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eNews - November 2009
Quote of the Month
A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.
Nolan Bushnell
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present - are certain to miss the future.
John F. Kennedy
Welcome
Welcome to the November 2009 edition of the Bestprac e-newsletter. As I am writing this the Australian Pastoral Property Innovation Manual is just being delivered from the printer. This is very exciting as it wraps up the final stage of the project that has seen 120 innovations gathered from across Australia. The manual will now be provided, free of charge, to all contributing businesses and will also be available for sale via the Bestprac website for $55 (inc GST).
Natasha Morley and Carlyn Mellors with the manual after it was delivered this morning
As well as this exciting news, we have a large amount of other articles for you to review in this edition. Susan and Rod have again provided us with articles on weather and health to inspire you all. We also have a few innovations that have been submitted after the manual was compiled, these innovations are listed in the Innovation Corner part of this newsletter. Thanks to the businesses that have sent in these pictures and short descriptions. We welcome producer contributions at any time.
Contents
Innovation Manual
Download some example innovations or order the whole manual.
Congratulations
Royal Show success for an SA Bestprac member
WoolPoll 2009
Don’t forget to lodge your vote by THIS FRIDAY
Best Practice Health
Rod Fardell has provided us with another healthy focus article to get us all inspired.
Weather Watch
Susan Carn provides us with her assessment of how the climate tools she evaluates have gone as far as accuracy of their predictions.
AWI launches LiceSense
Australian Wool Innovation is helping growers make sense of the increasing problem of lice infestations with a new extension program known as LiceSense.
Industry training opportunity for SA all sheep producers
The program begins in February 2010 and is co funded by the Sheep Industry Fund. It has been designed to increase the skills and knowledge of sheep producers in a range of areas specific to running a successful farming business.
Innovation Corner
Itching solution
Trough Cleaner
Atlex Stockyards
Want to provide feedback or comments about the articles? Simply click on the “Feedback” icon at the top of the screen and your comments will be posted. This section of the website is designed to allow a discussion about topics to begin. All members can contribute feedback items at anytime.
We hope you enjoy this edition of the Bestprac e-newsletter. We will have one more newsletter for this year – it is amazing how time has flown.
Regards
Carlyn Mellors
Bestprac Coordination Team