Preserving family harmony through succession, making wise investment decisions, and imagining a future with farm automation are just some of the topics to be explored at next month’s 2022 DairySA Central Conference in Murray Bridge.
Titled ‘Leading the Field’ the conference continues to build on its strong reputation and success over the past seven years and will see up to 150 dairy farmers and service providers from across SA’s Fleurieu, Barossa Mid-North, River & Lakes and the South-East converge for the popular day.
The event will be a welcome start to the year with farmers feeling positive about the state of the industry and looking forward to an opportunity to meet face to face.
Farmers and service providers are urged to book their tickets early to allow plenty of planning time.
Designed by the Central Conference Committee comprising local dairy farmers, the program features topics including:
- how to capitalise on your investments to future proof your business;
- a ‘warts and all’ dive into succession challenges;
- cuilding capacity of your farm business workforce, with renowned workplace psychologist, Ireland-based Nollaig Heffernan;
- diversifying the farm – benefits and challenges of agritourism; and
- industry outlook presented by industry insights analysis manager John Droppert.
A new addition to the program line-up will be a dedicated ‘Tech Time’ session delving into activity meters, robotics and autonomous tractors.
In 2022 the conference will be held across two venues – with the conference at Bridges Event Centre at Murray Bridge Racing Club, and the post conference event ‘Gather & Graze’ followed by dinner to be held at the newly redeveloped Bridgeport Hotel.
During the conference breaks there are also plenty of opportunities to network with other farmers, service providers and industry members, which is a highly valued element to the day.
The conference is the result of a collaborative approach between DairySA and Central region South Australian dairy farmers and will be held on Wednesday March 16 from 9.30am.
Registrations for both the conference and dinner are now open through Eventbrite at https://bit.ly/DSA_22Central_Rego