With both pre and post-conference field trip tours and workshops, this SoilCare conference is not one to miss! Just have a look at the conference schedule...
Conference Program
Saturday, 3 December, 2022 - 9.00AM to 3.30PM - Plenary Sessions
'The Answer Is Soil. What's the Question?' ,
Dr Lukas Van Zwieten
Senior Principal Research Scientist - Soils, NSW DPI
'The Rhizophagy Cycle - How Plants Get Nutrients from Microbes'
Dr James White, Professor of Plant Pathology,
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences,
Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
'Realising the Farm's Potential', Bokhara Plains, North West NSW
Graham Finlayson
Grazier, Holistic Management Practitioner, GM at SLM Australia
'Regenerating the Australian Landscape'
Peter Hazell, Principal Landscape Planner, The Mulloon Institute, NSW
Bob Shaffer, presentation TBA
Soil Culture Consulting, Captain Cook, Hawaii
'Big picture farming, developments in holistic plant health techniques.'
Shane Fitzgerald, Metagen Australia
Saturday, 3.30 to 5.00PM - 5 Concurrent Session
'The Mulloon Institute Rehydration Project', Natural Sequence Farming
Peter Hazell, Principal Landscape Planner, The Mulloon Institute, NSW
Biological, Physical and Chemical Management Considerations for Post Flooded Soils
Alan Coates, Coates Agriculture and Dr John Grant, Southern Cross University
'Developing biological soil and plant nutrition programs'
Dave Forrest, Organic Forrest
“Use of Atmospheric Nitrogen by Sugarcane”
John Reghenzani, AgGrow Consulting
Southern Cross University, Regen Ag Research
Presenters TBA
Tour - Environmental Analysis Lab (EAL)/Analytical Research Lab (ARL)
Presenter guide TBA
5.00 to 7.30 PM: Drinks from 5.30PM followed by Buffet Dinner in the Expo
Sunday, 4 December 2022, 9.00 to 10.30 AM 5 Concurrent Sessions
Biological Farming - Presentation Topics TBA
Leilani Zimmer Durand and Gary Zimmer - Madison, Wisconsin
This session starts at 8.30AM.
'Grazing management that regenerates ecosystem function and grazing land livelihoods'
Dr Richard Teague, Retired Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University
'Transitioning to Biological IPM', two examples in macadamias
Richard Llewellyn, BioResources, with macadamia producers, Ross Arnett and Elle Revell
Southern Cross University Regen Ag and Research
Presenters TBA
Tour - Environmental Analysis Lab (EAL) /Analytical Research Lan (ARL)
Presenter guide - TBA
Sunday 11.30AM to 1.00PM - 5 Concurrent Sessions
Bob Shaffer - Presentation title TBA
Soil Culture Consulting, Captain Cook, Hawaii
Holistic Grazing Presentation Title TBA
Dr Judi Earl, Pasture Ecologist and Graham Finlayson, Holistic Management Practioner - Grazing
'Integrating Farm Forestry into Farming Systems'
Dr John Grant, Southern Cross University
Southern Cross University Regen Ag and Research
Presenters TBA
'Land-use Impact on Water Quality for Fisheries Productivity - History of the Richmond River'
Dr Matt Landos, Future Fisheries Veterinary Service, Associate researcher - Sydney Uni, Adjunct senior lecturer, Charles Sturt Uni
Tour - Environmental Analysis Lab - Soil (EAL)/Analytical Research Lab (ARL)
Presenter guide TBA
Sunday 2.00PM to 3.30PM - Plenary Sessions
'Why guess when you can measure? Options for soil and soil biology testing.
Graham Lancaster, EAL/ARL Southern Cross University
Dr Neil Wilson, Soil Microbiologist, Metagen Australia
Conference Closing - SoilCare
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