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NOTE: To get off this list, send email to majordomo@aqua.ccwr.ac.za with the body of the message containing the line: unsubscribe sowacs Announcement of 'Electromagnetic techniques for Agricultural Resource Management Conference' Dear List Members I'd like to take this opportunity to announce a conference on 'Electromagnetic Techniques for Agricultural Resource Management' - organized by the Riverina Branch of the Australian Soil Science Society. The conference will focus on Electromagnetic Technology (EM) for use in; Irrigation salinity management, Irrigated soil suitability, Channel leakage, Whole farm planning, Dam siting and leakage, Dryland salinity management and monitoring and Soil property determination. The Conference will take place on the 3-5th of July 2001. Abstracts are currently being called for and will close on the 25th of March. Earlybird registration is only $225 and closes on the 1st of June. The conference venue will be at the Yanco Agricultural Institute located in the Heart of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, one of the largest Irrigation Areas in Australia. A field tour will also be part of the conference and will visit a number of sites investigating were EM has been used for irrigation design of rice and other enterprises and also how EM is being used to assist in the siting of irrigation scheduling equipment. The tour will also show how EM results are being incorporated into Land and Water Management Plans . Your participation is most welcome and for further details either regarding abstracts or registration please do not hesitate to contact me on the address given below. I would also be extremely grateful if you could forward this information onto those you feel may be interested. Thank you. Sorry for the cross posting to those on the other lists. Best Regards John John Hornbuckle Branch Secretary (ASSSI) CSIRO Land and Water PMB 3 Griffith NSW 2680 AUSTRALIA email john.hornbuckle@grf.clw.csiro.au Ph 02 6960 1500 int 61 2 6960 1500 Fax 02 6960 1600 int 61 2 6960 1600 http://www.clw.csiro.au/division/griffith