Welbon Plains Landcare - Webinar Series

Welbon Plains Landcare Webinar Series 

Webinar 1 - Beneficial Insect populations & the role they play in Agricultural Landscapes

• Thursday 23rd September 2021
• 1pm - 2pm 

Guest speaker Pippa Jones, Senior Land Services Officer - Natural Resource Management  followed by Q & A. 

Webinar 2 -  Animal Production – What we need to look out for this Spring

Thursday 30th September 1pm-2pm       

• Possible issues grazing spring/summer pastures/crops
• Supplementing spring/summer pastures/crops
• Managing heat stress and weather events

Guest speaker Sally Balmain - Livestock  Land Services Officer followed by Q & A

Webinar 3 - The Importance of sowing decisions in crop rotations 

Date TBC

• Discussion on value of soil water within the system
• Discussion on value of crop intensity for increasing profit
• Discussion on making smart decisions to change intensity based on the season 

Guest speaker Dr Jeremy Whish - Farming Systems Researcher, CSIRO Agriculture & Food followed by Q & A 

For further details please contact

Penny Kelly - Northern Slopes Landcare Association 

Phone -  0438 353 682   or  email- coordinator@nsla.net.au

This project is supported by North West Local Land Services through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. Together with Northern Slopes Landcare Association and Welbon Plains Landcare.