Author Archives: Executive Officer

Drench Resistance Final Report

Earlier this year TFS members took part in an AWI funded drench resistance program. The project was a joint effort between TFS staff and Dawbuts Animal Health located in Camden. The results and final report were collated by Dawbuts and have now been made available to TFS for distribution. A copy of the report can […]

Lab Christmas Hours

For your information the following closures apply to the two labs that TFS members deal with: Dawbuts Animal Health – Worm Testing The last days for submission of samples to the Dawbuts parasitology lab are: Cattle, goat, alpaca, horse and sheep monitoring tests  – 11 DEC 2020 (or 18 DEC 2020 without Worm ID, i.e. worm […]

Dr Jason Condon presenting at Healthy Soils Workshop this Friday the 20th

In conjunction with Graminus Consulting, Dr Jason Condon will be presenting at the upcoming Healthy Soils workshop to be held on farm at Gunning. Dr Condon holds a BAgricSc (Hons) degree from LaTrobe University (honours research around the amelioration of subsoil acidity) and a PhD investigating the effect of nitrogen transformations on the formation of […]

This Season and Bloat

With current conditions on the Southern Tablelands, the TFS Board thought it prudent to bring the issue of bloat in livestock to the forefront of members minds. The attached article has been put together by TFS staff in conjunction with TFS member vets, Bill Johnson and Catherine Culley. It is not designed to be another […]

Spring Seasonal Update Presentations

The Spring Seasonal Update for TFS members and their guests was held on Monday the 26th of October. We were fortunate to have John Francis from Agrista (formerly of Holmes Sackett) and Matt Lieschke from the SELLS present. John’s presentation around options for utilising the spring feed surplus and pasture budgeting can be found here […]

Next Healthy Soils Workshop 20th November

The next workshop in our Healthy and Productive Soils series with Graminus Consulting has been set for the 20th of November. This workshop will be looking at getting to know soil types with this one focusing on sands, loams and clays. To register to attend this event please go to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/healthy-soils-training-course-tickets-128475017235 The location for this event […]

Goulburn Young Farmers Network Regeneration Ag Field Day

Goulburn Young Farmers Network (GYFN) is an initiative of the Goulburn Show NextGen group. It is run by young farmers for young farmers in the Southern Tablelands region. The TFS ‘virtual office’ has been providing some background support to the group over the past few years. GYFN’s vision is to give young people in the […]

Financial Skills Workshop

TFS sponsor Rabobank, in conjunction with the RaboClientCouncils has two upcoming virtual financial skills workshops. These workshops will be run in conjunction with their content and facilitation partner, Hudson Facilitation. They are run over two sessions on consecutive days for two hours each. To learn more about the sessions please click 2009_RaboClientCouncil_FinancialSkills_CNSW_Agenda. There is a button […]

Probe Calibrations

12/10/2020 – You may have noticed some unexplained changes to the moisture percentage readings on Farming Forecaster towards the end of last week. The reason behind this is Matt Lieschke from the LLS has updated the calibration settings at all the probe sites over Thursday and Friday of last week. The reason for calibrating is […]