Bringing Together Natural Capital and Farm Business
Join us for a two-day event designed for livestock and cropping farmers looking to improve their understanding of natural capital and its role in farm businesses.
Chatsworth House 2026 Field Day
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Date and time
Wed 7th October 8am - Thu 8th October 3pm
Location
Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, Victoria
Hosted by
Chatsworth House & Upper Hopkins Land Management Group
Gold sponsors:
Our 2026 Field Day event sponsors.
We are very grateful to our sponsors and supporting partners for helping bring this event to life and enabling us to offer excellent-value ticket prices.
The project is also supported by the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund through the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) and the Glenelg Hopkins CMA through funding from the Australian Government's Natural Heritage Trust.
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With a strong focus on building natural capital, strengthening farm resilience and improving long-term profitability, this event delivers practical insights grounded in real-world experience. Across the two days, you'll hear from expert speakers and panel discussions, with hands-on field walk sessions bringing the ideas into the paddock on Day 2. Our aim is to equip farmers with the knowledge and confidence to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape and together build a more sustainable and profitable future.
Agricultural communicator, podcaster, farmer and former ABC journalist Kirsten Diprose will MC the event, guiding a dynamic line-up of speakers across both days. Day 1 concludes with networking drinks and dinner in the marquee, featuring guest speaker Tim Jarvis. A range of tickets are available, with morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea included in all ticket prices.
Explore key topics
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Soil health
Human health
Farm production systems
Natural capital markets
Supply chains
Emerging finance oppurtunities
Field Day Program
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Day One | Wednesday 7th October
Conference style
Exploring why natural capital matters, unpack carbon and financial natural capital, examine production in practice, and provide insights into supply chains and emerging natural capital markets. Designed to be both practical and thought-provoking, the day will help you understand how to integrate these concepts into your farm business to build resilience, drive profitability, and meet evolving consumer expectations.
We will also have a supply chain panel featuring Greehnams, BoxGum Grazing, and Graincorp.
To conclude the day, there will be networking drinks and a delicious dinner, an ideal setting to connect with fellow farmers and industry leaders and hear from keynote speaker, Tim Jarvis AM.
Event speakers:
Tim Jarvis AM
Environmental Scientist
Kym Kruse
CircleAG
Jade Miles
Black Barn Farm
Stacey Curcio
Cultivating Wellness
Dr Susan Orgill
Impact Ag
Allister Clark
Rabobank
Michael Gooden
Old Man Creek Bulls
Santos Amadeo
Carbonlink
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Day Two | Thursday 8th October
Panels & Practical Sessions
On the morning of Day Two, the focus shifts to agtech, foliar applications and the practicalities of how farmers can use these approaches in their own businesses, with insights from producers already putting them into practice.
In the afternoon, you’ll have the chance to dive deeper into soil health with a soil pit session led by Dr Susan Orgill, followed by an interactive paddock workshop on grazing management with RCS and AgriWebb.
Event speakers and panellists:
Matthew Pryor
Tenacious Ventures
Joel Williams
Integrated Soils
Craig Drum
Dagro
Grant Sims,
Downunder Ag
Jack Tucker
Rhynie Pastoral
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Jess Mitchell
Greenhams
Sam Johnson
Box Gum Grazing
Michael Anderson
Graincorp
David McLean
RCS
Tom & Sarah Whinney
Chatsworth House Pastoral
Chatsworth House Pastoral
A regenerative-inspired family farm in Victoria's Western District, working to profitably regenerate the landscape while strengthening the communities that depend on it. Integrating people, plants, and animals to build resilient ecosystems, healthy soils and thriving biodiversity, Chatsworth House is proud to open its gates as a space where ideas meet practical know-how in the paddock.
Co-hosted by: Chatsworth House & Upper Hopkins Land Management Group
Two organisations united by a shared commitment to sustainable, profitable farming and thriving rural communities in Western Victoria.
Upper Hopkins Land Management Group
UHLMG is a community-based Landcare organisation working across approximately 250,000 hectares of the Upper Hopkins landscape. Driven by a mission to protect the environment, encourage productivity and engage the community, UHLMG supports farmers and landholders to build natural capital and farm sustainably for current and future generations.
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Together, they're bringing you the 2026 Field Day: Bringing together Natural Capital and Farm Business — two days of thoughtful speakers, practical demonstrations, and genuine connection with farmers, advisors, innovators and community leaders who care about the future of Australian agriculture.
Whether you're a producer, a service provider, a student, or simply curious about where the sector is heading — you're welcome. Come ready to learn, connect, and leave with ideas you can put to work straight away.
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Field Day Resources
Field Day 2026 Program
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