OUTLOOK 2019 ~ Tough choices to boost agricultural productivity and resilienceTUESDAY 5 MARCH (9:00 –11:00am) |
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ROYAL THEATRE (650 seats) |
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9.00 – 9.30am |
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Opening address The Hon. David Littleproud MP |
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Global and national context - economics, geopolitics, and technology |
| CHAIR: Nikolai Beilharz, ABC |
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Steve Hatfield-Dodds Presentation |
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Frances Adamson |
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Mike Grundy Presentation |
| 11.00am – 11.30am Morning tea |
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TUESDAY 5 MARCH (11:30 – 1:00pm) |
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ROYAL THEATRE |
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Agriculture in focus – outlook for commodities and farm incomes |
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CHAIR: Nikolai Beilharz, ABC |
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Peter Gooday Presentation |
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Robert Johansson Presentation |
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Ramiro Costa Presentation |
| 1:00 – 2.00pm Lunch |
TUESDAY 5 MARCH (2.00pm – 3.30pm) |
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BRADMAN |
MENZIES |
NICHOLLS |
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Ensuring a world class R&D system |
Making the most of global value chains |
Making NRM pay |
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CHAIR: Leigh Radford |
CHAIR: Sarina Locke |
CHAIR: Warwick Long, ABC |
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Andrew Metcalfe Presentation |
Jared Greenville Presentation |
James Bentley |
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Michael Robertson Presentation |
Tina Dong Presentation |
David Marsh Presentation |
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Richard Dickmann Presentation |
Dion Santamaria Presentation |
Tess Herbert Presentation |
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John Harvey Presentation |
James Madden Presentation |
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| 3.30 – 4.00pm Afternoon tea | ||
TUESDAY 5 MARCH (4.00pm – 5.30pm) |
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BRADMAN |
MENZIES |
NICHOLLS |
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Winning hearts and minds: consumers and communities |
Opportunities to value add up the food chain |
Lights, camera, action: detecting weeds and pests |
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CHAIR: Nikolai Beilharz |
CHAIR: Sarina Locke |
CHAIR: Josephine Laduzko |
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Deanna Lush |
Angeline Achariya Presentation |
Nancy Schellhorn Presentation |
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Tom Maguire Presentation |
Peter Jones Presentation
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Hillary Cherry Presentation |
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Ross Hampton Presentation |
Krista Watkins Presentation |
Dianne Gleeson Presentation |
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Rowan McMonnies Presentation |
Andre Roberts Presentation |
Luise Sigel Presentation |
| 6.30pm for 7.00pm Conference dinner with 2019 Science and Innovation Awards winners and Australian Biosecurity Award winners. | ||
WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH (9:00 –11:00am) |
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ROYAL THEATRE |
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9.00 – 9.30am |
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Ministerial address |
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9.30am – 11.00am Hard choices to get to $100 billion |
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| CHAIR: Leigh Radford RadMedia |
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Robert Poole Presentation |
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Richard Heath Presentation |
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Emma Germano |
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Liam Lenaghan |
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| 11.00am – 11.30am Morning tea | ||
WEDNESDAY 6 March (11.30am – 1.00pm) |
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ROYAL THEATRE |
BRADMAN |
MENZIES |
NICHOLLS |
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Technology: creating opportunities with ag tech |
Transforming regional Australia |
Fisheries - making the most from a renewable resource |
Irrigation drought? Outlook for water markets |
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Amelia Fyfield Presentation |
Kim Houghton Presentation |
Robert Curtotti Presentation |
Andrew Reynolds Presentation |
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Matt Rutter Presentation |
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Jared Mondschein Presentation |
Rochelle Ball Presentation |
Stephen Mayfield Presentation |
David Galeano Presentation |
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Robert Edwards Presentation |
Romy Greiner |
Serena Zipf Presentation |
Jody Swirepik Presentation |
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Royce Bell Presentation |
Dianna Somerville Presentation |
Steven Clarke Presentation |
Noel Baxter Presentation |
| 1.00pm – 2.30pm Lunch and meet the winners of the 2019 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | |||
WEDNESDAY 6 March (2.30pm – 4.00pm) |
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ROYAL THEATRE |
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Managing drought and risk in a changing climate The recent drought has reignited long standing debates around how farms, rural communities and governments should best respond to the challenges of climate variability. In setting the scene, ABARES Steve Hatfield-Dodds, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s Karl Braganza will describe the extent of climate variability in Australia and its effects on farm risk. They will also look back, at how farm climate risk has changed over time, and forward at potential policy and technology adaptation options. Then take part in the Q&A with our panellists whose unique perspectives on drought (from the finance, university, and farm sectors), who together will provide insights on options for improving resilience within the agricultural community, and potential tensions between the multiple goals of drought policy. |
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CHAIR: Leigh Radford |
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Steve Hatfield-Dodds Presentation |
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Karl Braganza Presentation |
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Tony York Managing risk and climate variability is a permanent process and has always been there. It is a given for a successful farming business. Profit margins have been significantly reduced creating higher risk. Penalties of having a drought year and/or getting it wrong is higher than in the past. Business growth is essential but creating more risk. Appropriate scale, enterprise diversity, modern technology, grain and fodder reserves, financial management, forward pricing, FMDs, insurance, MPCI - all in mix for risk management. Climate change is just an added risk. |
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Bill Malcolm There are risks that markets can handle and risks that are in the public domain and risks that the public can help facilitate markets managing. Bad drought policy penalises good farmers and the wider economy. |
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Alexandra Gartmann Through a career working in and alongside Australian rural and regional communities and Australian farmers, Alexandra has a unique perspective on tackling tough times – particularly extreme drought conditions. During this panel session, Alexandra will touch on key themes and learnings from the millennium drought and how shifting priorities and sharing information to work through the challenges helped to support growers. From a community perspective, Alexandra will share the important themes from the ‘Tackling tough times together’ initiative of which she was a key driver during her work with the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal. And from a farm business perspective, Alexandra will consider what banks can and should be doing to support farmers in managing drought and risk in a changing climate, including how analysing portfolio trends can help to kick start conversations with farmers to get a better understanding of ‘what if’ scenarios to drive decisions. |
| 4.00pm afternoon tea and conference close |
The theme of Outlook 2019 is Tough choices to boost agricultural productivity and resilience