SAMRC producer feedback forum | Armidale NSW

What are the research, development and adoption priorities for your region?

Head to Southern Australia Meat Research Council’s (SAMRC) producer feedback forum to have your say. Hear extension specialists and scientists speak on the Livestock Productivity Partnership (LPP), northern NSW regional priorities and MLA’s on-farm research and development.

Topic and speakers:

• 9:30am Registration and morning tea
• 10:15am Welcome and SAMRC function - Angus Hobson, Chair, SAMRC
• 10:30am SAMRC’s regional priorities – northern NSW - Tom Amey, Regional Chair – Northern NSW, SAMRC
• 11:00am Update on MLA’s on-farm feedbase research and development - Cameron Allan, Program Manager – Sustainable Feedbase Resources, MLA
• 11:30am LPP structure and priority areas - Ian Johnsson, Interim Livestock Productivity Partnership Coordinator
• 12:00pm LPP projects underway and planned: part one - Sion Jones, Director Extensive Livestock, NSW DPI; Hutton Oddy, Senior Principal Research Scientist & Adjunct Professor, Livestock Industries Centre NSW DPI; Roger Hegarty, Professor, School of Environmental & Rural Science, UNE
• 1:00pm Lunch
• 2:00pm LPP projects underway and planned: part two - Paul Greenwood, Senior Principal Scientist, NSW DPI; Warwick Badgery, Research Leader, Rangelands & Tropical Pastures, NSW DPI
• 3:00pm Feedback on SAMRC priorities - Tom Amey, Regional Chair – Northern NSW, SAMRC
• 3:15pm Feedback and discussion on extension and adoption of LPP outcomes
• 3:45pm End

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