Our National Conference Regional Tour program is now available!
The tour is generously supported by Origo.
Thursday 14 September
7:00am: Depart Perth by bus | |
Visit Katy Joy Farm (With Kate Mason, 2013 Scholar) | In 2005, Katie Joy’s Free Range Eggs began with 150 chickens and has now grown into a large business with trained Maremma livestock guardian dogs to keep their hens safe in pastured paddocks. This business also grows and supplies natural spray-free rolled oats, and red gum raw honey |
Visit Bunge, Bunbury Port Terminal Site | Bunge is a leading marketer of grains, exporting to global destinations. They are committed to the Australian grains industry and have made significant investments in WA, having built an export Port Terminal in Bunbury, and two grain receival facilities at Kukerin and Arthur River |
Visit Bell Pasture Seeds (With Robert Bell, 2021 Scholar) | From the 1940’s the Bell family grew sub-clover. 80 years on, and ryegrass and clover has been added to their portfolio. In addition to growing, stocking and selling seed, they are the biggest seed cleaning operation in SW WA. They also blend and treat seed mixes with a farmer first attitude |
Dinner at Eagle Bay Brewing Company. Guest speakers include: 1) Annie Brox, Managing Director of Origo, and 2) Clayton South, recently named one of three “best practice” sheep producers in Australia as part of a new program aimed at boosting lamb survival rates | With sweeping views over rural landscape and the Indian Ocean, Eagle Bay Brewing Co is a microbrewery, restaurant and vineyard tucked away on the family farm, in the northwestern corner of the Margaret River wine region |
Overnight in Busselton | |
Friday 15 September
6:45am: Check out and depart | |
Breakfast at Bunbury Farmers Market | Although they have moved and grown since their establishment in 2003, their philosophy has remained the same – to provide customers with extreme value and extreme freshness, Guaranteed! |
Visit Fulwood Grain Company (with Jo and David Fulwood, 2006 Scholar) | Terra Nova Farm, Moodiarup. In a high rainfall area located 280km south-west of the businesses main base. This property is operated by Jo and David Fulwood, along with properties at Cunderdin & Dowerin. Visit will discuss the strategy of farming in the medium and high rainfall zones and some of the logistical and management tools used and challenges involved |
Presentation by Origo | Overview of Origo systems to remote monitor and manage the Fulwood property. Origo will display and discuss future and currently available remote monitoring and management systems |
Lunch at Lake Towerrining | Graeme Pierce from Lakeside Camping will discuss his family diversification from farming into tourism |
Visit Nick and Simon Panizza at Rathgar Farm at Williams | How the Panizza family moved from farming in the the eastern wheatbelt, low rainfall zone to the high rainfall area of Williams 20 years ago and how the business has developed and expanded |
3:30pm: Return to Perth | |
6:00pm: Drop off points at local hotels and the airport | |
Return to the conference webpage here: https://www.nuffield.com.au/conference-2023