Our events.
Much Rain Mate?
What is the go with this weather?!
Come and have a cuppa, breakfast and get informed on Climate Mate by Vicki Mayne, a beef producer and Climate Mate officer with Northern Australia Climate Program. Vicki understands how important it is to marry seasonal forecast knowledge with economical and practical application to achieve productivity and sustainability.
We are trying something new with a breakfast and a bite size presentation that you can fit in before work. We know that sometimes there is too much to take in during a full day event and often people have trouble taking a full day off to attend our events. This time you won't have to miss out!
Here is the website for tickets - https://events.humanitix.com/much-rain-mate
Suncorp Agribusiness Summit 2024
Macintyre Ag Alliance is delighted to announce the Suncorp Agribusiness Summit 2024 on Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 March.
Grazing Management Workshop and Field Day
Join us at our field day at “Tarrawonga” on Friday 22nd September as we learn the principles of the Grazing Naturally method.
Nature’s Equity’s Dick Richardson will lead an entertaining and instructional day covering the basics of ecology and plant growth, and the fundamentals of Grazing Naturally, a grazing management approach to addressing ecological decline in grazing agriculture in changing climatic and economic conditions. You will learn a farm management system that is highly adaptable for you to implement in a way that suits your style, location and operation.
Wyaga graziers Bryan and Tom Lahey will take us on a tour of ‘Tarrawonga’ where the family run predominately Angus females using Wagyu bulls, and trade cattle depending on the season. Bryan and Tom have a focus on building soil health through grazing management practices, and will explain their cell grazing system and experiments with pasture cropping.
We will also hear from ANZ Regional Executive Jeff Schrale on what’s changing with banking and what it means for your business.
RSVPs close 8am Tuesday 19th September.
Get your ticket at https://events.humanitix.com/grazing-naturally-fundamentals-field-day Macintyre Ag Alliance Members: use the code GRAZING to get 35% off your ticket price. Not a member? No worries! You can join Macintyre Ag Alliance here.
Thank you to our partners @Bigambul Native Title Aboriginal Corporation. This project received funding from the Queensland Government's Natural Resources Recovery Program and is proudly sponsored by ANZ.
Multi-Species Cropping Day
Join us for a tour of Sophie And Adrian McInnerney's farm "Bellhaven Brook" and see the home of their paddock to plate enterprise Macintyre Brook Lamb, as well as some multi-species crops and a riparian fencing project.
Ian Beard, Wyreema farmer and cover cropper of ten years, will present on multi-species cropping, soil biology, fertilising (including DIY) and machinery, giving us practical applications for modern day farming.
We are excited to have Ian back after his highly popular presentation at our field day last year at Justin and Kate Boshammer's farm "Camilaroi West", Condamine.
Ian Beard has been farming since the 1980s and has experience in grain growing, horticulture, sheep and cattle. He is passionate about using practical methods to improve soil health, yield and profit.
Ian has been experimenting with multi-species cover cropping for 10 years with impressive results. He enjoys sharing practical knowledge and recipes to other farmers to achieve these outcomes.
Find out if multi-species cropping is worth the effort, and how to make soil biology work for you.
Your ticket includes two one-hour group Zoom meetings with Ian Beard at 7pm on Monday 7 September and Monday 4 December, where Ian will answer your questions about applying multi-species cropping practices on your farm.
Resilient Breeders: Drive your system through better genetics, feed base & management decisions.
TICKETS-
For tickets click here- Resilient Breeders Tickets
MacIntyre Ag Alliance members remember to use your code for 25% off. Email us know if you have forgotten your code- admin@macintyreagalliance.com
GUEST SPEAKERS –
Jason Trompf
Jason is the founder Of Lambs Alive and key developer & educator of the programs Lifetime Ewe Management and Bred Well Fed Well.
His ethos is to produce more from less and guide farmers on how they can use their existing resources to make sustainable change across multiple points of the lambing season.
Jason’s presentation at our upcoming field day will focus on the key foundations of productive and adaptable sheep enterprise - enabling you to flex to varying seasonal conditions - including the balance of traits needed for a productive resilient ewe.
We will also enjoy a practical session, where Jason will outline the key traits underpinning a productive, resilient ewe, using Karbullah stud sheep.
JUSTIN and LORROI KIRKBY
Justin and Lorroi, together with their sons Sam, Flynn and Jock, run Amarula Dorper and White Dorper Stud at Gravesend, comprising 1000 Dorper stud ewes and 500 White Dorper stud ewes, and cattle when season permits.
In 2021 Justin and Lorroi won the Australian Government’s Landcare Farming Award, after revitalising their degraded farm into biodiverse grasslands, through activities such as planting 8000 trees and 140,000 saltbush, pasture cropping, multi-species cover cropping, removing chemical inputs as much as possible, adaptive grazing, and water and wire, subdividing the farm from 12 to 52 paddocks so far.
Justin and Lorroi will speak about their family’s regenerative journey, as well as the different challenges that sheep and cattle pose in regenerating country, and approaches to managing grazing impact.
CHLOE BUNTER
Chloe is the MERINOSELECT Development Officer of Sheep Genetics with Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) based in Armidale and has been part of the team since October 2021.
Chloe will be talking about ASBVs (Australian Sheep Breeding Values) – what they are and how to use them.
She will discuss the different tools available for commercial clients to utilise ASBVs, how to choose a high performing sire, the different traits available and how to interpret accuracy of ASBV’s.
KARBULLAH
Karbullah is a family operated SRS merino stud run by Mark & Victoria Murphy with the help of their two sons Ben & Luke and their partners, Steph and Sarah.
Located 70km north of Goondiwindi, Karbullah is a ‘next generation’ merino stud focused on producing a dual-purpose merino.
They have been specialising in high productivity, superior wool with a strong carcass, fertility and survivability characteristics. Boasting one of Australia’s highest lamb survival rates, particularly notable for a farm that doesn’t drench their ewe base for worms.
The Murphy family run 700 stud ewes with 300 commercial ewes & 150 breeder cows on 8000 acres of Belah/Brigalow country.
They have been using Old Man saltbush to help droughtproof the property, and in the last couple of years have been incorporating multispecies farming and improved pastures to help the soil biology and create a better feed base and diversity.
Join us on 16th June as the Murphy family take us on a tour of “Karbullah”.
TICKETS
For tickets click here- Resilient Breeders Tickets
MacIntyre Ag Alliance members remember to use your code for 25% off. Email us know if you have forgotten your code- admin@macintyreagalliance.com
SPONSOR THANKS
This event is supported by Southern Queensland Landscapes through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.
A big thanks to sponsors North West Rural Supplies, MLA, ANZ and OLM for supporting the day.
Bulloak Jewel Butterfly Field Day
Please join us at our Bulloak Jewel field day at “Dunworrie” on Thursday 23 March to learn about bush tucker and koala tracking, and plant trees to safeguard the future of a critically endangered butterfly species in the Goondiwindi Region.
Guest speakers include bush tucker expert Kerrie Saunders of Yinarr-Ma and QMDCL Aboriginal Ranger Malcom Brown.
Please register for the event at https://events.humanitix.com/bulloak-jewel-field-and-planting-day
Macintyre Ag Alliance 2023 Agribusiness Summit
The Mac Ag Agribusiness Summit is back & it's a ripper!
After the resounding success of last year's Summit, we've got another cracking two-day event planned for 9 - 10 March that you won't want to miss!
Our theme in 2023 is debt and equity, commodities and self development: three big ticket topics that affect every business.
This year’s Summit combines a breakfast session and field day at local property “Malgarai” and conference at the Goondiwindi Community Cultural Centre.
Benefits of Brigalow (and other trees) field day
Registrations are essential. Please click here to register by Wednesday 16 November:
Community Golf Day for Health and Wellbeing
We invite you to take the arvo off with us on Friday 23 September for a golf day for health and wellbeing.
This project is supported by an Australia Post Community Grant and funding from the Australian Government. Thank you to event sponsor Rabobank.
Cover Cropping Workshop
Join Grant Sims from Vic NoTill at Kioma Station on Monday 1 August to talk about improving soil biology through cover cropping.
Grant Sims is a 6th generation farmer and former president of Vic NoTill. In 2015 he was named Victoria’s farmer of the year for his innovative approach to regenerative farming and working towards a sustainable future.
Vic NoTill is one of Australia’s leading regenerative agriculture groups being lead by farmers who want to think beyond conventional farming practices.
Thank you to our event sponsors Metagen, Auscrimper and Southern Queensland Landscapes. This project is supported by Highways and Byways - Healing The Land, Healing Ourselves, Together, and funding from the Australian Government.
Regen Ag Tour 2022
MacIntyre Ag invites to on our Regen Ag Tour 2022, visiting farms from Roma to Moonie
Tour highlights will include:
- Justin Boshammer, showing us how he is achieving his goal of abundance, harmony and resilience through a profitable and regenerative approach to agriculture
- Visiting Alex Nixon’s farm “Boorameel”, where a focus on cover cropping is building soil and reversing years of damage caused by conventional farming
- Hearing from Peter and Nikki Thompson, who have instigated an innovative livestock partnership between rural and urban partners, producing natural beef in a sustainable environment.
- Sam Baker sharing his journey implementing regenerative agricultural principles including rotational grazing, multi species forage cropping, pasture diversity and using biological inputs to restore and improve his soil health.
- Dinner at the Condamine Pub and The Overlander Roma.
For many, the most memorable part of the tour will be processing the days’ learnings through interesting and useful conversations with fellow travellers that result from what we see and who we meet
Ag Tech Field Day
Don't miss our ag tech field day on Thursday 2 June at "Bundah", Talwood.
Learn about in-paddock cattle weighing with Optiweigh, tech solutions for remote locations, and how to remotely measure your rain, electric fences, fuel, troughs, and more.
Guest speakers include Optiweigh's Anthony Chick, as well as Dirranbandi ag-tech entrepreneur Andrew Sevil and Span Engineering's Tom Wyatt - specialists in automation and communication in rural and regional areas.
Producer Scott Bate will show us some applications of remote measurement on "Bundah", and Eddie Campbell will tell us how Goondiwindi Communications can assist growers with tech solutions suitable for properties with limited service.
After lunch, Jerome Leray will host a tour of neighbouring "Warrandine" to showcase Infarm's terrain modelling project that maximises production and water usage while minimising erosion.
Agribusiness Summit - Field Day "Rexton" Farm
FIELD DAY – Thursday 24 March, 9am – 4pm , “Rexton”
Day two of the Agribusiness Summit will centre around a carbon farming and landscape rehydration field day at Tom and Antoinette Archer’s property “Rexton”, a 4800ha rotational grazing property east of Goondiwindi.
Regenerative agriculture consultant Sam Skeat from the Mulloon Institution will demonstrate rehydration designs on “Rexton” to rebuild degraded areas into productive landscapes.
David McLean, Chairman of RCS, will share relevant RCS principles and their interrelationship with carbon farming with regard to building drought resilience and profitability.
Host Tom Archer will share his experiences building a carbon project on “Rexton”. Tom and Antoinette and their boys Will, Jimmy and Angus background steers and heifers for both the export and domestic markets, and focus on regeneration of the soils and pasture to underpin a long-term profitable livestock business
Agribusiness Summit - Dinner at The Boathouse
DINNER – Wednesday 23 March, from 5pm, Macintyre Boathouse
At the conclusion of day one of the Agribusiness Summit, stroll down the Macintyre River and join us for drinks and dinner at the Macintyre Boathouse.
We all know that prioritising health and fitness will benefit our physical and mental wellbeing, but sometimes we lack the inspiration to cement good habits into our busy lives.
Special guest speaker at the dinner, Ex Goondiwindi-girl and Founder of virtual fitness organisation Off The Track Training Joy McClymont will motivate and inspire you to take control of your wellbeing with tips on how to establish health and fitness habits that merge with a rural lifestyle.
The bar will open at 5pm, and a delicious meal, including hors d’oeuvres, main meal featuring locally produced Macintyre Brook lamb, and dessert, will follow from 6pm. Ticket price does not include drinks.
Please book your seat at the dinner no later than Wednesday 9 March to avoid missing out.
Goondiwindi Region Agribusiness Summit
CONFERENCE – Wednesday 23 March, 9am -4:30pm, Goondiwindi Cultural Centre
Day one of the program will feature presentations from Claire Booth, Nigel Kerin and Julia Spicer, as well as a panel session with the day’s presenters and RCS Chief of Delivery, David McLean.
Learn about the key indicators of business success through and beyond drought from Claire Booth, Senior Associate Solicitor at Osborn Booth Law & Advisory. Claire is a highly sought-after guest speaker and Nuffield Scholar, having visited some of the best farming businesses across Brazil, China, UK, Germany, USA and Canada, and written a 10,000-word Nuffield report showcasing these farms, their succession stories and how Australian farming families can adopt these practices to ensure profitable and sustainable farms for generations to come.
Hear Nigel Kerin, Yeoval farmer and head of Kerin Poll Merino stud, discuss his experiences with building a profitable livestock breeding and trading business around drought and climate change. Nigel made the news this year for his $6.2 million cattle trade thanks to an innovative approach to grazing management on his farm.
Julia Spicer, founder of Engage and Create Consulting, will share strategies to develop and manage your natural resource management (NRM) mindset. Julia is passionate about sustainable agriculture and guiding the growth of local businesses towards viable and vibrant futures.
Founder of Off The Track Training, Joy McClymont will be hosting mini energiser sessions throughout the summit to demonstrate the small but significant types of movements that stimulate mental clarity and physical health.
Inigo Jones Long Term Weather Forecasting Conference
You will find a full report on the Inigo Jones Long-term Weather Forecasting conference in our members’ section.