NEWSSpring Edition 2016

IndexNew CEO for the Mackillop Farm Management Group .......................................................... ....1

Extension Co-Ordinator & Project Management report ..........................................................2-3

Southern Dryland Soil Moisture Probe and Weather Station Pilot Project .............................. ....4

South East SARDI New Variety Agronomy Team .................................................................... ....5

Automated Condition Scoring ................................................................................................. ....6

Flystrike – Lucilia cuprina ........................................................................................................ ....7

Dryland Soil Moisture Probe and Weather Station Pilot Project ............................................. ....8

Bloat in Cattle ......................................................................................................................... 9-10

Irrigators to benefit from quick reference guide ..................................................................... ....11

Overview of MFMG Projects .................................................................................................12-13

Some things to look at on our website.......................................................................................14

Productive Pastures for Sheep / nab agribusiness ....................................................................15

Mackillop Farm Management Group Contact Details ................................................................ 16

Mackillop Farm Management Group MFMG Board Contact Details .........................................17

New CEO for the Mackillop Farm Management Group

At the Mackillop Farm Management Group’s (MFMG) 2016 AGM, Chairper-son Duan Williams announced the appointment of Charlie Crozier as the new CEO. Charlie is replacing Krysteen McElroy who has been the CEO for the past 8 years and has overseen a lot of change and growth for the organisa-tion.

Charlie already has experience working for MFMG and over the past 12 months has worked on; Project Management and Development, Facilita-tion of the Operations Committee, Event Planning, and the Limestone Coast Cropping Cluster project.

For those of you who don’t know him, Charlie is a farmer from Keith whose past roles have included the inaugural executive officer for Lucerne Australia, Grants Officer for Tatiara District Council, and working with the Murraylands Regional Development Board. Charlie says he is looking forward to the extra challenges working in the CEO position will provide, “I love being a farmer but I also like to take the opportunity to expand my knowledge and skills”.

“Krysteen has done a great job as CEO and will be missed for her input and constant drive within the group. She has really helped to boost the profile of MFMG and I will strive to continue her good work and provide our members and our sponsors with the most up-to-date information while undertaking this role. I believe some people’s perception of MFMG is that we are not a mixed farming organisation so I am going to work hard to make it known as a balanced group with a focus on livestock as well as cropping.”

Meet MFMG Chair Louise Stock

Louise and her husband Peter operate a grazing business across two prop-erties near Lucindale and have three daughters aged 14, 12 and 9. She also runs Focus Facilitation, providing facilitation, communications, leadership and project management services as well as doing a bit of fitness instructing at the Lucindale community gym. Other professional experience has included agri-culture industry advocacy, business network management and governance.

Louise joined the new MFMG board two years ago and, reflecting on her decision to put her hand up for Chair, says that she values the work of the Group in supporting farm business development and profitability in the Lime-stone Coast. She is keen to contribute to the organisation as it consolidates the structure that was set up a couple of years ago and support the valuable, voluntary input from the Operations Committee and other Board members.

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Extension Co-Ordinator & Project Management - Charlie Crozier

What a year, polar opposite to the last 2 years that we have experienced across the region, providing different chal-lenges and requirements to operate under, whether on farm or with the trials across the region.

Mackillop Farm Management Group has had a jammed pack spring with workshops, field days & crop walks from Keith to Binnum to Millicent and everywhere in between. Attendances to the days has been very mixed.

Plans are under way for the 2017 season, if anyone has any specific trial or research ideas that they want explored, please contact your regional operation committee member or myself.

February & March are already shaping up to be busy with an irrigation workshop to be held at Bool Lagoon that was cancelled due to the wet spring, and a regional agronomist day being held to identify research topics that need further work relevant to the region. There will also be some livestock related topics covered as well. As usual, please keep a close eye on the weekly updates calendar. There are a host of workshops & field days planned across the region for 2017.

By the time you read this it will be getting down to the business end of the year, the SARDI team is flat out collecting and quantifying the many research & agronomic trials from across the region. Some of them that you may have seen at the recent field days are:

Sherwood

• Beans, lupins, wheat and Barley varietal trials

• Oats for grain and hay varietal trial

• Soil trials

• Seed Free lamb – new MLA project

Wolseley

• NVT Wheat varietal trials

• NVT Bean varietal trials

• Cereal Challenge of 10 varieties

Keith

• NVT Wheat and Barley

• Oats for grain and hay varietal trial

• Bean varietal trial

• Wheat and Barley Nutrition N & P trial

• Pasture Demo with Heritage Seeds

• Rizo trial – Liquid v seed coating v nutrition

Frances

• NVT Canola

• NVT Oats & Oats breeding build up

• Barley & Beans varietal trials

• Oats for grain and hay varietal trial

• Bilateral Pulse evaluation trial

• Wheat and Barley Nutrition N & P trial

• Pasture Demo with Heritage Seeds

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Extension Co-Ordinator & Project Management - Charlie Crozier

Bool Lagoon

• Irrigated cereal & Canola

• Dual purpose canola

• Blackleg in Canola

Conmurra

• NVT wheat

• Barley, canola

• Bean challenge

• Bean canopy management

• Pulse challenge

• Septoria project

Millicent

• Barley, Wheat varietal trial

• Wheat & Barley N strips

The MFMG trial results book will be out in early 2017 with all the trial results and more.

Every second year MFMG conducts a study tour for its members whether it be domestic or international, and 2017 is the next scheduled tour year. In 2015 the group went to New Zealand which was a big success and I would like anyone who has any suggestions on locations and specific topics they would like to look at in 2017 to please give me a call or drop me an email.

Please keep an eye on the weekly updates for upcoming events and relevant articles for your cropping or livestock enterprises. If you have any questions or project ideas that you may want to see further work conducted on, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with one of the MFMG committee members or staff.

From the MFMG team we would like to wish everyone a safe & prosperous end to a busy season.

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Southern Dryland Soil Moisture Probe and Weather Station Pilot Project

A project identified through the PIRSA 2015 Premium Food and Wine Co-Innovation cluster program and the MFMG: “Cropping – Collaboration across the Limestone Coast to enhance innovation and profitability”

The aim of this pilot project is to improve soil moisture probe technology adoption in dryland agricultural within the South East of South Australia.

The pilot project will assist farmers in the mid to lower South East of SA to gain a better understanding of the tools available to assist with the decision making process within dryland cropping and livestock enterprises in relation to:

• crop and pasture selection

• nitrogen application

• and other variables

This project will also assist the grain and livestock sector to increase production and improve grain and livestock quality to meet the growing food demand.

Increasing targeted inputs and improving management will be accomplished through education of industry. This will enable farmers to understand soil and water interaction, as well as taking into consideration forecasted seasonal

predictions in their decision making.

The purpose of the project will be to:

• educate farmers on what the soil moisture probe and weather station data is telling them

• identifying the type of decisions that can be made from the data

It is believed that the benefit from measuring soil moisture willprovide an indication of:

• Yield potential based on plant available water

• Crop water use

• Sub soil moisture base and reserves

• Rainfall required to refill soil profile

• Water infiltration

• Water logging

• Water use of different crops

The Southern Dryland Probe Project has been put together as a joint collaboration between Integrated Irrigation, MFMG, SARDI and SENRMB. It is intended to raise awareness of the information and benefits of using weather station and soil probe technology in dry land cropping agriculture and making smarter management decisions.

The link is in our members’ area on our website. To log in to view it go to the Reports tab and then to MFMG Dryland Probe Trial.

Please note; this link is meant for a mobile phone but can be accessed by computer, however the appearance may be changed slightly. The probes & weather stations are located at the Frances, Conmurra, Bool Lagoon & Millicent trial sites.

The Keith, Sherwood & Wolseley areas can still be accessed through the Alpha Group Web site as usual.

Tim Powell, Integrated Irrigation is contracted to delivery this project with funding provided through PIRSA/MFMG Cropping Cluster, SARDI and SENRMB, the project will run from 1st April 2016 - 30th March 2018

South East SARDI New Variety Agronomy Team

The South East SARDI New Variety Agronomy Team has had an exceptionally busy few months and below are a few highlights.

The team attended a Pulse Breeding Australia Technical Symposium in Horsham in August. This symposium provided an interactive week for the technical team to discuss trial work and trial machinery with other re-search teams from across Australia.

As with growers, there have been minimal spraying opportunities. Matthew has managed to make use of each opportunity, when they have arisen, and applied our regime as per protocol to sites which still had vehicle access. Growers may have noticed that the team is sporting a new spray unit, with a rear mounted boom and new tank set up.

MFMG, SARDI and Yeruga Crop Research have been successful in sourcing a GRDC funded fast track project on blackleg control in canola. This year has seen severe cases of blackleg in canola, noticeably aerial blackleg. The trial is evaluating blackleg control at different growth stages and experimenting with various foliar fungicides. The trial is located in a farmer canola crop at Bool Lagoon. A photo is provided of blackleg symptoms observed at this site. With TPI the team has managed to sow a Poppy time of sowing trial at Frances. The Poppies were sown on 7 July, 29 August and 26 September. Time of sowing one is well and truly out of the ground with excellent plant numbers, time of sowing two has emerged and also has good numbers. We are waiting to see how time of sowing three emerges.

The MFMG funded variety trials at Sherwood and Cereal Challenge at Wolseley are looking fabulous and a couple of photos are provided to show everyone how great they are. The team enjoyed seeing many of you at the field days.

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Automated Condition Scoring

We plan to develop an automated condition scoring system for sheep that will allow objective body condition measures to be taken immediately off-shears. The development of automated, objective body condition scoring systems will reduce the subjectivity associated with manual condition scoring, and significantly decrease the time and labour inputs required to accurately condition score mobs.

This project will capture images of freshly shorn sheep (as this is the easiest time to “see” condition score) with a hy-perspectral camera to produce infrared images. Using these images and the actual condition score and liveweight, machine learning will be used to automatically predict condition score of sheep.There are three parts to the project.

1. Prototype development: As the height, angle and location of the camera affects the images, it is necessary to optimise the camera location. During the prototype development we will collect multiple images from different lo-cations around the sheep to determine optimum positioning of the camera and other image metrics such as pixel density and number of images required per sheep.

2. Machine learning: Up to 1000 images need to be captured to enable the machine to “learn” what different condi-tion scores “look” like. These images need to cover the breadth of actual condition scores across different sheep. We will visit 10 to 15 properties at shearing and weigh, condition score and capture images of approximately 100 sheep per property.

3. Validation: Once the machine has “learnt” how to condition score, we need to test that it actually knows what it is doing. We will therefore visit up to 10 new properties at shearing to test that the machine can actually predict the condition score of the sheep. These images will also be used to further “train” the machine.This is part of a larger project in the Sheep CRC and the overall hypothesis behind the research program is that better use of information on body condition, weight change, genetic background and previous production history can be used to improve both wellbeing and productivity.

Anyone that is interested in more information and would like to be involved in stage 2 (machine learning), please contact:

Emma Babiszewskiemma.babiszewski@sa.gov.auMob: 0427 000 264Ph: (08) 8762 9185

Flystrike – Lucilia cuprina

Brendan Voss, Elders - Livestock Production Advisor, South-East SA

With high levels of moisture from long awaited winter rainfall and the warmer months approaching, this year is shap-ing up to be perfect conditions for the dreaded blowfly Lucilia cuprina.

Lucilia cuprina is the metallic green coloured blowfly that is the culprit for the devastating flesh eating maggots, or flystrike as we more commonly know it. Flystrike can affect sheep of all ages and sizes, and while more common in the breech area, can occur on the body, pizzle in rams and wethers, on wounds, or the poll.

The lifecycle of Lucilia cuprina begins with the adult fly seeking out a susceptible sheep to lay their eggs. These eggs develop into larvae, and are the flesh eating maggots that we are all too familiar with. The mature maggots (Larvae) drop from the infected sheep, and burrow into the soil for the next stage of development. This development is usu-ally halted over the winter months, as soil temperatures below 15 degrees C are not favourable for the development into the pupae and onto the immature fly. Once soil temperatures warm up, usually mid spring, the immature fly emerges, developing into the adult fly and the life cycle continues.

Preventing flystrike can be done in several ways. Management practices such as shearing, crutching, and worm management decrease the areas of damp/urine stained wool and dag build up around the breech, which provide the ideal site for the adult blowfly to lay her eggs. There are many preventative chemical compounds available with several methods of application, such as spray on back liners and jetting fluids, all offering varying levels of residual. The use of such chemical compounds prior to, or at the first sight of blowflies, also has the potential to decrease fly pressure come summer/autumn months by simply breaking their lifecycle by preventing the egg developing into larvae and ultimately adult blowflies.

When considering which item to use, consider how long you want coverage for, the timing of the application, and of course and WHP or ESI on products – especially on terminal lambs or cull ewes.The below graph (www.flyboss.com.au) highlights the average risk periods for flystrike to occur in the Keith area. This graph can be used to assist with the timing of preventative solutions and management practices.

The Flyboss website provides great details and management advice, and is a great resource to browse at your lei-sure. For further information to this brief article please follow the link; www.flyboss.com.au

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Bloat in Cattle

Bloat is a risk when animals are grazing young lush pasture, particularly when there is a high level of legumes (clover, medics and lucerne). Cattle produce a large amount of gas during their digestion process, which is normally belched up or passed through the gastrointestinal tract. If the gas is unable to escape bloat occurs.

Legumes and some rapidly growing grasses contain natural foaming agents which can form a stable foam in the rumen of cattle. Gas formed through the digestion process gets trapped in bubbles in the stable foam, leaving the animal unable to pass the gas. The gasses then build up inside the rumen and cause swelling on the left side of the body.

Cattle with bloat may display the following signs:

• Swelling on the left abdomen• No longer grazing• Reluctant to move• Appear distressed• Eyes bulging• Strain to urinate and defecate• Rapid breathing, tongue hanging out• Staggering

In advanced stages the animal will go down. Death is rapid at this stage because of the swollen rumen pressing on the lungs of the animal.

TreatmentAnimals with mild cases of bloat can be treated orally with an anti-bloat preparation. After treatment, the animal should be kept moving to encourage the mixing of the preparation with the froth rumen contents.

Moderately affected animals starting to show signs of distress need veterinary attention. A stomach tube can be used to relieve the gas build up and the anti-bloat preparation can be delivered directly into the rumen through the tube.

Severe cases of bloat need veterinary attention and immediate relief. This may be achieved by inserting a wide-bore trochar and cannula into the rumen high on the left flank (where the swelling is greatest). After gas and foam is re-leased, an antibloat preparation is poured through the cannula into the rumen to help break down remaining foam.

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Bloat in Cattle

Prevention

Avoid grazing high-risk pastures with a high proportion of actively growing legumes. Legumes should be introduced into the diet gradually over several days. Avoid cows gorging new pastures by feeding them before letting them out to graze. Silage, hay or more mature pasture can be used to reduce the cow’s appetite. Initially, cows should only be allowed access to the pasture for short periods (one hour or so) and monitored closely during grazing and immediately after removal. Cows will become accustomed to dangerous pastures over several days and will modify their intake to reduce bloating.

Anti-foaming agents can be used to minimise the formation of foam in the rumen. There are several different options available but none are 100% effective in preventing bloat. Most rely on using some form of detergent or anti foam-ing agent. Bloat blocks or licks rely on the animal consuming an adequate daily dose of the blocks. Cattle can be encouraged to consume the blocks by placing them next to stock camps or water sources. Anti-bloat preparations can be added to the water supply; however the addition of chemical makes the water less palatable. This means that all other water sources must be fenced off. The chemical concentration will need to be frequently topped up to ensure protection. Daily application of the anti-bloat preparation onto pastures can also be used to help prevent bloat.

Article compiled by Eric Cadzow from Cox Rural

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Irrigators to benefit from quick reference guide

Do you want all your irrigation information in one place? We believe irrigators will benefit from The Irrigation Glove Box Guide, a quick reference guide to lead you through best management practices and important conversions.

The Irrigation Glove Box Guide contains information that has been adapted from the regional irrigation workshops run in conjunction with the Mackillop Farm Management Group (MFMG), Natural Resources South East and Primary Industries and Regions South Australia. It was released at the recent MFMG Irrigation Round Table events held in Padthaway and Coonawarra. The booklet has been developed as a quick reference guide for irrigators in the South East of South Australia to assist them in improving the management of their irrigation enterprises.

The South Australian Research and Development Institute has developed a number of nonprescriptive irrigation best management practices (BMP). These include; how to rate irrigation as a very high priority within farm management systems, understanding soil types and incorporating this into irrigation scheduling, monitoring and understanding each irrigation event, and remaining open to new information aimed at improving irrigation practice.

The guide also contains important conversions, information on soil types and calculating Readily Available Water (RAW), best management practices and system evaluation for surface irrigation, centre pivot or drip irrigation. MFMG member Krysteen McElroy says this will help irrigators to easily access all the information and equations they will need to ensure that irrigation events and systems are as efficient as possible. “While at the irrigation information days, we heard from irrigators and presenters about what needs to be considered in terms of understanding water allocation plans, license responsibilities and scheduling of events. This book is aimed at ensuring irrigation systems and all environmental factors (water, soil, and plants) are being managed as efficiently as possible.”

The book is available to view on the MFMG website:http://www.mackillopgroup.com.au/pages/irrigation/irrigation-glove-box-guide.php

or there are printed versions available from MFMG, NRSE or PIRSA.More detailed information can be found on each of the topics through the

• Mackillop Farm Management Group website• Natural Resources South East website

For further information, please contact Krysteen McElroy 0408 655108

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Overview of MFMG Projects

DAN00168: Regional soil testing guidelines for the Southern region

Project Description: purpose is to start filling the gaps in knowledge of plant responses to the supply of nutrients nationally. Soil test crop response calibrations covering the gaps in knowledge and appropriate management strat-egies with the objective of better matching NPKS inputs to meet crop demand yet minimise nutrient losses and fixation.

Funding through: NSW DPI – Mark ConyersDates: concludes end March 2016 but extended for 12 months to March 2017Project Manager: Amanda Pearce - SARDI

SFS0032 Harvest Weed Seed in the Southern region

Project Description: Aims to investigate and understand the role of pastures and fodders in crop rotations in HRZ Dates: concludes March 2017 Funding/Collaboration body: GRDC funding to SFS (Riverine Plains and FarmLink) Project Activities: on farm broadacre trials Extension activities Project supervision Project Manager: Felicity Turner

B.FDP.0054 Exploring hidden economic losses in sub-clover pastures

Project Description:Aims to explore the prevalence and production and economic impact of root disease in sub-clovers in the SE of SADates: concludes July 2017Funding/Collaboration body: MLA (Riverine Plains and FarmLink)Project Manager: Felicity Turner

DAN00198 Irrigated cereal and canola

Project Description:To address the improvement of adviser and grower knowledge of high yielding cereal and canola variet-ies under irrigated systems and specific agronomy management that will improve profitability of these crops under irrigation.Dates: concludes June 2017Funding/Collaboration body: GRDC funded to NSW DPI Penny RifkinProject Activities: Attend annual project management Trial planning and management Extension activitiesProject Manager: Amanda Pearce/SARDI with as-sistance from James Heffernan

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Overview of MFMG Projects

DAV00141 Optimising the yield and economic potential of high input cropping systems in the HRZ

Project Description:The project aims to provide agronomists, growers, breeders and scientists with the knowledge and tools to reliably increase the profitability of wheat and canola production in the high rainfall zones of the Southern and Western grains regionsDates: concludes May 2018Funding/Collaboration body: GRDC funding to Dept of EDJTR (Vic)Project Activities: Attend annual project management (AP) Trial planning and management (AP) Extension activities (AP) Contribute to reports, Participate in meetings, Provide input and Historical info (TP)Project Manager: Amanda Pearce/SARDI and Charlie

GRDC MFM0006 Maintaining Profitable farming systems with retained stubble in the SE and KI

Project Description:This project aims to improve the level of stubble retention while maintaining profitability of mixed farming systems in the South-East and KI regions. This will be done through quantifying the effect that each of the impediments are having on yield and profitability and then developing practical solutions and extending the results.Dates: 2013 – 30th June 2018Funding/Collaboration body: GRDCProject Activities and Project Manager: Felicity Turner

MLA – Seed Free Lamb with Sherwood Farm Group

Project Description: Can using alternative forage species and newer Clearfield® technologies provide high quality fodder that will finish lambs meeting market requirements in a grass-seed free environmentDates: March 2016 – February 2019Funding/Collaboration body: MLAProject Manager: Felicity Turner

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Some things to look at on our website:

Productive Pastures for Sheep information;http://www.mackillopgroup.com.au/pages/livestock/productive-pas-tures-for-sheep.php

Farming after the drought in-season decision making workshops;ht tp : / /www.mack i l lopgroup.com.au/pages/ r-d-e / recover-ing-from-drought.php

Crop nutrient decisions in the high rainfall zone (HRZ);http://www.mackillopgroup.com.au/pages/posts/crop-nutrient-deci-sions-in-the-high-rainfall-zone-hrz-168.php

Showcasing Farmers using NRM for Sustainable Agricultural Out-comes. Go to our website to see the videos;http://www.mackillopgroup.com.au/pages/r-d-e/showcasing-farm-ers-using-nrm-for-sustainable-agricultural-outcomes.php

nab agribusiness Rural Commodities Wrap;http://www.mackillopgroup.com.au/pages/posts/nab-agribusiness-ru-ral-commodities-wrap-157.php

Renovating Pastures for Livestock;http://www.mackillopgroup.com.au/pages/posts/renovating-pas-tures-for-livestock-165.php

Crop Nutrient Decisions in the High Rainfall Zone (HRZ);http://www.mackillopgroup.com.au/pages/posts/crop-nutrient-deci-sions-in-the-high-rainfall-zone-hrz-168.php

Following the success of the Limestone Coast Red Meat Cluster’s first financial management program earlier this year, the MacKillop Farm Management Group and the Limestone Coast Red Meat Cluster deliv-ered more workshops, this time with a focus on mixed farming enter-prises in the Limestone Coast.

The inaugural Keith Field Day was held on September 28 at Chad and Kym Makin’s property just a few kilometres from Keith and despite the bad weather forecast we got through the day with an amended pro-gramme, looking at the trial sites and hearing from interesting and infor-mative speakers.

On October 25 and 26 we held our Frances and Conmurra Field Days that provided everyone with plenty to see and do.

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Productive Pastures for Sheep

The MacKillop Farm Management Group ran a workshop on September 19 to highlight one of the MLA projects that we have been undertaking. We were fortunate to also receive support from the Sheep Connect SA program to enable us to expand this day to cover wider issues within the sheep industry.

The day at Binnum Productive Pastures for Sheep included an update on the collaborative work that the MFMG is doing with University of WA through its Producer Research Site. The project has investigated the impact and man-agement of root disease in sub-clover. Best practice methods were discussed for clover establishment; supported by current research that is being conducted.

A paddock walk was then held focussing on clover ID; and those oestrogenic clovers that may cause fertility issues in ewes. Kevin Foster (UWA) and David Woodard (Rural Solutions SA) shared their knowledge and experience in the area of clover ID.

Colin Trengove (University of Adelaide) spoke around worm management; particularly in the winter months when the pastures were short; highlighting the importance of worm egg counts. He also discussed foot scald and lameness in sheep.

Hamish Dickson (AgriPartner Consulting) provided the attendees with tips and tools when managing sheep on le-gume dominant pastures. He highlighted the importance of utilising feed tests to understand the feed quality so that supplements can be targeted to complement the pasture base in a cost effective manner. To see Hamish’s presentation go to; http://www.mackillopgroup.com.au/pages/livestock/productive-pas-tures-for-sheep.php

Thanks to the Sambell and Dowdy families for allowing the group to visit their farms.

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Mackillop Farm Management Group Operations Committee Contact DetailsName Region Position Mobile Email Term Dates

Tyrone Scullion Frances Grower 0407 258 451 tyscullion@gmail.com Sept 2016 – 2018

Andrew Skeer Furner/Conmurra Grower 0427 959 014 andrew.skeer@bigpond.com Sept 2015 - 2017

Tom Williams Millicent Grower 0412 204 286 gumflat@outlook.com Sept 2016 – 2018

Chad Makin Keith Grower 0427 551 715 cnkmakin@gmail.com Sept 2015 - 2017

David Hurst Greenways/Robe Grower 0428 839 733 lake.hawdon@bigpond.com Sept 2014 – 2016

Trevor MenzRodney Bartlett

Sherwood Ag Bureau Grower0428 564 2270428 564 274

trev.trishmenz@gmail.comrcbartlett@bigpond.com.au

Sept 2016 – 2018

Ted RidgwayDavid Makin

Wolseley Ag Grower 0427 684 301 ejridgway@bigpond.com Sept 2016 – 2018

Bruce McLean Bool Lagoon Grower 0428 838 978 bwmclean@bigpond.com Sept 2016 – 2018

Tom Bell Millicent Grower 0439 118 010 tom.bell@live.com.au Sept 2016 – 2018

Amanda Pearce SARDI Researcher 0407 400 939 amanda.pearce@sa.gov.au Sept 2016 – 2017

Daniel Newson Natural Recources SENRM Tec Specialist

0408 502 267 daniel.newson@sa.gov.au Sept 2016 – 2017

Tiffany Bennett Rural SolutionsLivestock Specialist

0488 524 609 tiffany.bennett@sa.gov.au Sept 2016 – 2017

Jason McClure EldersCropping & industrial Specialist

0428 815 293 Jason.McClure@elders.com.au Sept 2016 – 2017

James Heffernan LandmarkCropping & industrial Specialist

0428 830 040 james.heffernan@landmark.com.au Sept 2016 – 2017

Brendan Voss EldersLivestock Specialist

0427 391 470 brendan.voss@elders.com.au Sept 2016 – 2017

Kirk Brehaut Heritage SeedsCropping & Industrial Specialist

0408 384 387 kbrehaut@heritageseeds.com.au Sept 2016 - 2017

Penny Moor-house

Communications Coodinator

Staff 0408 384 387pmoorhouse@mackillopgroup.com.au

Contracted Staff

Charlie Crozier CEO Staff 0427 775 822 ccrozier@mackillopgroup.com.au Contracted staff

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Mackillop Farm Management Group MFMG Board Contact Details

Name Position Mobile Email Term Dates

Rob JacobsMount Gambier, 5290 Grower Rep 0488 334 302 r.wjacobs3@bigpond.com Sept 2016 – 2018

Verity InghamAvenue Range 5273 Grower Rep 0428 660 127 verity@dairysa.com.au Sept 2015 – 2017

Duan WilliamsWattle Range 5279 Grower Rep 0428 348 210 duan.w@bigpond.com Sept 2015 - 2017

Louise StockLucindale 6272

Grower Rep - Chair of board

0407 711 576 louise@focusfacilitation.com.au Sept 2016 – 2018

Mark EdwardsNaracoorte 5271

Industry - ChiefFinancial Officer

0407 842 588 marke@murraynankivell.com.au Sept 2016 - 2018

Trent PotterNaracoorte 5271 Industry 0427 608 306 trent@yeruga.com.au Sept 2015 - 2017

Janelle Hocking-EdwardsAvenue Range 5273 Industry 0483 548 564 janelle.edwards@sa.gov.au Sept 2016 - 2018

Charlie CrozierKeith 5267 Staff 0427 755 822 ccrozier@mackillopgroup.com.au Contracted staff

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Government of South Australia

Government of South Australia

South East Natural ResourcesManagement Board

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