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GIAV Annual Golf Day 2026 – Proudly Sponsored by Graincorp

Georgievanbeek — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:29:09 +0000

Wednesday 25 March 2026

Proudly Sponsored by Graincorp

The GIAV Golf Day and Dinner has been a premier event on the GIAV calendar for many years. Once again we thank our sponsor GrainCorp, for their on-going support for our Golf Day. Combined with the dinner, at the beautifully refurbished heritage space at The Goods Shed, the format this year will encourage a relaxed environment for networking with members and guests from the grain industry.

The dinner venue The Goods Shed is located opposite the Ballarat Railway Station and the accommodation rooms at the Quest Ballarat Station will make for a convenient train destination for those attending the dinner.

Golf Details

The Buninyong Golf Club, 613 Learmonth St, Buninyong is located at the foothills of Mt Buninyong. The course provides us with an excellent 18-hole Par 72, 5,759m course, with lush santa anna couch fairways and superbly manicured bent grass greens. Although comparatively short in stature, the course is challenging to golfers of all abilities. A light lunch will be provided before a 12:00 shot gun start of our Ambrose format.

Registration and lunch began at 11:00
Tee off at 12:00 pm – Shotgun start
Ambrose format
Teams can be registered or players can be assigned to teams by GIAV
Our fees included a shared golf cart for all players
Collared shirt, dress pants or shorts, long or short socks and soft spike shoes or runners required on course

Dinner

After golf all members and guests can attend our Dinner and awards presentation held at The Goods Shed cnr Lydiard St North and Nolan St Ballarat.

Bunninyong Golf Club

GIAV Crop Tour 2025 – 14-16th October 2025 – Proudly sponsored by Riordan Group

Georgie van Beek — Thu, 01 May 2025 21:06:08 +0000

Grain Industry Association of Victoria 2025 Crop Tour

The GIAV Crop Tour is a cornerstone event for the grain industry in southeastern Australia, providing pre-harvest yield estimates and fostering valuable networking opportunities. Since its inception in 2016, the tour has been instrumental in offering insights into cereal crop conditions across the region.

Tour Highlights:

Group-Based Crop Scouting: Participants will be divided into groups and assigned predetermined routes for crop scouting.
Networking Opportunities: The tour serves as an excellent introduction for new staff, offering insights into crop conditions and a chance to build industry connections.
Post-Tour Meeting: The tour concludes with a post-tour meeting in Bendigo on Thursday, October 16.

Participant Recommendations:

Participants are advised to bring gumboots, wet weather gear, and a change of clothes to ensure comfort and preparedness during the tour.

Sponsorship Opportunities:

For those unable to attend, sponsorship opportunities are available. Your support helps ensure the collection of accurate, on-the-ground data by keeping people in the field. Sponsorship also provides recognition and alignment with a respected industry event.

Acknowledgment:

This year’s tour is proudly sponsored by Riordan Group, a leading Australian agribusiness specialising in grain marketing, transport, storage, and container packing. With over 25 years of experience, Riordan Group operates across southeastern Australia, offering comprehensive services to both domestic and international customers.

BOOK CROP TOUR

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SFMCA / GIAV Dinner, Meeting & Charity Golf Day at The Sebel Yarrawonga

Georgie van Beek — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:57:16 +0000

SFMCA / GIAV Dinner, Meeting & Charity Golf Day at The Sebel Yarrawonga

Victoria’s favorite event of the year is about to get even better as we embark on raising funds for MND Research and celebrating Duncan. Join us at the beautiful Sebel Yarrawonga on 2nd and 3rd July for a Charity Golf Day as we support Duncan in his fight against MND and raise vital funds for research. Golfers, weekend hacks and non-golfers are all required to make this a wonderful day so get involved and have some fun for an important cause.

Registrations are now closed.

Charity Golf Day and Dinner Wed, July 2, 2025

11:00 AM — 5:30 PM

Black Bull Golf Club, Yarrawonga

Charity Golf Day

- Arrival 11am for 12pm shotgun start - Ambrose 4 Person Team - No GA handicap required - $100 pp covers golf and cart - 10 sets of golf club are available for hire. Order when registering. - Great prizes! Longest drive, Overall winners, Runners Up etc. Winners announced at dinner. - Not a golfer? No problems we need measurers, drink buggy drivers, organisers etc. Sponsorship opportunities are available with 100% of the proceeds donated to MND Research. Sponsorship enquiries to ftaylor@sfmca.com.au.
6:00 PM — 11:00 PM

Sebel Yarrawonga

SFMCA / GIAV Dinner

Victoria's favorite event of the year is about to get even better as we embark on raising funds for MND Research and celebrating Duncan. Join us at the beautiful Sebel Yarrawonga on 2nd and 3rd July for a Charity Golf Day as we support Duncan in his fight against MND and raise vital funds for research. Golfers, weekend hacks and non-golfers are all required to make this a wonderful day so get involved and have some fun for an important cause.

ACCOMMODATION – BOOK EARLY!

All of Sebel’s 57 rooms (excluding the 2 & 3 bedroom apartments) are being held for SFMCA / GIAV members and they will sell out, so book early. Please quote SFMCA / GIAV to receive the group price of $260 / night for garden view rooms or $275 for lake view rooms. Bookings via email address H9941-RE@accor.com

Additional rooms are also on hold at Club Mulwala and can be booked through The Sebel via email address H9941-RE@accor.com at $200 / night.

Combined SFMCA & GIAV Meeting Thu, July 3, 2025

8:00 AM — 1:00 PM

The Sebel Yarrawonga Silverwoods

Combined SFMCA & GIAV Meeting

Combined meeting of GIAV and SFMCA VIC /TAS. The cost of Thursday's general meeting will be covered for association members. Please register via the online link and notify us of cancellations at least five working days in advance to avoid unnecessary costs. Looking at issues that are common to both industries.

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GIAV 2025 Golf Day, Dinner and Tour – Sponsored by GrainCorp

GIAV — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 07:15:09 +0000

Wednesday 26 March 2025

Golf Details

Registration and lunch began at 11:00
Tee off at 12:00 pm – Shotgun start
Ambrose format
Teams can be registered or players can be assigned to teams by GIAV
Our fees included a shared golf cart for all players
Collared shirt, dress pants or shorts, long or short socks and soft spike shoes or runners required on course
STONEX Put Option putting comp will start after the golf competition

Dinner

After golf all members and guests can attend our Dinner and awards presentation held at The Goods Shed cnr Lydiard St North and Nolan St Ballarat.

Bunninyong Golf Club

GIAV Crop Tour 2024 – Sponsored by Ridley AgriProducts

GIAV — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 05:21:02 +0000

Book here

On October 16 and 17, the GIAV Crop Tour provided an opportunity to see early yield estimates after a challenging start to the growing season.

South eastern Australia has experience four seasons with production well over the 10 year average, setting a high bar for the 2024 crop. These are some of the highest yields since tours commenced in the then record year of 2016.

Since 2016 the GIAV has hosted this 2-day Crop Tour which is established as a credible source of pre-harvest yield estimates of cereal crops in southeastern Australia as well as a valued networking event. Members and colleagues are invited to join us for our tour of grain growing regions in Victoria and the Riverina.

Attendance at crop tours can boost agronomic skills, generate first-hand knowledge of yield and production potential of wheat and barley crops in southern NSW and Victoria and provide valuable networking.

Our program suited to 30 to 60 participating crop scouts has been modelled on similar tours undertaken in the US and is suited to GIAV members, traders, millers, farmers, brokers, students and grain analysts.

Click here for a copy of the full results.

Logistics:

Bendigo is our start and end point and you can travel via car, train or transport can be arranged with a pick up/drop off from/to Melbourne Airport before and after the tour
We will meet in Bendigo at 5:30 on the Tuesday afternoon prior to the tour where a dinner briefing will acquaint crop scouts with crop estimating techniques, yield limiting features of grain and their tour groups
Surplus cars can be parked in Bendigo during the tour and collected on return Thursday afternoon
Participants will be assigned to a route and a travel group of 3 to 4 people to provide a mix of skills and experience within each car
Each car group will be able to inspect around 12 to 14 paddocks a day
Cars will leave from Bendigo on Wednesday and travel on different routes to three different towns
On Thursday reassigned groups will travel on different routes that will return to Bendigo
On Thursday evening there will be a post tour briefing and meal provided in Bendigo

Participants can return home by car or train from Bendigo

Assessment methods

A smart phone app is provided to all participants to record all the in-field data
Using tools provided, crop scouts will count grain heads/m of row and grains/head
Results from the specially developed app will be collated by the GIAV and results provided

Biosecurity

Boot hygiene protocol will be adopted (Plant Health Aust) with cars provided with kits
Without vehicles on paddocks the risk of pests/weed seeds spreading will be reduced

Materials, fees and registration

Training, accessing tools, maps of routes, wash kits and tour teams will be provided for each assessor
GIAV provides a meal for the briefing & reserves accommodation for participants to confirm and pay
Registration cost $310 or $260 for those who provide their car during the tour
Companies and individuals providing cars will also be acknowledged during the tour and when full results are revealed at the Pre-harvest meeting the following week

Moama General Meeting July 13 & informal dinner July 12 2022

GIAV — Fri, 06 May 2022 06:20:35 +0000

Members and guests of the GIAV and SFMCA attended our dinner on Tuesday July 12 and meeting on Wednesday July 13.

Our venue was Rich River Golf Club, Twenty Four Ln, Moama, NSW.

Our general meeting (program available here) concluded with a light lunch.

Presentations provided during the meeting are provided here for your review:

Dale Grey – Climate outlook

Mark Bennett – Macroeconomics in Ag

Lloyd George – Aussie grain supply and demand

Easing of COVID guidelines

GIAV — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 06:49:44 +0000

The Victorian Government has set out a plan for the gradual easing of restrictions put in place to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The first stage of this plan is already in place and I am writing to inform you that restrictions will soon be further eased for hospitality venues, auction houses and beauty and personal care services.

From 11.59pm on 21 June, cafes, restaurants and other hospitality businesses will be allowed to house up to 50 patrons per enclosed space. Groups of up to 20 people will also be allowed to dine in or drink together at the same table.

In addition, alcohol will be able to be served without a meal, but only when patrons are seated. Bars, pubs, clubs and strip clubs will be able to open for seated services only, provided tables are spaced 1.5 metres apart. Dance floors will remain closed.

Retail TABs and TAB facilities inside licensed premises may also reopen.

Auction houses may have up to 50 customers per venue and real estate auctions and inspections can take place with up to 50 people. The four square metre rule applies and patrons need to be kept at least 1.5 metres apart.

Beauty therapy, tanning, waxing, nail salons, spas, tattoo parlours and massage parlours may continue to operate with up to 20 patrons and no more than one person for every four square metres of space.

If staff have been working from home, they must continue to do so. Employers must support their staff to work from home if they can. If staff are required to be at the workplace, employers need to adhere to guidelines on physical distancing and increased cleaning. Actions employers can take to help reduce the risk of infection and slow the spread of coronavirus are available on the DHHS website.

The Victorian Government will continue to support businesses through the $1.7 billion Economic Survival Package including Working for Victoria, payroll tax refunds and the night-time economy business support initiative.

I encourage businesses seeking guidance on dealing with coronavirus (COVID-19) or further details on the support available to check the Business Victoria website business.vic.gov.au or call the Business Victoria hotline on 13 22 15.?

This is a challenging time and I thank you and your members for continuing to follow the directions of Victoria’s Chief Health Officer and the Department of Health and Human Services. As always, we’re urging Victorians to use common sense in their activities. It’s up to all of us to make this work.

Barbara Cullen

Director | Small Business Victoria | Jobs, Innovation and Business Engagement
Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions
Mob: 0427 090 577
barbara.cullen@ecodev.vic.gov.au

2017 Annual Lunch & AGM

GIAV — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 01:54:52 +0000

Members and guests once again enjoyed the Victorian grain industry’s networking event of the year, at the GIAV Annual Lunch, which was held at the Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park. Panellists discussed the crop outlook for SE Australia, including the declining production conditions in NSW, carry over stocks and possible new crop supplies

Production Outlook was much more significant given the massive shipping program and the realisation that cereal grain crops were not as big in the northern states. The morning panel of respected members provided a region-by-region review of grain, pulse and oilseed production outlook.

Looking back was the focus of our lunch time panel of members who reminded us of the tales and characters active in the grain trade in southern Australia during the recent portion of our 100 years of operation in this the 100^th year of the GIAV/Melbourne Corn Exchange.

Sponsors of our 2017 lunch were the NAB and members appreciated the economic update and discussion of sustainable farming and how it has future implications for rural financing.

Election Three members retired from the committee under normal GIAV rules (Michael Wood, Adrian Murphy, Andrew Kelso) and were eligible to renominate for the committee. All three retiring committee members renominated and their nominations were correctly received by the Secretary within the permitted time. As the number of nominations equalled the number of vacant committee positions, there was no need for an election and Andrew Kelso announced that all three nominees were declared appointed.

GIAV Oct 23 Meeting and Production Outlook

GIAV — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 06:10:13 +0000

Members who attended our pre-harvest meeting at Karstens, 123 Queen St, Melbourne on Friday October 23 were treated to a comprehensive update to the varied production outlook in south eastern Australia.

Item	Presenter/Discussion leader
GIAV Welcome	Adrian Murphy
GIAV Update – 2016 Events Finance	Michelle Kerr
GTA Update	Adrian Murphy
New Member Welcome	HARVESTcheck Pty Ltd
Domestic and Export Marketing	Various
Storage and Handling – Grainflow	Loreto Carrasco
Storage and Handling – Emerald	Bill Thompson
Storage and Handling – GrainCorp	Craig Cochrane, Kieren Gardner
Proposed additional destination to Melbourne range – Lang Lang	Bryan Irwin
Panel discussion of harvest outlook	Brad Knight
Other Business
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The panel members for this update included:

Brad Knight Geo Commodities

Michelle Kerr Riordan Grain

Brad Waterfield AT Waterfield

Bronc Shannon Shannon Bros.

David Brook Kelly Grains

Peter Gerhardy Hanlon Enterprises

Hannah Janson Profarmer

The meeting Chair Adrian Murphy thanked members for their contributions to this successful meeting.

Vale Barry Marshall

GIAV — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 03:25:47 +0000

Vale Barry Marshall

Members

This is indeed a sad week for our Industry. As well as losing Bryce Bell, many of you close to the barley and malting industries, and those involved with the GIAV for many years will be sad to hear that Barry Marshall finally succumbed to cancer last weekend on 21 June.

Simon McNair has written a fitting tribute to one of the true gentlemen of the industry, and this tribute is available from the above link.

Terry Roche
Secretary