Date Claimer – Northern NSW/Tamborine Study Group Workshop Thursday 18 May.
Avocado growers are invited to an Avocado Study Group Workshop on Thursday 18 May 2017. Topics on the agenda include: An Industry Update, Pest Management, Planting Systems Trials, Canopy Management and the Best Practice Resource.
- Morning location: Hudson Conference Room, Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute, 1243 Bruxner Highway Wollongbar (just west of Wollongbar town)
- Afternoon location: Centre for Tropical Horticulture, Alstonville
Please find full details and agenda here.
Morning tea and lunch will be provided but for catering purposes please RSVP by Tuesday 16 May with names and numbers attending and any special dietary requirements to simon.newett@daf.qld.gov.au or text 0400 56 57 84.
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Sent on behalf of Simon Newett, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Date Claimer – Sunshine Coast Avocado Study Group Workshop Meeting Thursday 4 May.
Avocado growers are invited to a Study Group Workshop Meeting on Thursday 4 May 2017 at Gary Cox’s orchard, 418 Scotchy Pocket Road, Gunalda.
Click here to view the day’s program and directions to the orchard.
A warning about using your GPS to get to the venue (418 Scotchy Pocket Rd, Gunalda). Make sure you go through Gunalda. Sometimes the GPS will take you on the Wide Bay highway and you will end up on the wrong side of the Mary River with the river to ford!
Morning tea and lunch will be provided but for catering purposes please RSVP by Tuesday evening 2 May 2017 with names and numbers attending to: simon.newett@daf.qld.gov.au or send a text or leave a message on 0400 565 784.
Please let Simon know if you have special dietary requirements.
AGENDA FOR TRISTATE AVOCADO STUDY GROUP MEETING
Thursday 30 March 2017
Starting at the Ramco Football & Netball Club, Ramco Rd, Ramco, then at Mark Boehm’s orchard at No. 10 Parkes Lane then at the rootstock trial on Kym Thiel’s orchard off Rex Andrew Rd
(9:30 am South Australian Avocado Growers’ Association AGM)
10:00 am MORNING TEA
10:30 am Welcome & introductions – Simon Newett, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Nambour, Queensland
10:35 am Industry update – Kym Thiel, Avocados Australia Ltd director and local grower
10:50 am Technical and practical aspects of irrigation and fertigation – Trevor Sluggett, Total Eden
11.15 am Discussion on irrigation and fertigation
11:30 am Small Tree Project update – Peter Rigden
11:50 am The new Best Practice Resource (BPR)
12:00 pm Observations from the 2016 flowering and fruitset season, and discussion – Simon Newett
12:30 pm LUNCH
1:15 pm Latest results from Waikerie rootstock trial – results from Liz Dann presented by Simon Newett
1:35 pm Complete evaluation forms and set the topic, venue and date for the next meeting
1:45 pm Background to the orchard walks – Mark Boehm & Kym Thiel
1:55 pm Depart for orchards
2:00 pm FARM WALKS – focus on irrigation, canopy management and the rootstock trial
3:30 pm Depart
Morning tea and lunch will be provided but for catering purposes please RSVP by Tuesday 28 March with numbers attending to simon.newett@daf.qld.gov.au or send a text with name and numbers attending to 0400 565 784 (or leave a message). Please let us know if you have special dietary requirements.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Directions
- Morning meeting and lunch at Ramco Football & Netball Club, Ramco Rd, near Ramco Point Rd
- Afternoon farm walk starts at No. 10 Parkes Lane, Waikerie, then Rex Andrew Rd, Waikerie.