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AWI Shearing & Sheep Handling Innovation & Demonstration Day

EVENT DETAILS
Date:
24 February 2023 - 24 February 2023
Time:
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location:
Jamestown Showgrounds, Kilmarnock Terrace, JAMESTOWN SA 5491
Cost:
No charge to attend – food and drink is available to purchase
Phone:
0448 404 407
Email:
tom.hersee@wool.com
AWI & PIRSA invites you to see demonstrations of commercially available options for mobile, upright and adaptable wool harvesting alternatives, as well as a range of sheep handling equipment and sheep yards.
9:00 am | Event Open |
9:00 - 10:00 am | Demonstrations & Displays commence |
10:00 - 11:00 am | Presentations: |
AWI Race Delivery - Stephen Feighan, AWI | |
Safe Sheds - WASIA | |
Sheep handlers & yard design - Ben White, Kondinin | |
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Demonstrations & Displays continue |
1:00 - 2:00 pm | Presentations Repeated |
2:00 - 4:00pm | Demonstrations & Displays continue |
4:00 pm | Event Close |
Working demonstrations and presentations will be held across the day:
- Commercially available options for mobile, upright and adaptable wool harvesting alternatives
- Talk to leading machinery, shed, handler and yard manufacturers on design and construction
- See what’s the horizon with research into safer and more productive and efficient wool harvesting systems
- Check out the innovation in shearer and wool handler safety technology, handpiece and shed design, and biological defleecing
- Get the latest in AWI shearing shed safety, shed design and shearer and wool handler training initiatives
Food and drinks will be available to purchase on the day from Jamestown Show Society.
REGISTER NOW! This event is free of charge, but we’d really appreciate you registering so we can let the caterers know numbers.
For more information, please call Tom Hersee 0448 404 407.