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DAY 2 TUESDAY , OCTOBER 11

DAY 2 TUESDAY , OCTOBER 11

Grand Stage
MC Daniela Ritorto
8.30
Opening
Peter Hayes , ABA
chairman and SA Ag
Minister Claire Scriven
8.45 State of the Industry Address
Tim Jackson , ABA
Experts ’ Forum
MC Deidre Jaensch
9.30 Benchmarking our industry - Hort 360 - Almonds
9.50 The Closed Circle Economy of the industry
10.05 Questions to presenters
10.15 MORNING TEA
Scott Wallace and Tim Jackson , ABA
Paul Thompson , SHV
9.15 The links between Orchard Hygiene and Pests
David Madge , AVS
9.45
On farm drying update
Michael Coates ,
Plant & Food
Research
10.45
Grow more with less
Patrick Brown ,
UC Davis
11.30 Marketing update
11.55
Taking our almonds to the world
Live the Almond Life
12.15
High level health claims
Belinda Neville
Nuts for Life
12.30 LUNCH
Joseph Ebbage , ABA
11.45
Hullrot and trunk disease
Tonya Wiechel , AVS ,
Brittany Oswald , SARDI
Lou Martin , ABA
12.10
MRLs
Jenna Garwood , NRS ,
Deidre Jaensch , ABA
12.25 Q and A
1.30 Newcomers to industry Stahmann Webster Kooba Pty Ltd Manulife ( Hancock ) Australian Farming Services Q and A
Ross Burling Chris Corrigan Shane Bodiam David Armstrong Tim Jackson , ABA
2.45
Water surety
Andrew Reynolds ,
MDBA
3.00
Water threats-opportunity
Isaac Jeffrey , National
Irrigators ’ Council
2.45 Panel discussion : Whole of Orchard Recycling
SARDI , Jossette Lewis , ABC and Neale Bennett , Cowanna
3.00
Facilitated panel
Kathryn Young , Hort
Innovation
3.15 AFTERNOON TEA
3.45 Multi-national expectation on Sustainability message
3.55 The Almond Trail - how do we adapt to consumer demands ?
4.25 Small grower profile : Peter Freeman
Chris Stevens Kellogg ’ s
Burcu Turkey , ofi
3.45 Research findings on growing projects
Ella Henson , ABA
4.15
Tree Architecture - Harvest
Light
4.42
Leading Harvest Program
Steve Mackinley , SW
4.40
Panel discussion including
ABA higher density grower
Tim Pitt , SARDI
Ken Breen , Plant Food Research NZ
Adrian Hunt , Hort Innovation
5.00 Close 5.00 Close
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