Events

2024 Mann Lecture - Tech and AI in farming and water management

Thursday, 15 August 2024
6pm to 7.30pm
La Trobe University Albury-Wodonga Campus, 133 McKoy Street, West Wodonga

Book your free ticket here

Join La Trobe's Professor Nick Bond for an exciting conversation about the opportunities for disruption and growth through tech and AI in farming and water management.

Panelists:

• Professor Nick Bond (Facilitator) - Director Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, La Trobe University
• Stuart Upton - General Manger, Australia, AgriProve
• Lisa Ryan - General Manager, Digital and Business Innovation, North East Water

Community Feral Pig Control Program information session

Friday, 16 August 2024
10.30am to 12pm
CFA Shed, Indigo Creek Rd, Indigo Valley

DEECA's Statewide Invasive Species Program, in partnership with Kiewa Catchment Landcare Groups, Wooragee Landcare and Indigo Valley Landcare is starting a new community feral pig program in the Baranduda, Wooragee and Indigo Valley areas.

Its goals are to provide community support through:

• Adopting a collaborative approach to feral pig management;
• Increasing community awareness and capability in best practice feral pig management;
• Working closely with Agriculture Victoria to provide samples for disease monitoring;
• Provision of training events on feral pig management and control, reporting tools and sampling;
• Provision of traps for landholder use;
• Coordination with any public land works in the area

For further information:

• Mick Freeman (DEECA Statewide Invasive Species) - 0477 358 061, michael.freeman@deeca.vic.gov.au
• Feral pig impacts can be reported to 136 186, or feral.pigs@deeca.vic.gov.au

Women's weaving workshop

Friday, 16 August 2024
10am to 2pm
Pakstat Office National, 421 Kiewa St, Albury

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Come & enjoy the company of others, as we share the traditional knowledge of weaving with Glennys & Valda.

Cost: $64.25 per person, incl of booking fee + GST

*Limited to 20 people for the workshop, so get in fast to secure your ticket.

**Light refreshments supplied.

Community Planting Day

Sunday 18 August 2024
9am to 11am
Paddock off Carrolls Lane, Wodonga
Go past the Wodonga Railway Station for approximately 980m, following the signs and park in the paddock.

Book at https://events.humanitix.com/community-planting-morning-ekhvfrbg

After recently installing fencing to exclude stock from the wetland area, the site is now ready for winter planting of native seedlings to revegetate this Murray River corridor.

What to bring: Closed shoes and long pants as the ground is uneven and might be muddy.

What will be provided:
• All tools, equipment, materials, and gloves (unless you want to bring your own gloves).

Connect to Cultivate - Australian Women in Agriculture

Monday 19 August 2024
5pm to 6.15pm
Hotel Kurrajong, Canberra
Tickets $30 (includes nibbles) - 10% AWiA member discount

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Australian Women in Agriculture is excited to announce that we are once again hosting a networking event at The Kurrajong Hotel in Canberra on the eve of the AgriFutures Australia Rural Women's Award.

We look forward to welcoming women from across the country, AWiA Directors, members and friends to celebrate what has been achieved and what lies ahead.

Keep your eyes peeled for speaker announcements!