Archive for September, 2008
African Lovegrass Field Day
Lee Dorahy Natural Resource Management Officer from North Burnett Regional Council is hosting an African Lovegrass Field Day 4 October, for more information please download the flyer: African Lovegrass Field Day
Posted: September 29th, 2008 under Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, General, Landcare, Weeds and Pests.
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Growcom Workshop – Farm Improvements Gayndah 8 October 2008
WHERE: Banapan Citrus, 16399 Burnett Highway Gayndah
WHEN: Wednesday 8 October 2008
TIME: 2pm to 5pm
RSVP: Monday 6 October on 07 41532555
PRICE: FREE (Funded by BCCA)
Growers can check out the benefits of a range of farm management improvements made on farms in the Gayndah and Mundubbera district, at a FREE workshop on Wednesday 8 October.
Soil Moisture Monitoring [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2008 under Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, General, Landcare, Weeds and Pests.
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One phonecall could save your farm!
“Well Eddie, I think I’d like to use a lifeline: I’d like to phone-a-friend”. Do you remember those words from what became the infamous quiz show, ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’?
Consider this into your calculations: a well managed Spotted Gum Forest can produce over 1 cubic metre of timber per year and that [...]
Posted: September 26th, 2008 under Better Bush, General.
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Landcare Tours Ready To Roll, Are You?
It’s only 3 days, until the 2008 Queensland Landcare Conference. As you probably realise the conferenece this year will be held Monto. Monto is of course in the Burnett Catchment, so it is only fitting that the BCCA should make a contribution. So the Better Burnett team will be hosting 2 of the 7 field [...]
Posted: September 18th, 2008 under Landcare.
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Landcarers in the Burnett and Mary Catchments get early bird discount this week!
To ensure we get good representation from landcare groups in our own catchment, we’re offering the special early bird rate of $430 registration to landcare groups in the Burnett and Mary Catchments. That’s a saving of more than $200 on the standared registration rate and includes attendance at all social functions, field trip, breakfasts and [...]
Posted: September 15th, 2008 under Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, General, Landcare, Weeds and Pests.
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WILD DOG BAITING PROGRAM SEPT 2008
South Burnett Regional Council and Gympie Regional Council in conjunction with the Bio-security
Queensland are participating in a coordinated Wild Dog Baiting Program.
Failure to control wild dogs can result in livestock losses, attacks on domestic pets and the loss of native fauna. Landholders have a legislative responsibility to control declared pests on their land and participation [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2008 under Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, General, Landcare, Weeds and Pests.
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Blue Print for the Bush Pest Offensive Project.
A Blue Print for the Bush Pest Offensive project is being undertaken in the Control and Awareness program on Wild Dogs and Feral Pigs within the South Burnett Region.
Wild Dogs and Feral Pigs are declared class 2 pests under the Land Protection Act 2002. This establishes parameters for all tenures to actively participate in controlling [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2008 under Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, General, Landcare, Weeds and Pests.
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Enterprise Management Options Workshop
All interested persons are invited to an Enterprise Management Options workshop. The workshop will demonstrate how to use simple spreadsheets in assessing the profitability in a change of beef enterprise or farm managment. The workshop have been organised by the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries and the Burnett Mary Regional Group.
WHEN: 15 Sept 2008 [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2008 under Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, General, Landcare, Weeds and Pests.
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AgForward – GPS Essentials Training Days
What is covered in the training day?
GPS Essentials provides practical training in the use of a GPS (Global Positioning System) for producers. You will learn about:
An introduction to GPS
Setting up a GPS correctly
Understanding GPS accuracy
Working with waypoints and tracks
Measuring areas and distances
Downloading and uploading information into a computer
Other GPS features
Cost
The cost of the training day [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2008 under Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, General, Landcare, Weeds and Pests.
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