FEBRUARY 2019 SYMPOSIUM/FARM WALK.
DATES: Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd February 2019
VENUE: FOR REGISTRATION ON SATURDAY MORNING
Mercure Port of Echuca Motel
465 High Street ECHUCA. VIC. 3564
SATURDAY 2nd February:
8:30 am Registration and tea and coffee
9:00 am Welcome Michael Lang, President
9:05 am Open Panel discussion on Walnut issues
Facilitated by Michael Lang.
9:30 pm “Crop nutrient requirement – usage – timing - options.”
Scott Palmer, Technical Agronomist Central and Western Victoria, SLTEC
10:15 am Morning tea
10:45 am “Current approach to assessing spray drift and aspects of chemical registration.”
Representative from APVMA
11:30 am “Water market and trading”
Representative of Ruralco
11:45 am “Processing and value-adding – lessons learnt from another crop"
Speaker TBC
12:30 pm Processing Panel
1:00 pm Lunch
1:45 pm Program continues
Orchard visit – Shane Weller.
4:30 pm Close
SATURDAY DINNER:
6:00 pm Dinner and River Cruise on the MV Mary Ann
7:00 pm Cruise departs
9:30 pm Return to Dock
On arrival regional cheese platters and Trio of Dips to share
2 course set menu
(Cost of dinner included in registration – Drinks at your own costs)
SUNDAY 3rd FEBRUARY
8:30 am Orchard visit
10:00 am Tour of SLTEC fertilizers (based just outside of Echuca.)
State-of-the-art liquid fertilizer manufacturing company, with in field technical support.
Includes morning tea sponsored by SLTEC
11:15 am Orchard visit (TBC)
12:30 pm Close
SPONSOR: SLTEC Fertilizers