Session 1: 9.00am – 12.00pm
- Planting and Establishment of Summer crops
- Training Session: Planting and successful establishment of Sorghum and Corn
- Update on Planter Technology: David McGavin; Precision Seeding Solutions
- Inspection of new Fendt Momentum planter
- Field Walk: Planting depth, Plant spacing & uniformity, Press wheel trials
Session 2: 1.00pm – 4.00pm
- Crop Management: Grain Sorghum
- Breeding Trials: Breeding research update, Update on heat tolerance project, Dr Solomon Fekybelu
- Sorghum Nitrogen Management: Bede O’Mara, Technical Agronomist; Incitec Pivot
- Research Update: Plant population and row spacing; Trevor Philp; Summer Crop Agronomist
- Research Update: Managing charcoal rot: Dr Dante Adorada; USQ, Trevor Philip; Summer Crop Agronomist
Lunch and drinks provided between sessions.