February 12, 2010

Have you heard about the Farm Ready $1500 reimbursement for primary producer training?
Farm Ready is part of the Australian Governments’ Farming Future initiative that reimburses primary producers up to $1500 per financial year to help cover the cost of training and up-skilling. Farm Ready also offers additional funding (capped at $500) for travel, accommodation and childcare expenses.

5 February 2010

Expressions of interest are now open to all schools in the Mid-Western Regional Council area for a sponsored garden classroom.

January 22, 2010

Dr Carole Hungerford, general practitioner, might come across a bit unusual by your average GP standards. A lively, willowy woman in her 60’s, Carole is a determined and provocative advocate for a nutrition-based approach to wellbeing.

It’s not what you do; it’s how well you do it - was a common theme in last Thursday’s Farm Financial Forum.  The Forum held by Watershed Landcare shone a positive light on agriculture at a time when many farmers and graziers are feeling the effects of drought and a high Australian dollar.

Watershed Landcare is proud to host a unique, inspiring evening for the women of our district with Dr Carole Hungerford - a provocative and entertaining speaker who will enthral you with a refreshingly different way to maintain wellbeing, connecting the health of our soil to the food we eat.

27 November 2010

Watershed Landcare hosted a field day on Monday the 23rd of November that saw a busload of graziers head up to Hargraves. The bus visited two properties to learn how grazing can influence biodiversity in a grassy woodland. In particular we discussed how to prevent or reduce the encroachment of a single shrub species such as Sifton Bush....

Eucalypt species, Cypress Pine, Sticky Daisy and Sifton Bush are some of the woody plants that can germinate and grow as “thick as hairs on a dogs’ back” leaving a paddock useless for grazing. So what can you do about this? What is this telling you about your paddock?

Watershed Landcare is holding a ½ day mini-bus tour on Friday 27th November to look at some rehabilitating stretches of Lawson Creek and the Cudgegong River. 

FARM FINANCIAL FORUM

Essential for all people interested in operating a successful agricultural business, the Farm Financial Forum promises to open minds to the local and global trends influencing agricultural commodities and rural property pricing.