BestWool/BestLamb Conference and Dinner 2023
The Agriculture Victoria 2023 BestWool/BestLamb Conference will be held at the Bendigo Event and Exhibition Complex on Tuesday 20 June.
A pre-conference dinner will take place on Monday 19 June at the All Seasons Resort Hotel in Bendigo. Please join us for dinner to celebrate 25 years of the BestWool/BestLamb program.
This event is a partnership between Agriculture Victoria and AWI, supported by MLA and the Farm Business Resilience Program.
A pre-conference dinner will take place on Monday 19 June at the All Seasons Resort Hotel in Bendigo. Please join us for dinner to celebrate 25 years of the BestWool/BestLamb program.
This event is a partnership between Agriculture Victoria and AWI, supported by MLA and the Farm Business Resilience Program.
Early Bird Registrations closed on Friday 9 June
BestWool/BestLamb Conference Dinner
Monday 19 June at the All Seasons Resort Hotel, 171/183 McIvor Highway, Strathdale
BestWool/BestLamb Conference
Tuesday 20 June at the Bendigo Event & Exhibition Complex, 42-72 Holmes Road, Bendigo
Ticket Prices
Full Conference and Dinner $180; Early Bird $130
Conference (No Dinner) $120; Early Bird $80
Conference Dinner Only $75
Early bird closes on Wednesday 31 May
Conference Program
Monday 19 June
BWBL Dinner speaker Mark Wales, former Special Operations Commander, former winner of Survivor, former McKinsey & Company consultant with an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and founder of successful clothing brand Kill Kapture.
Tuesday 20 June
- Dr Alex Ball, Rural Analytics Sheep 2050 - Reflecting on the last 25 years to inform the next 25
- Dr Michelle Henry, Gundagai Meat Processors The future of lamb production - Ensure your seat at the table
- Chris Howie, RMA Network Agents of the future - Relationships that create value
- Jim Virgona, Graminus Consulting Declining fertiliser use - understanding the impacts
- Alison Kelly, Agriculture Victoria On farm emissions - knowing your number and why?
- Professor Lewis Kahn, University of New England Barber's pole marching south - managing or keeping it out
- Jason Trompf, JT Agri-Source Managing triplets - lifting ewe and lamb survival
- Dr Jim Walsh - Coopers Animal Health Oral lice control - is it a game changer?
- Lisa Warn, Brendan Hinchliffe and Edward Blackwell Reducing dags - fibre, worms and tail docking (insights from producer demonstration sites transitioning to non-mulesed)
- Lisa Miller, Southern Farming Systems Optimising sub clover to drive production
- James Peddie, Cluan Homestead and Elise Kealy, Kealy Pastoral Pathways to consistently high profits - insights from a lamb and a wool producer
- Professor Phil Hynd, University of Adelaide Wool bioharvesting - Could it be the solution?
- AWI race delivery demonstration
- Trade displays