Events
- 2008 Ladies' Day and inaugural dinner
- 2008 Farm Office Workshops
- 2008 Sponsors' and Corporate Members' Networking Function
- 2008 Sponsors' Night
- 2008 EDRS Field day (in conjuncion with Department of Agriculture and Food WA)
- 2008 Ladies' Field day (part of EDRS Field day)
- 2008 SEPWA and Liebe Group Young Growers' tour (Esperance Port Zone component)
- 2008 Local field days
- 2008 Focus Groups - More Than Trees and Fences
- 2008 Internatonal Women's Day lunch
- 2008 Lunch 'n' Learn - Goal Setting
- 2008 Goal Setting Workshop
- 2009 Winner's Image Workshop
- 2009 Bloke's Lunch and Learn
- 2009 Precision Agriculture Workshop
- 2009 Managing a Difficult Harvest Workshop
- 2009 Horses for Courses - Managing Human Resources - in conjuncion with Esperance Chamber of Commerce, funded by Small Business Centre South East Coastal
- 2009 Ravensthorpe Crop Updates
- 2009 SEPWA Harvest Debrief (interesting speakers on Precision Agriculture), AGM and Dinner
- 2009 Festival of the Wind Beer Appreciation event
- 2009 Soil 2 Grain Workshop
- 2009 SEPWA and Liebe Group Young Growers' Eastern States Study Tour
- 2009 Ladies' Day and Dinner
Funding Projects
- "Horses for Courses - Managing Human Resources" - in conjunction with Esperance Chamber of Commerce, funded by Small Business Centre South East Coastal
- "Agronomy Jigsaw - Water use efficiency" project in partnership with DAFWA
- "More Than Trees and Fences Project" in partnership with Esperance Regional Forum funded through South Coast Natural Resource Management
- "Path to purity - the first steps in grower variety purity testing for malt barley" project funded by DAFWA and GRDC
- "Putting Precision Agriculture on the ground in Western Australia" project funded by GRDC
- "More Than a Passing Phase" project book published and project concluded (funded through South Coast Natural Resource Management)
- Young Grower's Tour 2008 with Liebe Group - funded by GRDC and DAFWA
- Ladies' Day 2009 - funding from DAFF and Small Business Centre South East Coastal
- Young Grower's Tour 2009 - funding from DAFF and GRDC
Trials
- Interflour funded comprehensive trials program throughout the Esperance Port Zone
Other
- Coordinated Trial Sites throughout the Esperance Port Zone
- Continued employment of Gemma Walker as Executive Officer
- Continued employment of Nigel Metz as Projects Officer
- Appointment of Jan Clawson as Finance Officer
- Appointment of Julia Ashby as Media Officer (part time)
- Appointment of Bill Sharp as Projects Officer
- Continued development of the SEPWA webpage (www.sepwa.org.au)
- Continued involvement with the Grower Group Alliance
- Increased numbers of members and associated members
- Increased the numbers of sponsors
- Selected to present at International Australasia Pacific Extension Network conference
- Selected to present at Australian Barley Technical Symposium
Grains Industry Lobbying
- Sand in canola stack for 09/10 harvest
- High Moisture barley segregations in Esperance for 08/09 harvest
- Genetically modified canola trials for the Esperance Port Zone
Executive Representation on other Committees
- Nuffield Scholars - Andrew Fowler and David Cox
- GIWA subcommittee - Chris Reichstein
- Neridup Soil Improvement Group - David Cox
- Beaumont Better Farming Group - Lyndon Mickel
- CBH Board - Steve Tilbrook
- Barley Council (Chair) - Steve Tilbrook
- GIWA Executive - Steve Tilbrook
- North Mallee Group - Sam Guest
- Munglinup Growers' Group - Doc Fetherstonhaugh
Achievements 2008-2009