THREE leading international farming experts and growers from across Australia will come together in July for the Victorian No-Till Farmers Association’s annual conference.
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The Underground conference will be in Bendigo on July 7.
The theme is ‘building the future of your farm from under the ground’.
South Dakota’s Jonathan Lundgren, Canada’s Odette Menard and North Dakota’s Joshua Dukart will speak at the conference, along with Australian growers Streatham’s Scott Blurton and South Australia’s Tom Robinson.
Rupanyup farmer and association president Paul Oxbrow said conference would bring together more than 300 people at the forefront of cropping innovations, soil, water, plants, diversity, people, slugs and insects.
“The conference brings together the world’s leaders in food production systems in a line up never seen before in Australia. “We’ll have experts in cropping systems, residue management, soil health, microbiology and pests and insects plus a room full of switched on, like-minded farmers.
“It’s a must attend event if you are serious about getting the most from your soils and contributing to the long-term future of Australia’s grain sector. It’s also a fabulous networking event that we all look forward to, catching up with old faces and new.”
The conference will also include a farm tour of 2016 Victorian Farmer of the Year winner Grant Sims, who judges described as the face of modern farming due to his commitment to innovative cropping and sharing information.
Mr Sims drives production through improving soil health with plant diversity, companion planting and re-thinking rotations all playing a key role in his farming system.
The tour will also visit Fraser Pogue, a former dairy farmer-turned- cropper who has turned soil diminished by flood irrigation and continual cropping into a productive, thriving landscape.
Mr Oxbrow said the event would explore how to build symbiotic no-till farming systems that manage money, land and people the way farmers want to.
The focus will also be on ensuring farms are in good health financially and continue to be highly productive for future generations.