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25.01.2022 With only 3 days to go, our field day team is very busy getting ready for the 2016 Kangaroo Island Field Day event. We are very appreciative of the overwhelming support from mainland exhibitors choosing to come a day earlier and leave a day later to make the event a success. We have over 100 exhibitors and plenty of entertainment for all. Come along, bring your jackets and enjoy this community event. Looking forward to a great day.

24.01.2022 There are spaces available on the KIFD Bus Tour. Wednesday 5th October. To make your booking or for further information contact Kate Buck [email protected]

21.01.2022 Come and try your luck on the bucking bull. Some thing for the older kids and the young at heart adults.

21.01.2022 Guest Speaker Tim Herrmann, Manager, Sustainable Soils DEWNR, will be presenting at 3.30pm. - How SA farmers saved their soils from ruin through collaborative remediation work. Tim Herrmann has worked in the area of soils, land management, landcare and natural resources management for over 30 years. He currently leads the Sustainable Soils team in the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). The team is responsible for leading and developing strategi...es that protect and improve the health of soils that supports the growing of premium food in South Australia. Tim’s presentation will talk about how SA farmers saved their soils from ruin through collaborative remediation work. Farmers changed their farming systems and practices, and set out to repair the damage caused by erosion and protect the land for the future. There has been a steady decline in the incidences of soil erosion due to the adoption of improved farming practices such as pasture leys, contour banks, improved cereal varieties and use of fertilisers and trace elements. Tim will also talk about the advent of herbicides and improved machinery enabling the widespread adoption of no-till seeding methods and stubble retention practices. The landcare ethic amongst the farming community is alive and well and farmers are well aware of the importance of looking after their soil. Tim will talk about adoption of more sustainable farming practices that protect soils, and improve soil health and productivity. See more

20.01.2022 Guest Speaker Rudy Boeff, Rural Bank Treasurer, will be presenting at 9.30am. - THE ECONOMY AND YOU;The state of the Australian economy and world markets. A look at the Australian interest rates, and closer to home, our Kangaroo Island economy sheep, cattle and grain markets. Rudy joined Rural Bank as Treasurer in February 2004. He came to the bank with nearly 20 years of financial market experience, predominantly gained in retail financial institutions.... Before joining Rural Bank, Rudy spent over 15 years with Adelaide Bank and its predecessors the Hindmarsh Adelaide and the Co-op Building Societies, predominantly in the Treasury area. Rudy worked in a variety of different treasury functions including money market, trading, portfolio management, capital markets, securitisation and wholesale funding and has an extensive knowledge of all treasury-related functions. Prior to joining the Hindmarsh Building Society Rudy spent two years with the South Australian Government Financing Authority as a Dealer in their Domestic Finance area. Rudy holds a Bachelor of Economics from Flinders University, is a past lecturer in various financial markets subjects for Kaplan, formerly the Securities Institute of Australia, is a Fellow of the Finance and Treasury Association and a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia. See more

20.01.2022 WANTED: Puppies for our children's petting farm area. Jenny Dunn will be providing an area for children to pet baby farm animals at the field day. She is looking for some puppies. If anyone has puppies for sale, that they would be happy to bring along to the field day, we would love to hear from you. Please call Alli Stott 0428549348

17.01.2022 VOLUNTEERS FOR SET UP..... The field day committee are looking for some volunteers to help set up on Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning and Wednesday afternoon. This is a great community event and it would not happen with out the dedication and support of people in the community. Please call Alli Stott 0428 549 348 if you are able to spare a couple of hours to set up. We have trestles and chairs, small haybales, sheepyard panels, and sandwich boards to put out. Many hands makes light work.

16.01.2022 Nic Kentish will be running Low Stress Stockhandling demonstrations between 9 and 11am and will be available for individual or small group sessions all day. A follow up course will be available at a later date. For further details on courses contact Grant Flanagan on 85534440; 0421871256 or [email protected] Nic has been running courses for over 10 years as part of the LSS network. He has experienced and seen the benefits to working conditions and money in the bank fro...m less stressed and more productive animals and management systems. Being a grazier himself his experience in running LSS systems is passed on to participants. I know from personal experience it is hard to change old habits but I also know the benefits. The skills I pass on are all things we had to learn when we started and have proven over time, says Kentish. The course is conducted without working dogs but provides the tools to influence the way they and other tools such as horses and motorbikes are used. By the end of the course you will be able to identify the natural instincts of the stock and work with them, essentially letting them go to a given point rather than forcing them. See more

14.01.2022 Field Day Photo Exhibition had many wonderful submissions. A special thank you to KICE students for providing some wonderful artworks. The exhibition was well viewed by patrons on the day and we were pleasantly surprised at the number of people that voted in for the People Choice Awards. Winner of the Agriculture & the Land category was Vicki Vernon. Winner of the Community category was Gillian Lock. Winner of the KICE Student Artwork was Cat Carter. Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all for participating in our 2016 Kangaroo Island Field Day Photography Exhibition.

12.01.2022 COLOUR YOUR GATE ENTRY BAG!! Children will be able to collect a gate bag at our 'Colour Your Bag' station this year. Where they will also be able to add colour and sparkle to their bag. KIFD would like to thank Parenting KI for supporting and guiding children with this activity. This site is located in the exhibitor pavilion.

09.01.2022 Guest speaker Jax Baptista, Community Programs Manager, Meat & Livstock Australia will be presenting at 1.30pm. Jax Baptista is the Community Program Manager for MLA. Jax has over a decade's experience working in communications within the agricultural sector specialising in community outreach with a special interest in animal welfare. Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA) is the marketing, research and development body for Australia’s red meat and livestock industry. MLA i...s a not-for-profit organisation owned by cattle, sheep and goat producers. It is funded by a levy on livestock sales, with the Federal Government providing matching funds for R&D investment. MLA is a service provider to the red meat industry, not an industry representative body or lobby group. Jax will address the issues associated with a social licence to operate and will express the need for industry to generate feelings of empathy, transparency, trust and integrity within the community, utilizing digital and social media platforms to share information on animal welfare, environmental stewardship and food sustainability. She will also highlight the importance of producer engagement, to demonstrate the commitment of Australian farmers to follow best practice in relation to their animals and their land, and the communities expectation of a fortified social license for the red meat industry to produce safe, fresh and affordable food for Australians and the rest of the world. See more

08.01.2022 Seeking submissions for our FIELD DAY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION this week. Exhibition them is "GET INVOLVED". Two categories: Agriculture & The Land ~ Community. Submission guidelines can be found at www.kifieldday.com.au and photos are to be submitted to Natural Resources KI office no later than 5pm Monday 26th September. Contact Alli Stott 0428549348 for further details.

04.01.2022 Kangaroo Island Field Day would like to proudly announce the winners of the 2016 Colouring In Competition. 9-12years; 1st place: Caitlyn Boss, 2nd place: Samuel Coleby 6-8 years; 1st place: Kelsey Stott, 2nd place: Ariah Tickner 4-5 years; 1st place: Ruby Bell Kennedy, 2nd place Kiralee Anne Ellson. We would like to thank Jane Evans for judging the competition and the Kingscote Gift Shop for providing prizes. Thank you to all the children who entered. Their was a lot of wonderful entries.

04.01.2022 Getting excited, ONLY 10 Days until the field day!! This week is your last chance to enter into our competitions. PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - submit entries to NRKI office. COLOURING IN COMPETITION - submit entries to your school campus. PRIME LAMB COMPETITION - submit entries to Talisa McArdle at Landmark.... WORKING DOG TRIAL entries - contact Nathan Bell 0418646001. For further information and entry forms visit www.kifieldday.com.au See more

03.01.2022 Well we survived the rain and winds today!! The field day is all setup and ready for tomorrow. Gates open at 9am. Entry $15 Adult, $5 School aged child, Under 5 free, Family $35. Come along and see our fabulous exhibitor stands and enjoy the entertainment that is on offer at the Soldiers Memorial Park, Kingscote Oval. A great day to enjoy with your family and friends. Their is plenty of undercover sites and well tracked areas. We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

03.01.2022 JUNIOR FARMER CHALLENGE at the field day!! We will be setting up some fun, self guided learning activities for the kids. Children will have the opportunity to climb a haystack, dig a potato, identify some crop plants and grain seeds, feed the animal target board, ride on a toy tractor, and sit in a horses saddle. LOTS OF FUN TO BE HAD!! Kangaroo Island Field Day would like to thank DJ & N Hall, Peter Cooper, Ingrams Home Hardware, Emmetts, ND & JA Giles and KICS for there support of the Junior Farmer Challenge.

03.01.2022 Spaces still available on tomorrows PIRSA Kangaroo Island Field day bus tour. Call Kate Buck 0400 282 886 to join the tour.

02.01.2022 FIELD DAY COLOURING IN COMPETITION! Pictures can be downloaded from our field day website www.kifieldday.com.au or collected from the front office of your school campus. There are three age categories 4-5years, 6-8years, and 9-12years. Prizes for the competition have been kindly donated by Kingscote Gift Shop. All entries will be on display at the in the Exhibition pavilion and winners will be announced 3.30pm at the field day.

01.01.2022 Thank you to all those involved in setting up and attending the 2016 Kangaroo Island Field Day. What a wonderful day and such great weather, considering the past few days. A special thanks to our wonderful sponsors who make this event possible. We would appreciate some VOLUNTEERS FOR PACK UP tomorrow morning. PLEASE come along even if it is just for an hour or two. Thank you again for your wonderful support of this great community event.

01.01.2022 Guest Speaker Gerard Roney, Advantage Feeder's Managing Director will be presenting at 10.30am. Supplementing stock and creep feeding will be covered during the 40 minute presentation, which references some of the many on-farm trials Gerard has overseen during the development of the Advantage Feeders product range. Trial results speak for themselves, demonstrating how supplementing stock via the three-way feed restriction system can produce heavier lambs and calves at higher stocking rates on green pasture, or on cheaper forage while feeding less concentrate.