MacIntyre Valley Cotton Field Day Committee | Event
MacIntyre Valley Cotton Field Day Committee
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25.01.2022 The first of the optional sessions taking place at the field day is Field to Fabric. At this session you will hear from Geoff Manchee & Ross Munro on best practice at picking time, Shane Mcgregor on how to best prepare for ginning, and Jon Hurford on classing.
25.01.2022 We have a signed Classic Wallabies jersey up for auction tonight- all proceeds go towards the Gundy State High bursary. Model not included in prize.
24.01.2022 Social iscolation got you down? We have locked in some new dates for our 2020 events! Something to look forward to, even if they are still 5 months away. Stay safe and healthy everyone
24.01.2022 Entries for the Crop competition have been extended until this Friday 15th March 2019. If you are considering entering, please do. We would especially love some more entries in the Dryland & Water Use Efficiency (perfect for those semi-irrigated crops) categories. Please email all entries to [email protected] by Friday
24.01.2022 Another successful golf day with a full course of 144 players. Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting the Goondiwindi State High School Bursary. We hope you all had a great day!
23.01.2022 The Mac Valley Field Day Committee AGM and Christmas party invites are here! Please share around, all are welcome to attend. If you can’t make it, but still wish to have some input on our direction for 2019. Feel free to shoot through an email, or give Rob a call. Please RSVP for catering purposes.
22.01.2022 Our guest speakers keeping everyone entertained after lunch. Ex Wallabies & current Queensland women's rugby players. Session led by a face familiar to Macintyre Valley Cotton Michael Beeston
21.01.2022 Congratulations Tom & Charm Arnott for receiving 2019 Bayer Grower of the Year! Fantastic achievement for the local cotton growers. This is now the second year in a row, and third in 5 years, a grower from the Macintyre Valley has won this award. Congratulations again Tom & Charm
21.01.2022 Do you know someone within the Macintyre Valley Cotton industry that has gone above and beyond and deserves to be recognised for their achievements? Nominations are now open for the CGA awards. The categories are: 1. Service to the Industry 2. Patricia Coulton Memorial Award (the "Unsung Hero") 3. Young Achiever of the Year (must be 35 years and under) 4. Innovation Award... If you think you have any worthy nominations for any of these categories, please message us and we can forward on a nomination form or place a nomination for you.
21.01.2022 Reminder field day tomorrow at "Shannon". 9.30am start Qld time
20.01.2022 Goondiwindi is tops in many fields.
19.01.2022 Mundine has recently done a lot of development into bankless irrigation. So there will be a concurrent session focusing on water use efficiency (Tom Dowling), soil constraints (Brendan Griffiths) & bankless development (Peter Lesson & Full Boar Welding).
19.01.2022 Congratulations Brett Corish and the team at ‘Mundine’. I think we know where the field day will be next year
19.01.2022 Very good turnout to the Grower of the Year field day. Brett Corish of Mundine opening the day for us.
18.01.2022 We put together a little surprise for Biscuit on Friday night with the help of Brendan Griffiths, Jim O'Connor, Milo McColl and Pete Johnson. We hope you get a few laughs out of this just like we did. Cheers to 25 years in the MVCFDC Bicky!
18.01.2022 Those at the golf day on Friday would have seen our brand spanking new BBQ trailer, also referred to as "Derbo's pride & joy". It's equipped with all the bells & whistles. Huge thanks must go to Greg McNaulty and his team at GMWelding for the construction and helping with the design, as well as Bayer for their grant to help us fund the trailer. We look forward to cooking you many steaks and snags on this in the many years to come!
17.01.2022 There is a machinery field day happening next Wednesday held by Precision Ag solutions and Ground Breaker Precision Agriculture. At this field day there will be demonstrations on - Bogballe spreaders - ditch assist land levelling software, and - Ground breaker planter Tyne. Field day will be held at Brendan Griffiths, "Shannon", Kentucky Lane Boggabilla. BBQ lunch provided.
16.01.2022 Please remember if you plan on attending the Christmas party to please send your RSVP through to Jess! We would love to see as many people there as possible
16.01.2022 Here they are- Save the dates for the 3 events for 2019!
16.01.2022 A reminder that our Christmas party is next Saturday 16th November! Everyone is welcome- committee members, growers, consultants/agronomists, industry personnel and of course the family!! Bring the kids so they can have a swim. BBQ, beer & wine provided! RSVP to Jess by this Friday for catering purposes. We hope to see you all there!
16.01.2022 Field day at Mundine on Wednesday is still on after the beautiful rain some people in our area got over the weekend. Meet at Goondiwindi Town park at 7am Qld time- buses departing at 7.30am, breakfast and coffee onsite care of Nufarm & Syngenta. Kick off at 8.45am. For those driving directly to farm, here is rough mud map of how to get to Mundine. If you are doing this, please ensure you abide by Come clean, go clean.
15.01.2022 We are all ready for tomorrow! We have a full course, plenty of prizes to be won and beers to be drunk in support of Gundy State High bursary! We will also be auctioning off a pallet of Promote 900 at conclusion of formal proceedings at the club house. See you all at 9am!
15.01.2022 Congratulations to Tom & Charm Arnott of Fairfield Farming, Boggabilla, who have been nominated for 2019 Bayer Grower of the Year. Tom & Charm won the Macintyre Valley Farm of the Year in 2018 and were also the hosts of our field day in 2018. We wish Tom & Charm and everyone at Fairfield all the best throughout the course of the judging process.
14.01.2022 The 2018 Macintyre Valley Cotton Awards Dinner will be held on Friday the 24th of August . Thanks to Total Ag Services for their continued support. Join us for the 40 year anniversary celebrations! Details below.
13.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who attended the dinner on Friday night- another cotton season was definitely celebrated hard. The winners of each award were Irrigated Crop of the Year- Thomas Popp, RMI, "Carrington" Dryland Crop of the Year- D & R Gurner, "Booroondoo North" Water Use Efficiency Award- A & C Doolin, "Myall Downs" Farm of the Year- Thomas Popp, RMI, "Carrington"... Innovation Award- Maurice Hayes, Hayes Spraying Young Achiever- Tom Coulton Patricia Coutlon Memorial Award- Craig Collyer, RMI Service to the Industry- Glen Smith Congratulations to all the award winners! Also congratulations and best wishes to Iain Macpherson, Jim O'Connor and Phil Sloan who were all acknowledged for their outstanding service and commitment to the Macintyre Valley Cotton industry. See more
13.01.2022 The last topic at our field day will be spray drift, legislation and efficacy. Jeremy Rennick will be doing a Croplands camera spray demo as well as a nozzle demo. The EPA will also be explaining record keeping requirements.
13.01.2022 The Bayer Cotton Grower of the Year field day was recently held at "Mundine" hosted by 2018 winners Brett & Anna Corish, and extended family. Over 250 people turned out for what was a great day of learning and networking. Thanks very much to the Corish family for hosting us.
13.01.2022 Who is missing a navy jacket and some glasses? Please call Georgie on 0429307104 if its yours
13.01.2022 If you haven’t already seen it- here is the interview between Senator Rex Patrick & Cotton Australia CEO. What a great job you have done Adam in this interview. Think it was fairly obvious that by the end of this Rex lacks crucial knowledge of this topic.
12.01.2022 120 golfers had a blast raising money for the Goondiwindi State High School Bursary at the B&W Rural Macintyre Valley Cotton Charity Golf Day
11.01.2022 Awesome raffle prizes to be won at Tonight’s Dinner. The tables are setup, the bands warming up and the drinks are on ice. See you there!!!
11.01.2022 With 7 Days until the big night, Please don't forget to get your RSVP's in. Contact details and more info can be found on the invite.
10.01.2022 REMINDER!!! Entries for Crop Consistency Awards close TODAY!
10.01.2022 Our very own Glen Smith, president of Mac Valley CGA, featuring in this article.
10.01.2022 Is all your cotton entered on cotton map? If not, please do so now before you end up with a sack of potatoes (among other things)!
10.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE!! The 2020 Bayer Cotton Grower of the Year field day will be held on Wednesday 25th of March at Fairfield, Boggabilla. The day will be hosted by last years’ Grower of the Year, Tom & Charm Arnott. We look forward to seeing you all there.
09.01.2022 Reminder Today is the last day to RSVP for next Friday’s cotton awards dinner! They are coming in hot and filling up quickly so be sure you don’t miss out. Sponsors please remember you may be entitled to some free tickets to the dinner so please check your sponsorship package!
09.01.2022 Well said Brett! Thanks again to the Corish family for hosting us and congratulations on winning Grower of the Year.
08.01.2022 Please join us for our annual Christmas Party on 16th November! There will be a BBQ lunch. We would love to see as many growers and industry personnel there as possible. Feel free to bring the kids and their togs! Please RSVP to Jess for catering purposes.
08.01.2022 We are very proud to be a part of this great initiative at GSHS. All applications are encouraged
08.01.2022 Well done Cotton Australia for fighting back against Sarah Hanson Young and her uneducated comments regarding the Australian cotton industry
07.01.2022 We would love some more RSVP’s for the field day! Thank you to those who have already done so, remember by doing this you will receive a ticket in the raffle prize. You can RSVP to Jess Strauch on 0427790056
07.01.2022 **REMINDER** 2020 Bayer Cotton Grower of the Year Field Day- Wednesday 25th March 2020 @ Fairfield
07.01.2022 The fourth concurrent session will be Getting the most out of your machinery with Chesterfield discussing Greenstar & MyDeere, Kenway & Clark discussing laser buckets, Ag Spray Centre discussing mulchers & root cutters, and Specialised Farm Machinery discussing compaction. There will also be a 10 minute Q&A session. This will be a very practical session with demonstrations and the perfect time to ask any questions about your machinery.
06.01.2022 Some great topics planned for the upcoming field day. Please join us for a day full of learning and networking. Please meet at Fairfield silos at 7.30am QLD time.
05.01.2022 Don’t forget this is on today
05.01.2022 Just over 2 weeks until golf day! Remember to keep the RSVPs coming into Jess
05.01.2022 Here is a sneak peak of some of the prizes you could win at this year's golf day. Who wouldn't want one of these esky's?
05.01.2022 The Macintyre Valley CGA AGM is on Monday 14th September at 4pm @ Corish Management grain yard on Town Common Rd Gdi. All interested in attending welcome. Please remember to social distance.
05.01.2022 Crop Consistency Award nominations close this Friday 6th March 2020 COB. If you require an entry form please contact Chris Teague on [email protected]
05.01.2022 Just a little taste of what you're in for at the Cotton Grower of the Year field day at Mundine. Look forward to seeing you there. Thanks to Rob Austen and HP Photography for helping us put this video together.
05.01.2022 Photos courtesy of Wayne Pratt
04.01.2022 Congratulations to Matilda Paesler who was awarded the 2019 Goondiwindi State High School Bursary. Matilda is going to UNE to study a Bachelor of Rural Science. This is where the majority of the money fundraised throughout the year, primarily at the golf day, ends up as a venture with GSHS and the GRC. Cameron was at the year 12 Graduation ceremony yesterday to present her with the scholarship. Congratulations again Matilda and best wishes for the future.
04.01.2022 Cotton growers in Bourke and Moree spoke to ABC Landline to share the facts about our industry missing from the water debate. Watch the story and learn more about our industry tomorrow at 12.30pm on ABC Australia.
04.01.2022 Great opportunity here in Gundy. be sure to come along.
04.01.2022 Bayer Cotton of Grower of the Year Field Day 2019 is being held right here in the Macintyre Valley at Mundine. All the details are below. We hope to see you all there for a productive, educational and hands on day. Cotton Seed Distributors Cotton Australia Bayer Australia #rootsandall #cottongroweroftheyear #macintyrevalley
03.01.2022 Golf day 19th July 2019!! Put it in your diaries!
01.01.2022 We hope everyone is getting excited for the field day- now only 10 days away!!! Some more of the concurrent sessions taking place on the day will be; -Bayer, CSD & Syngenta update -what is coming through in the pipelines, and -Integrated Weed Management & Best practice. In this session Eric Koetz from Cotton info will be discussing resistance research and Johnno Mcdonald from Adama will be discussing Group A’s, residuals and lay-by options!
01.01.2022 Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more information about the National Grower of the Year field day at Mundine. The committee are busy organising a great program that will have something for everyone, from farmhands to farm managers & directors!
