General News
14 September, 2022
Ag students talk careers, weeds
EAST Loddon P12 College VCE agriculture and horticulture students have attended the Weedsmart Week conference in Mildura last week. Students and teachers Paula Maxted and Louise Hocking also visited a robotic dairy at Durham Ox while travelling to...
EAST Loddon P12 College VCE agriculture and horticulture students have attended the Weedsmart Week conference in Mildura last week.
Students and teachers Paula Maxted and Louise Hocking also visited a robotic dairy at Durham Ox while travelling to the conference
The conference heard from a range of farmers about the strategies they use to combat various weeds and the range and types of equipment used on farm also.
On their way home, students stopped in Natya to tour Scott Gladman’s property.
Scott, a former East Loddon P-12 College student. was also a guest speaker at the conference.
He talked with the students about his career path, opportunities in agriculture and the large-scale operation at Natya.
Weedsmart Week put the spotlight on herbicide resistance and weed control.
Kondinin Group’s research manager Ben White hosted the technology and machinery field demonstration and discussed cutting-edge innovations such as the latest sprayer and weed detection technology, and a range of harvest weed seed control implements.
Topics also included chemical resistance, especially for weeds like brome and barley grass in the Mallee, and harvest weed seed control.
More than 250 people attended the conference, hosted in Mildura for the first time.