The Grit February 2020 | Page 4

Clean and Inspect Machinery - Hygiene course CCREDITED Clean and Inspect A Machinery Hygiene one-day courses will be conducted on 4-5 February at the Collinsville Workers Club. Conducted by Belinda Callanan from TH9 Outdoor Services, LDC will subsidise two people from each business attending. Businesses are welcome to send more people, but they will not be sudsidised. The course runs from 9am- 3pm with smoko and lunch provided. Contact Cherry Emerick (ph: 0456 015 772) to reserve a place. Erosion Sediment and Control workshop NYBODY interested A in participating in an Erosion Sediment and Control workshop conducted by Des Bolton of Revegation Contractors (pictured on the left in the photograph with NQ Dry Tropics Grazing Field Officer Sam Skeat) should contact NQ Dry Tropics Senior Project Officer Cherry Emerick (ph: 0456 015 772). Cherry is keen to hear from interested people in the BBB and will be back in touch with final details. Land Condition Assessment Training Land Condition A Assessment Training (LCAT) workshop will be held at the Mt Pleasant Learning Hub on Wednesday 26 February. It will be presented by Rob Hassett from the Department of Environment and Science. BBB participants will be gifted five bags of seed suitable for their property (heavy or light soil) including bluegrass, rhodes grass, urachloa, seca stylo, desmanthus, panic and buttterfly pea. For information contact Cherry Emerick on 0456 015 772. Preg test workshop back by popular demand Y popular demand B veterinarian Ian Braithwaite returns to the BBB in March to run a breeder management workshop. Numbers are limited so register now with a LDC grazing support officer. P4 | Grit Issue 18, February, 2020