All aboard the farmer bus

The 2022 Gippsland Farmer’s bus trip will be held in June and tickets are now on sale.

This year the bus tour will cover northern Victoria and southern NSW and will cover a broad range of industries, with the hope that everyone will learn something new.

The itinerary includes:

370 cow dairy that focuses on innovative technology including synchronised breeding and robotics

Fodder varieties that fill winter feed gaps Cropping both winter and summer crops both dry land and irrigation, including relay cropping

Regenerative beef farming with Holistic Management and Natural Sequence Farming

Merino wool production including manufacturing and marketing of woollen outerwear for corporate wear

Animal efficiency to reduce tcarbon footprint Androssan Angus seed stock breeding program, including feedlots, genomics and DNA testing

Prime lamb production of maternal and terminal seedstock, with a focus on hybrid for performance not purity

White faced polled Herefords for bull productions as well as 2000 head for grass feed steers and heifers for live export

Charles Sturt University visit

Hydro power at Snowy Power

Merino stud sheep breeding

Maize production

Soil health through biological stimulation. The bus tour will be held from June 19 to June 23. Cost is $330 per person – all costs included except lunch Bookings can be made via Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com. au/e/gippsland-farmer-bus-tour-2022-tickets-333376015637

Earthworks

Places are limited. For more information contact Nat Jenkins 0436 462 559 or Jen Smith 0409 436 133.