Agriculture

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY LANDS. EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR TENURE UNDER SECTION 34A CROWN LANDS ACT 1989.
In pursuance of the provisions of the Crown Lands Act 1989, notice is hereby given that the Minister for Lands and Water proposes to grant tenure over the Crown Reserve listed in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1:
Lot 7302 DP 1154185, (168.65 HA), at Beelbangera (File: 17/07085)
All interested persons are hereby invited to register their expression of interest in licensing the site to Lands - Griffith, on the contact details enclosed, within fourteen (14) days of the date of this advertisement. Please note that under the provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) Act, such submissions may be referred to third parties (such as council) for consideration.
For further enquiries, or to register your interest, please contact the case officer, Bec Byrne, email: bec.byrne@crownland.nsw.gov.au or call (02) 6960-1343, or 0447-167-637.

HILLSIDE/GRAZING/HAY BLOCK.
Expressions of interest sought for hillside/grazing/hay block. 45 acres. 7 km Cambridge.
Ph: 021 975-265.

CENTRAL HIGHLANDS REGIONAL COUNCIL. EMERALD SALEYARDS - CONTRACTOR POSITIONS.
Expression of interest.· General Labourer - Scalehouse
· General Labourer - (Saleyard activities e.g. repairs and maintenance, livestock handling, cleaning, feeding, etc.) Skid Steer competency and experience necessary.
Labourers must be able to demonstrate experience and competency in the handling of livestock.
Applications close Wednesday 26 July 2017.
For further information, to obtain a copy of the contract labour position specifications and details on how to apply, please contact Aimee Carson.
Phone: 4986-8425. Email: enquiries@chrc.qld.gov.au
1300 242-686. www.centralhighlands.qld.gov.au

GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. NUTRIENT RE-DISTRIBUTION AND AVAILABILITY IN AMELIORATED AND CULTIVATED SOILS IN THE WESTERN REGION. Request for Tender.
ATM ID: PROC-9175173.
Close Date & Time: 25-July-2017, 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time).
Description: By June 30 2021, new knowledge on the impact of mechanical soil amelioration practices on nutrient re-distribution through the soil profile and the impact on crop demand for nutrition and its better prediction will result in better fertiliser decisions.
This GRDC investment is to:· By June 30 2021, conduct a series of experiments on the major soils types in the Western Region to understand the effect of mechanical soil amelioration on nutrient re-distribution and its impact on crop nutrient supply. The research will focus on;
· The effect of different mechanical soil amelioration practices on the re- distribution of plant-available nutrition through the soil profile.
· Changes in soil supply and crop response to fertiliser in mechanically ameliorated soils.
· New soil testing methodology to accurately determine plant-available nutrition in ameliorated soils.
· Collaboration with the 'Improved sampling methods to better predict nutrient availability and supply of soils in the Western Region' project is required.
ii. Use revised soil tests and crop response information to provide improved fertiliser requirements predictions.
· At least two peer reviewed journal articles published by June 2021.
· Annually, for the life of the project, extend the research to at least 300 growers, advisers and industry professionals.
· By March 2018, and each subsequent year, an Annual Progress Report detailing the key findings of the project for the reporting period.
· By June 30 2021, a Final Technical Report amalgamating the key findings, new knowledge and conclusions of the project to provide an overall interpretation of the work.
Stephanie Meikle: P: +61 (08) 9230-4600. E: Stephanie.Meikle@grdc.com.au
Document(s) Contact Name: Stephanie Meikle, Document(s) Contact Phone: +61 (08) 9230-4600. Document(s) Contact Email:
Stephanie.Meikle@grdc.com.au
Other Instructions: Tenderers must familiarise themselves with further information found at https://grdc.com.au/Apply/Current-Tenders/ Nutrient re-distribution and availability in ameliorated and cultivated soils in the Western Region including terms and conditions of participation, required form of response and draft contract.
Conditions for Participation:
1. The Applicant must be a single legal entity or recognised firm of partner.
2. The Applicant must be financially viable. For the purposes of this condition, 'financially viable' means that the Tenderer has not had any of the following events occur in respect of it:
a. a meeting of creditors being called or held within the past five years;
b. the appointment of a liquidator, provisional liquidator or administrator within the past five years;
c. the appointment of a controller (as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act (2001)), or analogous person appointed, including in respect of any of its property within the past five years;
d. a failure to comply with a statutory demand in respect of the payment of any debt;
e. an inability to pay debts as they fall due or otherwise becoming insolvent;
f. becoming incapable of managing its own affairs for any reason;
g. taking any step resulting in insolvency under administration (as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001);
h. entering into a compromise or arrangement with, or assignment for the benefit of, any of its creditors, or any analogous event.
3. The Applicant and any proposed subcontractor must be compliant with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.
4. The Applicant must include in its application details of any known circumstances that may give rise to an actual or potential Conflict of Interest with GRDC in responding to this procurement. The Applicant's response will be taken into account in the evaluation.
Timeframe for Delivery: July 2017 to June 2021.
Address for Lodgement: By portal submission only at https://access.grdc.com.au/
This information is subject to change and should be verified on the AusTender Website. Documents available from Internet Site https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.advert.show&AdvertUUID=EC3812C7-A99A-AF42-6C95423BB0168617

GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. INCREASING PROFIT FROM N, P AND K FERTILISER INPUTS INTO THE EVOLVING CROPPING SEQUENCES IN THE WESTERN REGION.
Request for Tender.
ATM ID: PROC-9175172.
Close Date & Time: 25-July-2017, 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time).
Description: Systems for prediction of fertilizer requirements take account of the complex biophysical and economic context within which our crops are grown. They involve an understanding of the current nutritional status as impacted by soil type and past history of application, crop specific response functions, yield expectations including likely climatic constraints as well as input costs and prices and the potential for residual value of applied fertiliser.
Much has changed in recent times with cropping systems and sequences in the Western Region meaning that the context surrounding input information for fertilizer decisions has changed.
We need to continuously update our understanding of the factors that connect fertilizer use to crop profitability. This is particularly relevant at times like the present when systems and crop sequences are rapidly evolving and input costs and prices are volatile.
This GRDC investment is to: NITROGEN · By 30 June 2022, complete a program of research and generate new knowledge and understanding of N within the farming system with a focus on:
· Direct measurement of the quantities and fate (including plant uptake) of N immobilised and mineralised from the soil organic pool, different types of stubble (species, amount, management, fallow), residual N fertiliser, legume-derived pools (including different species).
· Assessment of changing N mineralisation rates due to increasing summer/autumn rain in the Western Region and the impact on crop N requirements.
· The economics of N decision making in Western Region farming systems.
· By June 30 2022, update and make available the Select Your Nitrogen (SYN) model incorporating new knowledge from output 1.
PHOSPHORUS
· By June 30 2022, complete a series of experiments and generate new knowledge to determine the impact, including economics, of repeatedly applying low rates of P at crop establish. The research should focus on wheat, canola and lupins.
· By June 30 2022, complete a series of experiments and generate new knowledge to understand P availability and measurement thereof within the soil profile.
· The extent, impact and ways to correct P deficiency in sub-soils.
POTASSIUM
· By 30 June 2018 complete a technical and economic review and present GRDC with a report on the suitability of soil test methods to predict K responsiveness for the key soils in key environments across the Western Region.
· By 30 June 2022, complete a series of experiments and generate new knowledge and understanding of K in the dominant soil types in Western Region. The research will focus on:
· Understand K transformations and the fate of soil and fertiliser K.
· Physiology of plant uptake of K and K use efficiency in wheat, canola and barley.
· K movement into and through soils including the extent and depth of K leaching.
· The extent, impact and ways to correct K deficiency in sub-soils.
· The economics of K application in Western Region farming systems.
ADDITIONAL OUTPUTS:
· By June 30 2022, at least one (1) post-doc researcher and two (2) PhD students have completed projects.
· Research topics can be N, P, K or trace elements.
· Annually, for the life of the project, upload all field trial results to the Better Fertilisers Decisions Cropping database.
· By June 30 2022, at least seven peer reviewed journal articles published communicating the results of the research in outputs 1 to 7.
· Annually, for the life of the project, deliver extension and training to increase the skill of at least 600 growers, advisers and industry professionals. As a minimum this will include;
· Presentations at field days and Updates workshops in Perth and regional areas.
· At least three workshops per annum delivering technical knowledge to advisers.
· At least five workshops per annum extending research outputs to growers.
· By March 2018, and each subsequent year, an Annual Progress Report detailing the key findings of the project for the reporting period.
· By June 2022, a Final Technical Report amalgamating the key findings, new knowledge and conclusions of the project to provide an overall interpretation of the work.
Stephanie Meikle, P: +61 (08) 9230-4600. E: Stephanie.Meikle@grdc.com.au
Document(s) Contact Name: Stephanie Meikle, Document(s) Contact Phone: +61 (08) 9230-4600. Document(s) Contact Email:
Stephanie.Meikle@grdc.com.au
Other Instructions: Tenderers must familiarise themselves with further information found at https://grdc.com.au/Apply/Current-Tenders/ Increasing profit from N, P and K fertiliser inputs into the evolving cropping sequences in the Western Region including terms and conditions of participation, required form of response and draft contract.
Conditions for Participation:
1. The Applicant must be a single legal entity or recognised firm of partners.
2. The Applicant must be financially viable. For the purposes of this condition, 'financially viable' means that the Tenderer has not had any of the following events occur in respect of it:
a. a meeting of creditors being called or held within the past five years;
b. the appointment of a liquidator, provisional liquidator or administrator within the past five years;
c. the appointment of a controller (as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act (2001)), or analogous person appointed, including in respect of any of its property within the past five years;
d. a failure to comply with a statutory demand in respect of the payment of any debt;
e. an inability to pay debts as they fall due or otherwise becoming insolvent;
f. becoming incapable of managing its own affairs for any reason;
g. taking any step resulting in insolvency under administration (as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001);
h. entering into a compromise or arrangement with, or assignment for the benefit of, any of its creditors, or any analogous event.
3. The Applicant and any proposed subcontractor must be compliant with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.
4. The Applicant must include in its application details of any known circumstances that may give rise to an actual or potential Conflict of Interest with GRDC in responding to this procurement. The Applicant's response will be taken into account in the evaluation.
Timeframe for Delivery: July 2017 to June 2020.
Address for Lodgement: By portal submission only at https://access.grdc.com.au/
This information is subject to change and should be verified on the AusTender Website. Documents available from Internet Site https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.advert.show&AdvertUUID=EC20EE98-C969-659B-7C005E0822B2B130

GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IMPROVED SAMPLING METHODS TO BETTER PREDICT NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY FOR SOILS INN THE WESTERN REGION.
Request for Tender.
ATM ID: PROC-9175171.
Close Date & Time: 25-July-2017, 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time).
Description: By June 30 2020, a new methodology(s) for collecting soil samples will increase the accuracy of determining plant available nutrients in Western Region soils and result in growers making better fertiliser decisions.
This GRDC investment is to:· By 30 June 2020, complete a series of field and glasshouse experiments evaluating the accuracy of different soil sampling methodologies to measure plant available nutrients. Measurements should include;
· Spatial and depth accuracy.
· Timing of the collection of samples and its effect on plant availability of nutrients and fertiliser responsiveness.
· Number of samples collected within a paddock to accurately assess plant availability of nutrients.
· By 30 June 2020, a report to GRDC and extended to industry outlining a new soil sampling methodology that improves the detection of plant available nutrients and improves grower decision making.
· By March 2018, and each subsequent year, an Annual Progress Report detailing the key findings of the project for the reporting period.
· By June 2020, a Final Technical Report amalgamating the key findings, new knowledge and conclusions of the project to provide an overall interpretation of the work.
Stephanie Meikle, P: +61 (08) 9230-4600. E: Stephanie.Meikle@grdc.com.au
Document(s) Contact Name: Stephanie Meikle, Document(s) Contact Phone: +61 (08) 9230-4600. Document(s) Contact Email:
Stephanie.Meikle@grdc.com.au
Other Instructions: Tenderers must familiarise themselves with further information found at https://grdc.com.au/Apply/Current-Tenders/ Improved sampling methods to better predict nutrient availability and supply for soils in the Western Region including terms and conditions of participation, required form of response and draft contract.
Conditions for Participation:
1. The Applicant must be a single legal entity or recognised firm of partners.
2. The Applicant must be financially viable. For the purposes of this condition, 'financially viable' means that the Tenderer has not had any of the following events occur in respect of it:
· a. a meeting of creditors being called or held within the past five years;
· b. the appointment of a liquidator, provisional liquidator or administrator within the past five years;
· c. the appointment of a controller (as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act (2001)), or analogous person appointed, including in respect of any of its property within the past five years;
· d. a failure to comply with a statutory demand in respect of the payment of any debt;
· e. an inability to pay debts as they fall due or otherwise becoming insolvent;
· f. becoming incapable of managing its own affairs for any reason;
· g. taking any step resulting in insolvency under administration (as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001);
· h. entering into a compromise or arrangement with, or assignment for the benefit of, any of its creditors, or any analogous event.
3. The Applicant and any proposed subcontractor must be compliant with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.
4. The Applicant must include in its application details of any known circumstances that may give rise to an actual or potential Conflict of Interest with GRDC in responding to this procurement. The Applicant's response will be taken into account in the evaluation.
Timeframe for Delivery: July 2017 to June 2020.
Address for Lodgement: By portal submission only at https://access.grdc.com.au/
This information is subject to change and should be verified on the AusTender Website. Documents available from Internet Site https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.advert.show&AdvertUUID=EBF7F374-029E-40F9-C766FEFFF4C36196

TE TUMU PAEROA. LAND FOR LEASE MANAWATU KUKUTAUAKI 2D7 (13.8HA).
STATE HIGHWAY 57 SHANNON.
Expressions of Interest are invited for the lease of 13.8124 hectares situated on State Highway 57, three kilometres north-east of Shannon.
The property is long and narrow in shape, running east from State Highway 57 (the Palmerston North - Shannon Road) and is in two terraces. The block is boundary fenced and subdivided into eight paddocks. The property has a good set of stockyards adjacent to the main road gate entrance and a good metal based track provides all-weather access from the road entrance across to the main flat. Water is supplied from the Shannon Borough water supply, reticulated to troughs located in each paddock. Stock water is also available from two dams on the property.
The property is suitable for Sheep/Beef fattening and Dairy Support. Available for lease from 1 October 2017. The term of lease will be no longer than six years.
Te Tumu Paeroa is under no obligation to accept the highest, or any other offer.
Expressions of interest close at 5pm, Friday 21st July 2017.
For further information contact Lisa Bennett, Property Officer. Te Tumu Paeroa, Whanganui, Phone: (06) 348-0517.
Enail: lisa.bennett@tetumupaeroa.conz

UNTRAINED RAAF DOGS AVAILABLE FOR SALE BY TENDER. RAAF Base, Amberley, has male and female German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois, for sale by tender.
Dogs ages vary from 12 months old to 5 years old. Dogs are de-sexed, microchipped and vaccinated, no pedigree papers are provided. Dogs available for viewing on Friday 14 July 2017, 10:00am to 11:30am, at Military Working Dog Supply Flight, RAAF Security and Fire School, Tarakan Road, RAAF Base, Amberley 4306.
Tenders close 4:00pm Wednesday 19 July 2017.
Tenders may be posted to Military Working Dog Supply Flight, attention Tender Board, or by hand on the day of viewing.
More info contact (07) 5361-3688, email: raaf.puppycarera@defence.gov.au

HORTICULTURE INNOVATION AUSTRALIA.
AREA WIDE MANAGEMENT OF VEGETABLE DISEASES: VIRUSES AND BACTERIA (VG16086).
Request for Proposal:
Hort Innovation is seeking suitably qualified, experienced and capable service provider with co-investment to undertake national delivery and cross-disciplinary collaboration to undertake the project Area wide management of vegetable diseases: viruses and bacteria (VG16086).
The objectives of the services are to help Hort Innovation and the vegetable industry to:· Minimise the effect of high impact endemic disease issues and vectors of these diseases on the Australian vegetable industry
· Reduce the threat of introduction of exotic viral and bacterial diseases of vegetables into Australia through proactive preparedness measures.
Hort Innovation has prepared a Request for Proposal (RFP) document that provides background information, outlines the scope of services, the procurement process and the information required from interested parties. This RFP may be downloaded from: www.tenders.net
(you will need to be a member of tenders.net to access).
The closing date for responses is 5pm (Sydney time), July 18, 2017.
Documents available from Internet Site
http://horticulture.com.au/tenders/

The City is seeking tenders from appropriately qualified and experienced contractors to supply and apply turf enhancement products and/or top dressing.
Details of the Conditions of Tendering and Contract, Scope and Selection Criteria are provided in the City's Tender Document.
The Tender Documents are available from Saturday, 1 July 2017 and can be downloaded via the City's e-Procurement portal www.tenderlink.com/joondalup.
Contact Person: Syed Ahmed, Phone (08) 9400 4277
Closing Date/Time: Tuesday, 18 July 2017 @ 2:00 p.m. WST
Tender Lodgement: City of Joondalup e-Procurement Portal www.tenderlink.com/joondalup
Canvassing of Elected Members will disqualify Respondents from further consideration.
GARRY HUNT
Chief Executive Officer