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Farmer Workshops

The department works with a range of partners to provide workshops for farmers to help them make the most of seasonal conditions. These can be part of an ongoing program or arranged specifically if the need arises.

To seek more general information about events and to discuss if it is possible to hold a session in your area, please either call your local office or departmental contact, or 136 186.

Dry season events

Region	Event Name	Location	Date	Contact
Statewide	Spring Climate Outlook for Victoria	Recorded webinar		Go to the recorded webinar and enter the password when prompted: Vicclimaug18 Liz Hamilton Agriculture Victoria 0400 780 680 or email
East Gippsland	Wild Dog Fencing and Control, with Dry Seasons catch up	Cann River	Tue 21 August 10am – 12pm (lunch included)	Caroline Love Agriculture Victoria 0427 515 668 or email
	Wild Dog Fencing and Control, with Dry Seasons catch up	Benambra	Tue 28 August 10am – 12pm (lunch included)	Caroline Love Agriculture Victoria 0427 515 668 or email
	Wild Dog Fencing and Control, with Dry Seasons catch up	Omeo	Thu 30 August 11am – 4pm	Caroline Love Agriculture Victoria 0427 515 668 or email
	Grazing management in a challenging season	Swifts Creek	Tue 11 September 10am – 3pm	Caroline Love Agriculture Victoria 0427 515 668 or email
	Grazing management in a challenging season	Bairnsdale	Wed 12 September 10am – 3pm	Caroline Love Agriculture Victoria 0427 515 668 or email
	Dry Season Workshop	Woodside	Wed 3 October 10am – 3pm	Nick Dudley Agriculture Victoria 0428 562 139 or email
Gippsland (South/West)	Dairy Farm Monitor & Situation and Outlook 2018	West Gippsland	Mon 29 October Lunch meeting	Sallie Clynes Gipps Dairy 0437 832 877 or email Natalie Nelson Agriculture Victoria 0407 523 512 or email
	Dairy Farm Monitor & Situation and Outlook 2018	Traralgon	Tue 30 October Breakfast meeting	Sallie Clynes Gipps Dairy 0437 832 877 or email Natalie Nelson Agriculture Victoria 0407 523 512 or email
	Dairy Farm Monitor & Situation and Outlook 2018	Maffra	Tue 30 October Lunch meeting	Sallie Clynes Gipps Dairy 0437 832 877 or email Natalie Nelson Agriculture Victoria 0407 523 512 or email
	Dairy Farm Monitor & Situation and Outlook 2018	South Gippsland	Wed 31 October Breakfast meeting	Sallie Clynes Gipps Dairy 0437 832 877 or email Natalie Nelson Agriculture Victoria 0407 523 512 or email
	Dairy Farm Monitor & Situation and Outlook 2018	South Gippsland	Wed 31 October Lunch meeting	Sallie Clynes Gipps Dairy 0437 832 877 or email Natalie Nelson Agriculture Victoria 0407 523 512 or email
Goulburn Broken	Decision making for dry seasonal conditions Light morning tea and lunch will be provided.	Mansfield DELWP Office 128 Highett St Mansfield	Mon 20 August (RSVP 18 August) 10am – 12.30pm Agriculture Victoria staff will be available for one-on-one discussions until 3pm.	Greg Bekker Agriculture Victoria 0471 340 236 or email Register
Goulburn Broken	Decision making for dry seasonal conditions Light morning tea and lunch will be provided.	Broadford DELWP Office 1–5 Mollison St Broadford	Fri 24 August (RSVP 22 August) 10am – 12.30pm Agriculture Victoria staff will be available for one-on-one discussions until 3pm.	Greg Bekker Agriculture Victoria 0471 340 236 or email Register
	Dairy Farm Monitor & Situation and Outlook 2018	Shepparton Sherbourne Terrace 109 Wyndham St Shepparton	Tue 11 September Breakfast 7.00 – 9.00 am	RSVP Lachy Barnes 0438 092 352 or email Claire Waterman Agriculture Victoria 0408 785 368 or email
Goulburn Broken and North Central	Plan2Farm (For Irrigators in the GMID)			Matt Hawken Agriculture Victoria 0418 143 922 or email More info or register
North East	Decision making for dry seasonal conditions Finger food provided	Tarrawingee Tarrawingee Hall 1114 Great Alpine Rd	Mon 20 August (RSVP 17 August) 6pm – 8pm	Ian Gamble Agriculture Victoria 0437 362 620 or email Register
	Decision making for dry seasonal conditions Light lunch provided	Tallangatta DELWP Office 34 Towong St Tallangatta	Tue 21 August (RSVP 19 August) 10am – 12.30pm	Ian Gamble Agriculture Victoria 0437 362 620 or email Register
	Decision making for dry seasonal conditions Light lunch provided	Rutherglen DEDJTR Centre 124 Chiltern Valley Rd Rutherglen	Wed 22 August (RSVP 20 August) 10am – 12.30pm	Ian Gamble Agriculture Victoria 0437 362 620 or email Register
North West	Managing for frosts in cereals and pulses	Ouyen Southern Pulse Agronomy Field Site 12km north-west Ouyen, near intersection of North West Rd and Parallel Rd	Thu 30 August 8.30am – 10.30am	Heather Drendel Agriculture Victoria 0427 868 705 or email
South West	Dairy Farm Monitor & situation and Outlook 2018		Thu 1 November	West Vic Dairy 03 5557 1000 Claire Waterman Agriculture Victoria 0408 785 368 or email
Wimmera	Pre-spring crop disease, weather and soil moisture update	Taylor’s Lake Taylor’s Lake Hall Lubeck Rd	Mon 20 August 8.30am – breakfast 9.30am – 11.30 am meeting	Heather Drendel Agriculture Victoria 0427 868 705 or email $10 to cover breakfast and hall
	Managing for frosts in cereals and pulses	Wallup Wallup Hall Wallup Hall Rd	Fri 31 August 8.30am – 10.30am	Heather Drendel Agriculture Victoria 0427 868 705 or email
	Woorak Spring Crop Walk	Woorak Woorak Hall corner Nhill-Jeparit and Ni Ni Wells Rd	Thu 20 September 10.00 – 5.00pm	Heather Drendel Agriculture Victoria 0427 868 705 or email
	Digging down under soils Workshop	Taylor’s Lake Taylor’s Lake Hall Lubeck Rd	Mon 8 October 12.00 – 3.00pm	Heather Drendel Agriculture Victoria 0427 868 705 or email
	Pulse Field Day	Vectis Remlaw Station Rd, north of Wimmera Hwy	Thu 25 October 9am – 1pm	Jason Brand Agriculture Victoria 0409 357 076 or email

East Gippsland

A number of dry season events have recently been held by Agriculture Victoria. Agriculture Victoria is continuing to provide East Gippsland livestock producers with the opportunity to engage in one-on-one consultation sessions to assist them to manage current seasonal conditions and access support services.

For more information contact Caroline Love, Agriculture Victoria, Bairnsdale, 0427 515 668 or Keren Walker, Agriculture Victoria, Swifts Creek, (03) 5159 5134.