FREE EVENT

IREC is running its annual IREC Irrigation Research Update at the Griffith Exies on Wed 27th July, 2022.

• Precision Surface Irrigation – Rob Houghton, IREC Chairman
• Managing irrigated Durum wheat for yield and protein – Sam O’Rafferty, Summit Ag
• Controlling weeds around irrigation stops – Hayden Petty, Summit Ag
• Optimising Irrigated Grains – Key Learnings – Ben Morris, Field Applied Research 
• WaterCan Profit: A new calculator for increasing profitability of irrigated crops – Dr Rowan Eisner, University of Tasmania
• Herbicide resistant weed distribution in the Riverina – Dr Chris Preston, Adelaide University 
• Growers’ attitudes and practices towards area-wide management of weeds in the Riverina – Dr Gina Hawkes, University of Wollongong
• The Cool Soil Initiative: Program update and relevance for irrigated cropping systems – Dr Cassandra Schefe, AgriSci Pty Ltd
• Using genetics to infer movement in Ryegrass and Fleabane in the Riverina region – Dr James Hereward, University of Queensland 
• Preventing weed spread to neighbours: ways and reasons – Dr Rick Llewellyn, CSIRO
• Beyond colourful images – Near-real-time agricultural decision support information from Copernicus satellites – Dr Dongryeol Ryu, University of Melbourne 
• Rice variety and agronomy update – Brian Dunn, NSW DPI
• Optimising Irrigated Grains- Local maize trial results– Damian Jones, Irrigated Cropping Council

Morning tea and lunch is provided
RSVP is essential (irec@irec.org.au | 0418 402 197 | 6963 0936)

IREC RESEARCH FLYER – FINAL