Upper Namoi Cotton Field Day and Cotton Grower of the Year Farm Walk

When 18th March 2010

• Upper Namoi Cotton Field Day starts 9.00 am sharp leaving the Railway Hotel. Transport by bus.

• Cotton Grower of the Year Farm Walk starts with a BBQ lunch at Andrew Pursehouse’s farm – “Breeza Station” at 12.30 pm.
Transport by private vehicle or the Upper Namoi Bus.

Growers can attend either or both events.

Topics

• Managing Cotton under lateral move irrigators

• Alternative Crops – commercial orange orchards, corn/sorghum.

• Cotton vs Coal – your property rights and an update on mining’s impacts on underground water

• Growing Dryland Cotton – including a CSD Variety Trial

• Plus many other topics

Field day will conclude at 5.30 pm with light refreshments.

For more information contact Robert Eveleigh 0427 915 921 or James Houlahan 0407 956 586