Day 1 – Sunday 26 June 2022
Pre-Conference Welcome Drinks & Registration
3.00pm -REGISTRATION OPENS
Sunshine Coast’s Surfair/Ramada Marcoola Hotel Reception
5.00pm -PRE-CONFERENCE DRINKS & CANAPES
Surfair/Ramada Marcoola Hotel – On the Green
5.30pm WELCOME ADDRESS
▪ TurfBreed’s Chairman, Sandy Bauman
*Meet with delegates and mingle at our pre-conference welcome drinks and activities.
Day 2 – Monday 27 June 2022
Conference Day
Sunshine Coast’s Surfair/Ramada Marcoola Hotel
8.00am WELCOME ADDRESS Megan Woodward – MC, Steve Burt -TurfBreed’s Managing Director
8.15am KEYNOTE SPEAKER – “Getting more for Less”
▪ Pinnacle Ag Research Chief Scientist & Director of Agronomy (USA), Dr Gregg Munshaw
9.15am WELCOME VIDEO MESSAGE FROM TURF PRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL
▪ Executive Director, Dr Casey Reynolds (USA)
9.20am AGRICULTURAL FINANCE “Ag. Finance Trends & Importing Machinery” Grower Case Study
▪ Trident Financial Group, Peter Nichols
9.45am MORNING TEA
10.20am MARKETING SPECIALIST “Knowing how you create value and insuring you get paid for it”
▪ Foundmpr Team – Partner, Damien Rossi
11.00am TURFBREED “Past, Now & Future”
▪ TurfBreed’s Managing Director, Steve Burt
12.00pm LUNCH
1.20pm Q&A WITH TURFBREED’S WH&S AMBASSADOR
“How a serious accident changed his overall attitude to onfarm Safety”
Moderator – Megan Woodward
▪ Turf Grower Gavin Howie, Turf NT
▪ TurfPlus, David Raison -“The state of the Australian turf industry’s WH&S”
1.55pm INTRODUCING “TurfBreed’s new TurfRnD facility & IronCutter™ – Australia’s latest elite hybrid bermudagrass”
▪ TurfBreed’s Senior Research Scientist, Dr Andrew Fletcher
▪ Mountain View Seeds Sports Turf Consultant (USA), Will Schnell
2.30pm SHOW AND TELL -“A grower case study”
▪ Advance Turf Instant Lawns (VIC), Joanna & Chris Hulland
3.00pm AFTERNOON TEA
3.25pm Q&A FLOOD RECOVERY IN THE TURF INDUSTRY
“How do you manage your turf following floods? Do you try and revive it or start again?”
Moderator – Hugo Struss
1. Abulk Turf (NSW)
2. Rivers Edge Turf (NSW)
3. Robert’s Turf Supplies (QLD)
4.05pm Q&A with TURF’S LEADING CHEMICAL AUTHORITIES
“The future challenges and opportunities of chemicals in turf regarding resistance and new product development”
Moderator – John Keleher
- Dr Brett Morris, Syngenta (Brett will outline the huge investment that goes into agrichemicals (incl. turf) each year for Syngenta – up to $1 billion in RnD/yr)
- Dr Sam Kleenan, Plant Science Consulting (Sam to explain how chemical resistance for vital turf chemicals is growing)
- Ashley Neuendorf, Living Turf
5.00pm CONFERENCE CLOSES
6.30pm. PRE-DINNER CONFERENCE DRINKS
Sunshine Coast’s Surfair/Ramada Marcoola Hotel – On the Green/Bistro Terrace
7.00pm – 9.30pm CONFERENCE DINNER Surfair/Ramada Marcoola
MC – Megan Woodward
GUEST SPEAKER – Mick Angus – Director/Producer at DMA Creative – “Every journey has a story”
CHARITY AUCTION – All proceeds to go to the Turf Growers’ Benevolent Fund
Day 3 – Tuesday 27 June 2022
FIELD DAY – ROBERT’S TURF SUPPPLIES WELCOMES TURFBREED GROWERS
9.30am – 2.15pm
WELCOME TO THE FIELD DAY
- TurfBreed
- Robert’s Turf Supplies
PRESENTATION 1.
“Issues and Solutions” – Ask the experts your key turf issues
▪ Dr Brett Morris and the Syngenta Team
PRESENTATION 2.
“IronCutter™ – speak to the experts from both the US and Australia and find out all you need know as to why it is the newest elite hybrid bermudagrass to hit Australia”
- Mountain View Seeds Sports Turf Consultant (USA), Will Schnell
- Mountain View Seeds Vice-President (USA), Adam Russell
- TurfBreed’s Senior Research Scientist, Dr Andrew Fletcher
- Turf Grower (ALC), John Keleher
PRESENTATION 3.
“Efficient use of fertiliser and reducing costs”
▪ GTS Director & Head Agronomist, Paul Spencer
MACHINERY & CHEMICAL DEMOS.
* Morning Tea & Lunch Provided.
Find Out More or Register Here : https://www.ivvy.com.au/event/TGC22/home.html
