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Rice for profit

Course details

Name: Rice for profit
Description: A course for producers who want to improve their skills in managing rice and maximising yields.
Cost: $810 incl. GST.
Includes a field tour.
Course aim: To assist rice producers improve their skills in rice management
Learning outcomes:
  • Develop an overview of the rice industry
  • Describe the key steps in crop establishment
  • Identify key seasonal management decisions
  • Identify timing of operations
Length: 3 days
Course program/structure: Day 1
  • Rice technology introduction
  • Crop establishment
  • Rice pests
  • The plant
  • Planning

Day 2

  • Weed control
  • Nutrition
  • Water use and management
  • Field trip to SunRice
  • Precision agriculture
  • Varieties
  • Rice farm layout

Day 3

  • Managing the crop from sowing to harvest
  • Principles of Ricecheck
  • Harvest and grain quality
Resources and method of delivery:

Participants receive a course manual and crop protection and variety guides.

This course is delivered mainly indoors.
Accreditation: This course is mapped to the national unit of compency - RTF4004A.

 

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Murrumbidgee Rural Studies Centre, Yanco
Phone: 1800 628 422
Email: mrsc@dpi.nsw.gov.au

Testimonial

The 'Rice for profit' course allows the young participants to update their skills and it's a great refresher for the older ones.
- Graham Menzies
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