Presentations

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Day 1 – Tuesday 2 March

Opening address
The Hon. Tony Burke MP Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	Paper

Conference dinner address
The Hon. John Kerin	Paper

Economic overview
Phillip Glyde ABARE Outlook for Australia's commodity sector	Paper 153kb	Presentation 392kb
Murilo Portugal International Monetary Fund Outlook for the world economy		Presentation 648kb
Bill Evans Westpac Australia's recovery profile in an uncertain world		Presentation 1.6mb

Farm performance: investing in agriculture
Bruce Bowen ABARE Financial performance of broadacre and dairy farms	Paper 266kb	Presentation 451kb
Robert Kelly Mt. William Implementing technology to improve productivity		Presentation 631kb
Tony Eyres Harvest Capital Partners Equity partnerships in Australian agriculture - harvesting the opportunity	Paper 2.5mb

Climate change and forestry
Sinniah Mahendrarajah ABARE Future directions for the Australian forest industry	Paper 460kb	Presentation 1.22mb
Mike Battaglia CSIRO Impacts of climate change on Australia’s forests and plantations		Presentation 1.3mb
Michael Ryan VicForests Victorian wildfires: Implications for sustainable harvesting of native forests		Presentation 2.6mb

Biosecurity: moving to a risk return approach
Tom Kompas Australian National University The economics of biosecurity: risk, returns, quarantine and surveillance		Presentation 868kb
Quin Scalzo Scalzo Food Industries Biosecurity – moving to a risk return approach		Presentation 270kb
Rona Mellor Biosecurity Services Group A government perspective on risk and return		Presentation 475kb

Horticulture: taking a new approach
Alison Turnbull Horticulture Australia Understanding and responding to climate change		Presentation 408kb
Tony Russell Apple & Pear Australia Industry’s view on building strategic R&D partnerships	Paper 140kb	Presentation 94kb
David Chenu Horticulture Australia Marketing to a new generation		Presentation 2.3mb

Agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions
Helal Ahammad ABARE Impacts of an emissions offset scheme on Australian agriculture	Paper 460kb	Presentation 2.1mb
Richard Eckard University of Melbourne Options for agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation		Presentation 898kb
Kim Ritman Bureau of Rural Sciences Soil carbon for productivity or trading?	Paper 1.8mb	Presentation 399kb

Grains
Terry Sheales ABARE Outlook for grains	Paper 140kb	Presentation 711kb
Mark Tester University of Adelaide Research developments in GM grains		Presentation 2.1mb
Tom Shenstone Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada The Canadian experience in grain marketing		Presentation 266kb

Fibres
Jammie Penm ABARE Outlook for wool	Paper 114kb	Presentation 999kb
Felicity McDonald The Merino Company A shining light in a gloomy industry		Presentation 2.4mb
Armelle Gruère International Cotton Advisory Committee Global cotton outlook	Paper 145kb	Presentation 500kb

Fish for food into the future
Robert Curtotti ABARE Australian fisheries - the global context	Paper 460kb	Presentation 1.16mb
George Kailis MG Kailis Group Maximising value from our fisheries	Paper 164kb	Presentation 1.24mb
Frank Prokop Recfishwest Will there be recreational fishing in the future?	Paper 640kb	Presentation 1.19mb
Ewan Colquhoun Ridge Partners Looking to the past to inform future fisheries research		Presentation 2.22mb

Productivity
Peter Gooday ABARE Productivity growth: trends, drivers and opportunities	Paper 190kb	Presentation 525kb
Don Yule CTF Solutions Controlled traffic farming and agricultural productivity		Presentation 1.5mb
Sally Marsh University of Western Australia Adopting innovations in agricultural industries	Paper 305kb	Presentation 364kb

Wine
Caroline Gunning-Trant ABARE Outlook for wine	Paper 163kb	Presentation 1.4mb
Michael Dalbosco North East Valleys Wine Group North East Valleys – a grapegrower marketing alternative	Paper 100kb	Presentation 1.5mb
James Wilson Constellation Wines Australia Australian wine exports - where to next?		Presentation 314kb

Irrigation farm performance
Dale Ashton ABARE Adapting to ongoing drought in the Murray-Darling Basin	Paper 460kb	Presentation 647kb
Jason Size Producer, South Australia Horticulture management in times of water scarcity	Paper 171kb	Presentation 892kb
Chris Bennett Irrigation Australia Opportunities for on-farm efficiency gains and adaptation		Presentation 784kb

Day 2 – Wednesday 3 March

Future directions for trade poliy
Crawford Falconer Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade NZ Developments in the agricultural trade negotiations	Paper 244kb
Robert Thompson University of Illinois Developments in US agricultural policies		Presentation 164kb
Andrew Stoler Institute for International Trade Approaches to agricultural trade liberalisation		Presentation 95kb

Water policy: its role in climate adaptation
Tim Goesch ABARE Economic impacts of water scarcity in perspective	Paper 352kb	Presentation 1.46mb
Michael Taylor Murray-Darling Basin Authority Progress and challenges in developing a new Murray-Darling Basin Plan
Colin Mues Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Water for the Future – transitioning to a future with less water		Presentation 631kb
Mark Skewes South Australian Research and Development Institute Adapting permanent horticulture to cope with water scarcity	Paper 244kb

Meat
Paul Morris ABARE Outlook for meat	Paper 172kb	Presentation 956kb
Jackie McArthur McDonald's Australia Meat – Australian beef and what it means to McDonalds?		Presentation 4.4mb
Aaron Iori Meat and Livestock Australia Outlook for markets in South East Asia and China		Presentation 722kb

R&D: building a strong agriculture sector
Kate Grenot Rural R&D Council What should rural R&D investment look like?		Presentation 2.8mb
Kurt Lambeck Academy of Science Primary industries and science - an Academy perspective	Paper 177kb	Presentation 870kb
Beth Woods Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation Qld International rural R&D	Paper 232kb	Presentation 295kb
Bruce Kefford Department of Primary Industries VIC Evolution of the National Primary Industries R,D&E Framework		Presentation 426kb

Sugar
Max Foster ABARE Outlook for sugar	Paper 127kb	Presentation 659kb
Eduardo Leão de Sousa Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) How sweet can ethanol be: a Brazilian perspective		Presentation 18.3mb
Ian Glasson CSR The Australian sugar industry		Presentation 1.2mb

Food security
Brian Fisher BAEconomics Economic dimensions of food security
Nick Austin Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research The science of food security	Paper 534kb	Presentation 770kb
Kym Anderson University of Adelaide Food security and trade in developing countries		Presentation 1.2mb

Dairy: the road to recovery
John Hogan ABARE Outlook for dairy	Paper 114kb	Presentation 416kb
Max Roberts Dairy Australia How farmers are dealing with volatility		Presentation 451kb
Jane Bennett Ashgrove Cheese		Presentation 901kb

Next generation in the rural sector
Lester Marshall Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars
Richard Heath Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars		Presentation 1.2mb
Peter Notman Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars		Presentation 1.1mb

Exploring Northern Australia
Joe Ross Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce		Presentation 1.2mb
Ned McCord Bunuba Pastoral Company Indigenous pastoralism in Northern Australia: making it happen	Paper 406kb	Presentation 809kb
Peter Stone CSIRO		Presentation 1.2mb
Noeline Gross Northern Gulf Resource Management Group	Paper 2.3mb	Presentation 1.3mb

The what, where and how of the Producer Support Estimate for agriculture
Hsin Huang Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD’s Producer Support Estimate		Presentation 804kb