Traditionally, the Association meets over lunch on the last Friday of each month to hear invited speakers or expert panels present and discuss their views on rural issues of current importance.

Bookings can be made online.

The cost for lunch is $70 per person or voucher for members and $90 for non-members.
(The Association reserves the right to charge an administration fee of $5 for bookings made after the booking deadline for each event. Please also note that if cancellations are not received by the appropriate deadline, the Association incurs a charge and this charge will be passed on to the person who made the booking.)

Books of vouchers can be ordered from the Treasurer at a cost of $420 for 6 or $840 for 12 vouchers.

Meeting times are 12:00 for 12.30pm
(excepting the Budget breakfast, the Christmas party and Agribuzz events).

Venue: Brisbane and Adelaide Rooms at The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel
14 Carrington Street
Sydney - (near Wynyard station).
See the map for more detail.

Parking: Carpark entry is via Wynyard Lane. Parking discount vouchers are available from our venue reception team upon arrival.

Confirmed Breakfast & Lunch Meetings for 2010:
Feb | March |April | May | June | July |August |

August 2010
Date	Friday, 27th August
Speaker	Peter O'Keefe. Head of Monsanto in Australia.
Topic	Is it time to kick off the shackles and get serious about GM? Monsanto speaks out.
Sponsor	TBC
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney.
Agribuzz - August 2010
Date	Thursday, 19th August
Speaker	Tony Batterham. Tony is a Consultant veterinarian to leading beef feedlot companies and a Director of the Quirindi Veterinary Clinic, Quirindi Feedlot Services and Vmarc Australia.
Topic	Tony discusses his journey from a locum in the UK to consulting for leading feedlots and directing a number of veterinary companies.
Sponsor	Pfizer Animal Health
Venue	Hyde Park Barracks, Queens Square, Macquarie St, Sydney. 6:00pm to 8:00pm
July 2010
Date	Friday, 30 July, 2010
Speaker	David Sackett, Holmes and Sackett
Topic	Corporate and Private Wealth Investors in Australian Agriculture: who will do best and why
Corporate Members of the Month	TBC
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
Agribuzz - June 2010
Date	Thursday, June 10, 2010
Speaker	Charlie Blomfield - Managing Director Agricultural Management Company
Topic	Agribuzz topic - TBC
Sponsors	Grain Growers Association
Venue	Hyde Park Barracks
June 2010
Date	Friday, June 25, 2010
Speaker	Steve Whan - Primary Industry Minister
Topic	Run up to the State election in March 2011
Corporate Members of the Month	TBC
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
May 2009
Date	Friday, May 21, 2010
Speaker	Bob Young, Chief Economist, American Farm Bureau
Topic	Agriculture and the economy: an American/Australia perspective
Corporate Members of the Month	Syngenta
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
April 2010
Date	Friday April 30, 2010
Speaker	John Lloyd, CEO HAL
Topic	Horticulture is heading towards $10 billion boom
Corporate Members of the Month	Agricultural Appointments
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
Agribuzz - April 2010
Date	Thursday, 8th April, 2010
Speaker	Allison Kirk - RAS Council, Westpac
Topic	Agribuzz at the Easter Show: Farm Writers’ joins with the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) on Excellence in Agriculture Day at the Easter Show – Thursday 8 April - to hear Alison Kirk tell the story of her path to leadership roles. Alison is one of the youngest Councillors of the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW and is the Westpac Group's Senior Manager for Agribusiness Industry Risk in the retail sector. Thanks to RAS, your entry to the Easter Show is included in the cost of the event ($30 for Farm Writers' members). Book now.
Sponsors	The Royal Agricultural Society
Venue	RAS Function Rooms, Sydney Showground, Homebush Bay
March 2010
Date	Friday, March 26, 2010
Speaker	Peter Spencer's barrister Peter King
Topic	Farmer property rights under assault
Corporate Members of the Month	TBC
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
Agribuzz - February 2010
Date	Thursday, February 11, 2010
Speaker	Kim Currie, CEO of Brand Orange
Topic	Farm Writers’ invites you to attend our first Agribuzz of 2010. Join our members, friends and colleagues while we enjoy A Taste of Orange on Thursday 11th February. Agribuzz is a smart-casual event in an intimate relaxed atmosphere that facilitates professional networking and development opportunities. Over drinks and canapés, our members and friends exchange business intelligence and views, enjoy brief presentations from key-note speakers and take the rare chance to meet agribusiness’s leaders or leaders-in–the-making.
Sponsors	Rabobank and Tamburlaine Organic Wines
Venue	Rabobank, Darling Park Tower 3, 201 Sussex Street, Sydney
Bookings	Must be received before 5pm Monday 8th of February 2010 online or to bookings@nswfarmwriters.org
Cost	$25 for NSW Farm Writers’ members $30 for non-members Cash only at the door
February 2010
Date	Friday, February 26, 2010
Speaker	NSW Irrigators Council CEO Andrew Gregson
Topic	Take Me To The River: The Changing Face of Water Trading in NSW
Corporate Members of the Month	TBC
Venue	The Menzies Hotel, 14 Carrington Street, Sydney