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Soil health workshop Wallaville

Date: Thursday 12 June 2014
Time:
9:00am-12:30pm AEST
Event category:
Venue Abbotsleigh Citrus
251 Grahams Road
Wallaville, Qld 4671 Australia
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Flood recovery soil health workshop

Guest speakers

  • Mark Sugars, Senior Land Resources Officer, Department of Natural Resources and Mines
  • Chris Searle, Grower Liaison Officer, Suncoast Gold Macadamias
  • Damien O’Sullivan, Senior Extension Officer, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Craig Turton, Soil Conservation Officer, Burnett Mary Regional Group
  • Mark Barrett, Client Liaison Officer – Wide Bay and Fraser Coast, Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority

Discussion topics

  • Soil health flood degradation issues
  • Soil nutrition and management
  • Soil health testing and registration for vouchers
  • Elevated river salt levels following the 2013 floods and impacts for irrigators
  • Rural financing for flood recovery

Free comprehensive soil testing analysis available to eligible flood affected growers who attend these workshops.

Please bring a hat and a fold up chair.

RSVP Tuesday 10 June 2014

To RSVP please contact Vikki Evans, Burnett Mary Regional Group
T: 07 4169 0720 E: vikki.evans@bmrg.org.au

For more information visit the  Burnett Mary Regional Group website.