Date: Tuesday, 15th November

Location: TIA Vegetable Research Facility, Forthside

Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm (AEDT)

Registration: Click here to register

The program is packed full of not-to-be-missed talks and tours from leading researchers and industry representatives and is grouped into bite-sized sessions, so you can drop in and out whenever suits you! 

Grab a complimentary coffee when you arrive and bring your notepad to capture all the insights to be presented across the day.

Program Overview

10:00 am - Opening of TIA Vegetable Research Facility Field Day

10:10 am - Sustainability Session

• Tasmanian Certified Seed Potato Scheme - Ann-Maree Donoghue & Kathryn Goulding (TIA)

• Benefits of cover crops - Theresa Chapman (TIA)

• Potato disease management options - Calum Wilson (TIA) & Simplot representative, hosted by Michele Buntain (TIA)

11:00 am - Morning tea & coffee (provided)

11:30 am - Innovation Session

• TASAg Innovation Hub (incl. Drought Resilience) project updates

• Sea urchin fertiliser trial: circular economies - Harriet Walker (TIA)

• Chinese medicinal herbs trial - Dugald Close (TIA)

• Agricultural innovation panel discussion - Mike Badcock (Tasmanian Vegetable Farmer), Harriet Walker (TIA), Doug Clark (TIA Farm Manager), Ellie Hope (Simplot), Hosted by Sue Hinton (TASAg Innovation Hub (incl. Drought Resilience).

12:45 pm - Expo in the VegShed & Lunch (provided)

1:30 - 3:00 pm - Farm Tour

• Pea trial tour

• Sea urchin project display

• Farm equipment demonstrations

• Chinese medicinal herbs trial tour

• SMART Farm technology demonstrations with FarmPulse