Conference Program

Saturday, 3 December, 2022 - 9.00AM to 3.30PM - Plenary Sessions

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'The Answer Is Soil.  What's the Question?' ,
Dr Lukas Van Zwieten
 Senior Principal Research Scientist - Soils, NSW DPI​​

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Live Stream
'The Rhizophagy Cycle - How Plants Get Nutrients from Microbes'
Dr James White, Professor of Plant Pathology, 
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, 
​Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

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Morning Tea in the Expo

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'Realising the Farm's Potential', Bokhara Plains, North West NSW
Graham Finlayson
​Grazier, Holistic Management Practitioner, GM at SLM Australia

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'Regenerating the Australian Landscape'
Peter Hazell, Principal Landscape Planner, The Mulloon Institute, NSW

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Lunch in Expo

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Bob Shaffer, presentation TBA
​Soil Culture Consulting, Captain Cook, Hawaii

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'Big picture farming, developments in holistic plant health techniques.'
Shane Fitzgerald, Metagen Australia

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Afternoon Tea in Expo

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Saturday, 3.30 to 5.00PM - 5 Concurrent Session

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'The Mulloon Institute Rehydration Project', Natural Sequence Farming
​Peter Hazell, Principal Landscape Planner, The Mulloon Institute, NSW

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Biological, Physical and Chemical Management Considerations for Post Flooded Soils
Alan Coates, Coates Agriculture  and Dr John Grant, Southern Cross University

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'Developing biological soil and plant nutrition programs'
​Dave Forrest, Organic Forrest

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Southern Cross University, Regen Ag Research
​Presenters TBA

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Tour - Environmental Analysis Lab (EAL)/Analytical Research Lab (ARL)
​Presenter guide TBA

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5.00 to 7.30 PM:  Drinks from 5.30PM followed by Buffet Dinner in the Expo

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Sunday, 4 December 2022, 9.00 to 10.30 AM   5 Concurrent Sessions

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Biological Farming - Presentation Topics TBA
Leilani Zimmer Durand and Gary Zimmer - Madison, Wisconsin
This session starts at 8.30AM.

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'Grazing management that regenerates ecosystem function and grazing land livelihoods'
Dr Richard Teague,  Retired Professor,  Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University

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'Transitioning to Biological IPM',  two examples in macadamias
Richard Llewellyn, BioResources, with macadamia producers, Ross Arnett and Elle Revell

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Southern Cross University Regen Ag and Research
Presenters TBA

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Tour - Environmental Analysis Lab (EAL) /Analytical Research Lan (ARL)
​Presenter guide - TBA

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Morning tea in the Expo

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​ Sunday 11.30AM to 1.00PM - 5 Concurrent Sessions 

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Bob Shaffer - Presentation title TBA
Soil Culture Consulting, Captain Cook, Hawaii

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Holistic Grazing Presentation Title TBA
Dr Judi Earl, Pasture Ecologist and Graham Finlayson, Holistic Management Practioner - Grazing

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'Integrating Farm Forestry into Farming Systems'
​Dr John Grant, Southern Cross University

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Southern Cross University Regen Ag and Research
​Presenters TBA

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Tour - Environmental Analysis Lab - Soil (EAL)/Analytical Research Lab (ARL)
​Presenter guide TBA

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Lunch in the Expo

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Sunday 2.00PM to 3.30PM - Plenary Sessions

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'Why guess when you can measure?  Options for soil and soil biology testing.
Graham Lancaster,  EAL/ARL Southern Cross University

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'A World Without Soil'
Dr Neil Wilson, Soil Microbiologist, Metagen Australia

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Conference Closing - SoilCare

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Please note this program is subject to change.