ben Hogan at the Mallee Machinery Field Days tomorrow & Thursday, as a guest presenter for CBA, presenting on the recent trends, changes to farm profitability, growth & transitioning the business. Read our newsletter bit.ly/3WJiKHN

This year's National Farm Safety Week theme is ‘In Safe Hands’. To help farmers be in safe hands when it comes to cattle handling, we have created a checklist to help farmers identify what unsafe and safe cattle farms look like. Download the checklist: go.vic.gov.au/465idTE

STARTS THIS WEEK: Grains Research Updates southern region 🌟 4 Jul, Campbell Town (Tas) bit.ly/3ziO2M9 🌟 Then 17 Jul Nhill, 18 Jul Sea Lake, Lock 23 Jul & Jamestown 25 Jul bit.ly/3Hvq81Y Speakers & topics chosen with local growers. @ORMPtyLtd

Join us for a farm walk on July 2 and hear a local grower share why their family prioritises safety. We'll also share practical approaches to improving safety in key areas like silos, machinery shed, chemical shed and shearing shed. 🔗 Register: buff.ly/3VEUmGs #ausag

Now that temporary full expensing for machinery capital purchases has wrapped up, growers are looking for other ways to manage their taxable income. We look at what strategies growers can use to manage their taxable income. Read more bit.ly/3Vs2Xwd

Over the last five years, land values for cropping areas within Victoria have more than doubled for most regions. Seasonal conditions have been favourable resulting in strong yields with good commodity prices. So has farm income kept pace with land values? bit.ly/3wUdAP1

📅 Save the date 📅 Growers in Victoria are invited to join our upcoming Farm Business Update sessions: 🌟18 Jun, Yarrawonga bit.ly/3yq88E0 🌟19 Jun, Bendigo bit.ly/3K3iQ5E Stay tuned for full program details including topics & speakers. @ORMPtyLtd

What are the biggest threats to farm profitability? Our April newsletter delves into trends and changes in the cost of farming and assesses the risks going forward - click below to read more bit.ly/3Q2e1Nq

Use a non-slewing telehandler with capacity over three tonnes? There's a new licence and tailored training coming. Complete our survey and help us work out training locations. Your responses will be kept confidential. Visit worksafe.vic.gov.au/telehandlers

📈Farm Business Update - ONLINE, Creating accountability, managing underperformance 📅17 Apr, 1-2pm (AEST) Join Leona Watson share insights on leadership, team engagement, culture & resilience to develop accountability on-farm. 🖊️REGISTER bit.ly/3JbTbaw @ORMPtyLtd

💻GRDC Grains Research Update, online - pre-sowing Air cart/seeder bar set-up & canola establishment 11 April, 1-2pm (AEST) 🌟Brett Asphar: Air cart set-up & seeder bar function 🌟Ash Wallace: Stubble load impact on canola 👉 bit.ly/3PHvP0j @ORMPtyLtd #GRDCUpdates

🌟💻 GRDC Farm Business Update, ONLINE Global outlook and grain markets 10 April, 1.00-2.00pm (AEST) Join Vítor Caçula Pistóia @RabobankAU analyse the global economic outlook & forecasts for grain markets & inputs. 👉 bit.ly/3VHbmfF @ORMPtyLtd #FarmBusinessUpdates

'We're not invincible. Very competent, capable, experienced farmers have incidents,' Ben McEvoy, sheep and cropping. It's never you, until it is. Whatever job you're doing on the farm, take a minute to think through. Get safety support for your farm at worksafe.vic.gov.au/agriculture

⁉️ THERE'S STILL TIME TO REGISTER Sign up for our March #FarmBusinessResilience workshops to help achieve your business goals. Register forms.office.com/r/m0VJ8i426m More: agriculture.vic.gov.au/events @campaspeshire @LoddonShire @GannawarraShire @GreaterBendigo #FutureDroughtFund

Sign up for our March #FarmBusinessResilience Rochester/Elmore workshops to help achieve your business goals. Register at forms.office.com/r/m0VJ8i426m More: agriculture.vic.gov.au/events @campaspeshire @GreaterBendigo #floodrecovery #FutureDroughtFund