Swan Park (AFL Grounds) Yeppoon - Saturday 8 November, 2014 Time Topic Welcome:

Swan Park (AFL Grounds) Yeppoon - Saturday 8 November, 2014
(NB. This program is subject to change)
Time
Topic
Welcome:
Jeff Krause: Executive Officer, Fitzroy River and Coastal Catchments
Brendan Hamilton (QRAA): Buying your first farm? Considering buying your first farm - a neighbouring property or another
8.30am
primary production enterprise? Purchase property on a staged basis, allowing your off-farm income to service the loan. Achieve
your goal of becoming a full-time primary producer sooner.
Sarah Becker (James Becker & Co): The Key Ingredients for Financial Stability and Sustainability for SME’s. With the ever
increasing challenges faced by small to medium enterprises within our local, national and international playground, what can
businesses do to ensure the long term stability and sustainability of their hard work?
My Farm
9.15 - 9:55
Introduction to
Permaculture: designing
sustainable, edible
landscapes.
Scot Aldred
Conservation
Grazing
Pest
Management
Horse Management
Dam Health & Biodiversity
John McCabe
Cattle Husbandry from
1-1000 head
The Basic Principles
Matt Brown
Effective Herbicide use
for Weed Control
John Reeve
Property Design &
Management + Animal
Welfare
Peter Hunt
Birdlife Capricornia
DAFF
Scots Permaculture
10.00 - 10.40
Introduction to the
Dairy Goat
Kylie Hopkins & Desley
Golightly
Encouraging Frogs and
Discouraging Toads
Bethlea Bell
QLD Frog Society
Capricorn Goat Breeders
Growing More Beef,
10:45 - 11:25
Less land
Tim Franzmann, Sharon
Coome and Michelle
Molloy
Timitch Hill Lowline Stud
& Crimson Park Lowline
stud
11.30 - 12.10
Regional Food means
Regional Business
Jason Pfingst
Relish Capricorn
“Going Wild”
Protected Plants and
Living with Wildlife
Frank Mills
EHP
FBA
“Getting the Scoop on
Soil”
An overview for all
Landholders, not just
grazing
Sandrine Makiela
Weed ID & Control
Glenn McIntyre
John Reeve
Biosecurity Qld
Weed Control Question
Session
Glenn McIntyre
Hendra Virus Prevention &
Management
Olivia Reaburn
Livingstone Shire Council
Biosecurity Qld
Nature Conservation
Leise Childs
Planning the Property
Dog Control on Small
Acreage
General Equine Question
Session
John Reeve & Olivia
Reaburn
Livingstone Shire Council
Grazing Bestprac
Mick Alexander
David Mitchell
Livingstone Shire Council
Lunch
Alpacas - the Eco Friendly
Livestock
Alan and Sharyn Gill
Sharalandan Park
Encouraging Frogs and
Discouraging Toads
Bethlea Bell
Branton & Melanie Hibbet
QLD Frog Society
Water Park Eco Tours/Tea
Tree Plantation
Jordan Slarke
Water Park Farm
2.30 - 3.10
Rare Fruits on Your
Block
Alby Woller
Capricorn Edible Plants
Inc
3.15 - 3.30
Horse Management in CQ
Livingstone Shire Council
Fun with Dung Beetles
Weed ID & Control
Mick Alexander
Glenn McIntyre
Grazing Bestprac
Livingstone Shire Council
Livestock Management &
Disease Prevention
Derek Lanu
Dog Control on Small
Acreage
Biosecurity Qld
Livingstone Shire Council
Leaholme Rise Alpacas
1.45 - 2.25
Thinkwater
CQU
12.10 - 1:00
1:00 - 1.40
Matching Supply with
Demand
Lyndal Rolfe
Biosecurity Qld.
Introduction to
Permaculture: designing
sustainable, edible
landscapes.
Scot Aldred
Scots Permaculture
Nature Conservation
Leise Childs
Planning the Property
Livingstone Shire Council
Grazing Bestprac
Mick Alexander
Closing Address
David Mitchell
Weed Control Question
Session
Glenn McIntyre
Livingstone Shire Council
Property Design &
Management + Animal
Welfare
Peter Hunt
Thinkwater
Horse Management in CQ
John Reeve
Biosecurity Qld
Hendra Virus Prevention &
Management
Olivia Reaburn
Biosecurity Qld