A number of events are held in conjunction with SPAA. We also attend a number of field days. Click on the word calendar and view a snapshot of the events you may attend, including a listing of all SPAA activities.
The Ag Ex Alliance provides an e calendar of mixed farming activities being organised across SA. Download a copy here.
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| Western NSW Grain growers study tour - 1st March 2012 |
| Attention all grain growers in the Western Division NSW.
Come along to a 2 day bus tour visitng 6 properties to view a range of innovative farm equipment including; variable rate seeders, seeder bars, weed control units and more. |
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| SPAA Precision Ag EXPO - 15th February 2012 |
| Register now for the
2012 SPAA Precision Ag EXPO
Wednesday 15th February
at the Port Lincoln Hotel
Registration from 9am
Cost: $20 for SPAA Members and Students; $40 Non-members
A full day program with lots to learn and plenty of experiences to share. Talk to leading researchers, farmers, industry and enjoy a day out. |
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| Past Events |
| Annual Conference and AGM - 9th September 2011 |
| BOOKMARK THE DATE NOW!
The annual Precision Ag confernece hosted by SPAA is in it's planning stages.
FRIDAY 9th September with registrations from 8.30am.
A full day event packed with farmer case studies, new technical developments, agronomy and PA management, sponsor dispalys, networking opportunities from a range of agricultural industries. |
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| SANTFA and SPAA Winter Walk - 27th July 2011 |
| Does a tour to the YP interest you?
Visit farmers and hear from agronomists their experiences on disc seeders, alternative fertilisers, variable rate applications, sensors, soil moisture probes and more!
Meeting at Paskeville at 8.45am for a 9am departure.
Includes FREE BBQ lunch.
See attached flyer for event details and RSVP. |
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| SPAA PA Autumn Grower Group Meetings - 5th April 2011 |
| As we finally complete harvest, little time is spared to for planning this seasons activities.
Hosted with a local farming system group, Precision Ag workshops will be conducted to share you results from local trials, and demonstrate how to set up prescription maps and clean up yield data files. |
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| Precision Ag in the Central West - 3rd March 2011 |
| Central West Farming System Group together with SPAA under a GRDC grant will be hosting an information day on Precision Ag. Aimed for all farmers and advisors using and wanting to get into PA.
The workshop starts at 9am and concludes by 5pm followed by a social networking event.
More information is availbale by contacting Neil McMillan on 0428 953 762. |
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| Precision Ag EXPO - 11th February 2011 |
| THE SPAA Precision Ag EXPO is definately on. Floods and rains have not affected the Swan Hill township and the event will still be staged.
To hear the latest information and promte PA benefits come along this FRIDAY Registration is now open and will be accepted on the day. Download a form here. |
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| Precision Vintage - 9th February 2011 |
| Planning for the next Precision Viticulture workshop funded by the SE NRM board is underway.
Learn about;
- Yield monitors and selective harvesting
- Targetted vineyard sampling and maturity testing.
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| Precision Viticulture Grower Group Meeting 2 - 8th December 2010 |
| Topics include remote sensing and plant cell density mapping.
Starting at 9am includes morning tea and light lunch.
Cost $30 or FREE for SPAA members |
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| Pre-harvest Workshops - 28th October 2010 |
| It's that time of the year again, and SPAA together with the GRDC are working with Farming Systems Groups to assist you be prepared with your PA needs at harvest.
Dates and locations will be added as they become known. Check regularly. |
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| SPAA AGM - 2nd September 2010 |
| The SPAA AGM will be held at the Albury Commercial Club from 5.00pm.
Notices to members including nomination forms were posted 26th July 2010. All new members or member renewals after this date will need to download the AGM information available from the SPAA website.
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| 14th Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia - 2nd September 2010 |
| Another successful PA symposium was held in Albury in September, with over 130 registering to hear the latest devlopments in PA. The 14th event, hosted by the Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture together with SPAA will did not disappoint. Held over two days, presentations from research, government and commercial organisations along with farmers/growers provided local information to conference attendees from all facets of the Australasian agricultural community.
The proceedings from the meeting are now available online. CLICK HERE to download your copy.
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| Precision Viticulture Grower Group Meeting 1 - 27th August 2010 |
| Meeting one of this fantastic new activity supported by the SE NRM board.
All viticulturists from the Limestone Coast Wine Region are encouraged to attend an information session of Precision Viticulture applications. |
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| SPAA PA Winter Crop Walks - 4th July 2010 |
| It's that time of the year, and SPAA invites you to attend one of 16 Crop Walks to view PA trials in your area. They are being hosted now over the next six weeks.
The workshops are FREE to attend.
Be sure to RSVP to your local group facilitator.
Click the subject header for workshop dates and RSVP contacts. |
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| SPAA PA Workshops - 24th March 2010 |
| It's that time of the year again, and the team at SPAA are already planning to make sure all those yield maps you collected over harvest get put to good use. At the February and March workshop we will cover the following topics.
The basics of PA software: for yield mapping and other spatial information, how can I get into VR if I haven't got any yield maps
Prescription maps and VR controllers: making VR happen!
Deciding on your local trials: plan for 2010, who will do what
Sum up and PA knowledge survey
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| Precision Ag & Vit EXPO - 18th February 2010 |
| The annual SPAA EXPO, was held on Thursday 18th February in the Clare Valley, and once again the event didn't dissapoint. With over 140 people, the full day jam packed event was loaded with presentations from industry and farmers sharing their skills and knowledge in Precision Agriculture and Viticulture. There were also be presentations from our premium sponsors promoting new advances and product releases of PA technologies.
Plus, all that networking. Plenty of time to chat with other PA users, and all our sponsors during the day.
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| Events Calendar - 31st December 2009 |
| A number of events are scehuled between now and the New Year in which SPAA hope to be participating in.
Download the file for a snapshot of where you might see us.
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| Header School - 10th November 2009 |
| SPAA is preparing to host 15 Header Schools in October and November.
An essential workshop to attend to get you all organised to get the most of your yield mapping software.
Learn about the benefits of yield maps, hands on look at machines including header checks, calibration, height switches and header fronts and more. |
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| Commercial application of Sensors - Annual Conference - Proceedings NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE - 4th September 2009 |
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SPAA is excited to announce the success of its annual confernce in Adelaide.
A full copy of the proceedings are now available. Click here to download.
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| Grower Group meetings - 1st August 2009 |
| Nine free workshops have been organised by SPAA which will allow farmers to enhance their skills and knowledge in guidance and variable rate systems, crop scanning systems, and on farm use of soil moisture sensors.
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| Yield Mapping and Variable Rate Workshops - 16th March 2009 |
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| Precision Ag and Vit EXPO - 13th February 2009 |
| View the Variable-Rate Irrigation paper presented by Dr Ian Yule from the New Zealand Centre for Precision Agriculture at Massey University. This research has shown that PA soil mapping techniques can be used to better estimate and map the soil water holding capacity under a centre pivot irrigator. This information can then be used to more accurately prescribe irrigation and inconjunction with controlling individual sprinklers along the irrigator significant savings in water of 20 to 25% can be achieved. |
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| Header Setup Workshops - 1st October 2008 |
| Their are a range of important benefits of getting your yield monitor working and collecting quality data for mapping, particularly with the price of fertilisers, the ability to make better decisions about fertiliser applications cannot be overlooked. So if you have a yield monitor, get it working, start collecting and reap the benefits. |
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| Crop Scanning Forum & SPAA AGM - 8th August 2008 |
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View Presentations from the Crop Scanning Forum
Site Specific Weed Management (SSWM) - weed mapping and patch spraying
High Resolution Imagery for “Forensic Agronomy”
Using Sensors to Improve Crop Management |
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| Conference and EXPO - 18th March 2008 |
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| EXPO and AGM - 9th August 2007 |
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