Pasture Updates Western Australia 2016-2018

Summary

MLA hosted 3 Pasture & Livestock Update events in WA in 2018, supported by Evergreen Farming, a state wide pasture systems grower group.Built on the past six years of successful WA Pasture Updates, this year’s events saw a combination of field walk and formal presentations in three regional locations, two which had not been visited in the years that Pasture Updates has been running in Western Australia.

Programmes were based around past MLA research and development that had local and/or regional relevance, with a mixture of farmers and researchers as presenters of the information.
The agenda for each day was developed with a large amount of input from local grower groups, researchers, consultants and MLA staff.

Events were held in Moora on Thursday 7 September with 69 attendees, Wednesday 20 September in Lake Grace with 53 attendees and Thursday 21 September in Cranbrook with 66 attendees. The combined attendance of 188 people exceeded the target of 150.

Feedback from attendees was excellent, with 93% of attendees rating the content as “Excellent” or “Very Good” and 84% planning to make changes to their business as a result of attending Pasture Updates.