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Standing-room only conference delivers big-time

Learn what happened at the biggest-ever Agribusiness Gippsland annual conference held late last month. Know the speakers. See the full presentation. Read the article.

By Portal Admin - 26th August 2016 - Back to News

The biggest-ever Agribusiness Gippsland annual conference saw more last-minute chairs, and standing room only as more than 130 people people gathered at Lardner Park late last month.

Harold Mitchell AM was a keynote speaker and you can share some of his insights in these reports http://www.stockandland.com.au/story/4066450/embrace-asia-says-advertising-guru-turned-cattleman-harold-mitchell/?src=rss&utm_source=Stock+%26+Land+Newsletters&utm_campaign=04d133c930-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d5fc318b38-04d133c930-114551953 and http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/opinion/the-light-to-our-north/news-story/e4a505a013745ac2511afdd2025c8106

CBRE's Danny Thomas delivered insights into ag real estate investment http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-01/farmers-must-embrace-big-business-investment/7677550?WT.mc_id=newsmail and Fonterra's Fabrizio Jorge detailed the world milk glut http://www.stockandland.com.au/story/4060384/fonterra-here-to-stay-senior-director/ Dr Christine Pitt identified growth opportunities in red meat http://www.stockandland.com.au/story/4060619/china-strategy-being-refined-by-mla/?src=rss&utm_source=Stock+%26+Land+Newsletters&utm_campaign=9e7d640a37-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d5fc318b38-9e7d640a37-114551953

See full presentations from the conference at http://wp.me/pw6hc-gE

Some of the attendees at our annual conference were agribusiness students from University of Melbourne and Latrobe University sponsored by Agriculture Victoria and Brialan Pastoral Company. We thank them for supporting these farm leaders of the future. We also thank our other sponsors RASV and Baw Baw Shire Council. We thank Djinta Djinta wines for their kind donation and Gippsland Farmer for helping with publicity. We also thank Jeanette Severs who donated her skills as conference photographer https://www.facebook.com/agribusinessgippsland/ And, as ever, we thank the jolly crew at Lardner Park.

For more information:

Contact us at agribusinessgippsland@gmail.com or ph 0402 267 802.

Source: www.gippsland.com

Published by: support@gippsland.com

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