Horse SA celebrates International Compost Awareness Week  through inviting contributions to The Horse Poo Compost Book.

Compost enthusiasts are invited to send in recipes for their favourite horse poo compost brew. Photos of horses who have donated the raw materials, road side sales of horse poo, horse poo compost in bags, methods of collecting, storing or mixing horse poo, stable yard compost bins or related aspects are welcome. Prose, poetry or song which will add cultural interest & value are also invited.

The result will be a light hearted journey into the world of recycling horse poo as an e-book, available for free download.

1. Entries are now open & close 25 May 2012.
2. Compost Recipes, photos, prose, poetry or song must be original and owned by the entrant
3. Photos to be provided in a jpeg format
4. Entries will be accepted from contestants anywhere worldwide
5. All photos entered must be accompanied by a completed entry form.
6. Email is the preferred method of receiving entries. A CD is also acceptable.
7. Entries will not be returned
8. Photos deemed to be defamatory, racial, offensive, containing profanities or depicting poor horse welfare or environmental values will not be selected
9. Copyright for all photos entered shall be retained by the individual  who submitted the entries
10. Horse SA will reproduce selected entries in the The Horse Poo Compost Book* giving credit to entries
11. Horse SA’s decision to include/exclude entries in The Horse Poo Compost Book* shall be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

* The Horse Poo Compost Book  is a working title.

Send entries with your full contact details to:  Horse SA   Email horsesa@horsesa.asn.au

Post:  PO Box 20 Wayville SA 5024

Join the team who benefit from, and contribute to, the work of Horse SA  – horse keeping, road safety, access, horse health & welfare,  legislation, education, resource development, sharing of information and more! Topics and issues of concern to horse owners- and you don’t need to own a horse to participate!

Horse SA has a strong membership base of individuals, clubs & businesses who share a vision for our horse industry & community. Every membership is valued.

Information About Horse SA (Constitution, Strategic Plan etc)  can be found here

Keep up to date with issues & topics that affect horse owners. Contribute to public comment & discussions.

General benefits include:

Discount voucher & special offers from our businesses only available for Horse SA members e.g. Bonnetts Saddlery discount card

Offers for  members on event & seminar attendance

Discount on merchandise often available

Utilise the educational resources developed by Horse SA

Involvement with Horse SA will help you to stay on top of what’s happening in the horse industry & community.

It may inspire ideas or just keep you “in the loop”.

Our members range across the horse industry from racing, equestrian, trail, breeding, manufacturers, trainers and much more.

Membership Categories: Junior $15     Concession (Aged, Disability, Senior) $25     Individual $35    Family $50

Join online here -  (even if paying by non-electronic means join online and then post cheque/direct debit etc)

Membership year from Jan- Dec

If you are interested in Business Membership or Sponsorship- click here for more info

DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES – Membership supports Horse SA to develop resources

Horse SA has a large library of free resources developed for horse owners & organisations available for free download.  The resources have been developed by our members, for horse owners.

Here is the list of “most popular” reading:

HORSE CLUBS & COMMUNITY FACLITIES

• Horse Event Organiser’s Toolkit  and related useful links
• Sport & Recreation Facilities on Community Land – guide for clubs
• Links:  Be Active    Our Community   Office for Recreation & Sport

    RECREATIONAL TRAIL RIDING

• Trail Rider Code of Practice
• The Kidman Trail
• Horse Trail Riders Pocket Guide- a guide to keeping trails open
• Horse Trail Infrastructure Guideline
• Sustainable Recreational Trails Manual
• Links:  South Australia Tourism      Trails SA

BIOSECURITY

• Horse Biosecurity Glove box Guide
• Horse Biosecurity Reminder Card
• Horse Venue Biosecurity Workbook  & sections to fill in online
• Links:  PIRSA    Animal Health Australia

HORSE WELFARE

• Australian Horse Welfare Protocol
• Pocket Guide for Horse Organisation & Clubs – Horse Welfare & Wellbeing (scroll down the page)
• Links: SA Animal Welfare Act         Australian Animal Welfare Strategy

HORSE KEEPING

• Urban Horse Keeping Pocket Guide
• Horse Keeping in the Murray Bridge District
• First Horse
• Buying a horse property
• Horse Agistment Checklist
• Links:  HorsesLandWater     Planning SA Guide for Applicants

ROAD SAFETY

• Horse Riding & Road Safety   website and information booklet

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

• Horse Owners Bushfire Buddy

RESEARCH

• The Australian Horse Industry Research & Development Trust  including online Pet Memorials

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Horse SA has excellent exposure across many types of horse owners in South Australia.  In 2011 our primary website www.horsesa.asn.au had over 1.5 M hits. We communicate with horse owners in other ways too, including weekly e-news (1800 addresses) Facebook (3200 friends) and our  events program

Business Membership $55 pa inc. GST includes:

Listing in the Horse SA online Business Directory

Listing in the OurHorseLife Directory

Welcome message and promo in the weekly e-news on joining

Opportunity to promote a voucher or provide products for prizes

10% discount on any advertising called for e.g. e-magazine

Invitation to display at networking functions & events

Discount on Horse SA tickets or merchandise where promoted

Upgrade to a Sponsorship $770 pa inc. GST includes:-

All of the above membership benefits but with the added benefits of

Click through link on www.horsesa.asn.au pages (over 3500 hits per day)

Placement on www.horse.org with social marketing share buttons

Click through link on every weekly e-news

Involvement with Horse SA will help you to stay on top of what’s happening in the horse industry. It may inspire ideas that could grow your business. Our members range across the horse industry from racing, equestrian, trail, breeding, manufacturers, dealers, trainers and much more.

Join here today

 We are happy to discuss how we can work with you to help you promote your business. Email: horsesa@horsesa.asn.au   Mob: 0402488306

If you are interested in an individual, family, concession, junior or club membership info- click here

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Living Legends Melbourne 12 /13 Nov  2012

Guest speakers Alayne Bickle (www.horsesforcleanwater.com) USA  & Jane Myers (www.equiculture.com.au)

Australia places a high cultural heritage value on the horse, from the Melbourne Cup to the opening of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Australia’s horse industry has a healthy diversity – racing, breeding, equestrian sports, stock horses, and pleasure owners to name just a few. There are many levels of engagement, interaction and involvement with a passion for horses and an interest the keeping of horses in common.

Australia is unique in that people are often geographically distant. The expanse of our country means that Australian horse owners face a variety of different environmental conditions affecting horse keeping practices, often at quite a local level.

A particular challenge is the shift is in the rapid growth which sees small property developments pushing into traditional broad acre agriculture and bush landscapes. These  “new” land holders are frequently not from traditional rural backgrounds, have little access to standard agricultural equipment or in fact, see themselves as farmers at all. Yet many now find themselves as small property managers, passionate about horses and wanting learn more.

Horse owners talk about weeds, dust, mud and emerging diseases. Scientists and natural resource managers talk about water quality, biodiversity and climate impacts. Yet we are all talking about the same thing.

The aim of this event is to bring a variety of people together to translate and exchange knowledge about sustainable horse keeping practices & knowledge  in both directions – from the researcher ”down” and grass roots “up”!

Additional speakers & presentations announced in full program out June 2012.

Fees start @ $150 per day/ catered. Early bird offers!

Group discount offer for horse clubs, riding schools, agistment centres, Registered Training Organisations or Universities. Purchase 10 or more positions for $150 ea prior to 16 July. Email  horsesa@horsesa.asn.au for more info.

Sustainable Horse Keeping Practices –- Horse Health – Climate Change Impacts

Target Audiences- Day 1: Professional development focus for horse property managers, NRM Officers & Local Government Planners. Educators, lecturers, coaches & LandCare leaders involved with typical peri-urban small horse keeping properties. A range of guest speakers & presentations. Program out in May.

Day 2: Horse property managers and horse owners (including owners with horses on agistment) Horse care, NRM, LandCare & Ag Science educators & coaches. On day 2 Alayne will deliver a HorsesforCleanWater sample program.

Sponsorship and promotional opportunities (brochures in conference bags) are available:  Enq. horsesa@horsesa.asn.au

Registrations: Early bird fees apply before 1 Sept. 2012. Discount for Horse SA members. Monday night Optional gourmet BBQ tea & 2.5 hr. drinks package avail. Guests of delegates welcome to BBQ.

REGISTER HERE:  http://www.trybooking.com/BCDX

Enq:  horsesa@horsesa.asn.au

Media Release 30.01.12  here:

Alayne Bickle Profile             Download General Information Flyer

Call for Paper and Poster Presentations: Opens 1 Feb – Closes 1 May 2012

 $100 Cash Prize for “People’s Choice” voted best poster

& $100 cash prize for “People’s Choice” voted best Oral Presentation

Delegates are invited to submit abstracts for:

1. Oral Presentations
2. Posters

Submissions are invited from researchers and “practical people in the field” who have a story to share. Recent reviews, original research or trials, practice, experiences, engagement, extension, education & success stories.

Oral presentations can be read out or given using PowerPoint.

Submissions must relate to the fields of equine, environmental, climate & sociology sciences. Each presentation should conclude with a consideration of implications/relevance for the Australian horse industry or horse owners in general. The organisers reserve the right to invite poster presentations from those originally intending to submit an oral presentation. The organisers encourage submissions including but not restricted to the following areas:

• Sustainable horse keeping practices
• Emerging equine diseases/ environment
• Climate change & horse property management
• Successful extension & engagement models involving horse property owners
• Australian horse keeping practices as it relates to welfare and wellbeing
• Peri-urban policy
• Not for Profit organisational achievements      (horse community)
• Successful government & not-for-profit partnerships
• Methodological considerations for research with horses, owners, riders etc

However, the organising committee welcomes all quality submissions that can provide relevant linkages and application to sustainable horse keeping practices. Please contact the conference organiser for advice if required.

International submissions are welcome. Multiple submissions are welcome. The official language of the conference is English.

Submission Information

 All submissions are to be to include:

1. Full name, address, contact details, organisation (if any)
2. Detailed title, all authors and affiliations
3. Background to the topic being presented
4. Overview of the specific research/project/initiative/topic
5. Goal/s of the presentation
6. Significance to the Australian horse industry
7. Six to eight key/search words

A short CV not exceeding 200 words and jpeg head shot photo of the presenter are to accompany the submission.

Oral Presentations

Abstracts for presentations are a maximum of 300 words. Abstracts may have been previously published.

Oral presentations should take no longer than 15 minutes to deliver including 2- 5 minutes for questions.

Describe any PowerPoint displays, videos, photographs, sound files, handouts, demonstrations or any other practical aspects that may be involved (not included in 300 word limit). An electronic format suitable for uploading onto a website needs to be provided prior to the conference.

Posters

A poster is a visual presentation on a topic of interest, created on a large piece of laminated AO paper. Paper orientation is to be portrait.

For the poster to have maximum effect it must have a font size be able to be read from a distance of at least 2 metres.  Charts, figures and illustrations should be simple and bold. Readability is the key. Focus on a simple clear message. Use pictures, tables and charts to tell the story. As a guide, plan to have 20% text, 40% graphics and 40% white space on your poster.  An images of the poster  in jpeg format will need to be provided prior to the conference.

You may also provide one page copies of your poster for people to collect during the conference. The number of copies will be confirmed closer to the event with successful applicants.

Posters accepted for display by people not able to attend the conference will be provided an address to send to. Posters not collected by the end of the conference will only be returned on request and at the postage expense of the submitting person or organisation. Horse SA reserves the right to use unclaimed posters for promotional purposes.

Through making a submission you agree to have the presentation, poster or abstract in relation to the Australian Horse Keeping Conference placed online. (To be uploaded after the conference)

Enquiries: Conference Organisation Team Members

Julie Fiedler- Conference Organiser

Horse SA

Email:   horsesa@horsesa.asn.au     Mob: + 618 8 0402488306

Skype:  horse.sa

Dr Kirrilly Thompson

Appleton Institute

Central Queensland University Adelaide Campus

Email:  Kirrilly.thompson@cqu.edu.au

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Dr Andrew McLean Seminar

Hahndorf Institute Hall (Main Street, adj.  Post Office)

29 June 2012, 7.15 for 7.30pm

Bookings now open on  http://www.trybooking.com/ZAZ 

General entry $15/$10 Horse SA members (30 cent booking fee per ticket applies). 

$20  at the door

Refreshments available.  Merchandise for sale

Raffle Prizes donated by Donnybrook      ** Have your business linked here – More prizes wanted**

Last year the hall was nearly full with over 150 people, so do not leave bookings to late. Hahndorf has pubs and restaurants to enjoy a meal in before the seminar. Make a night of it.

Proceeds shared between

Horse SA & Australian Horse Industry Research & Development Trust and the HELP Elephant Training program

Enq. horsesa@horsesa.asn.au   Mob: 0402488306

Put this in your riding or pony club calendar now as an activity.

11am Saturday 14 July 2012

Free for Horse SA members, including as a member club group.

Register (free) on http://www.trybooking.com/BAJE

9.30 – 4pm  Adelaide Showground Thursday 14 June 2012

Horse industry emerging issues & topics in the context of climate change. What are the priorities?

Open to  horse owners, Natural Resources Management Officers, Local, State & Federal Government representatives in the fields of Climate Change, NRM, environment, water & sustainable farming; Researchers & educators who have a strong horse industry-science interface.

New flyer now available

Registrations are welcome from accross Australia. General registrations $143 per person/$90 Horse SA members. Book here: http://www.trybooking.com/BCJG

Presentors include (left to right)

Dr Peter Hayman   Principal Scientist, Climate Applications  Unit  SARDI

Ms Jane Myers      Director, Equiculture

Dr Kirrilly Thompson   Adjunct Research Fellow  Central Queensland University Appleton Institute

Mr John Rothwell    Chief Executive Officer  Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA Inc

Dr Gary Muscatello    Researcher - Infectious diseases in animals and climate change   University of Sydney  Faculty of Veterinary Science

Melissa Rebbeck   Senior Researcher   Climate Applications Unit, SARDI

Mr Sandy Pate       Regional Facilitator   Perth Region NRM  (no photo)

Faciliated by Monica Redden Consultancy

Further speakers  to be announced as confirmed.

FREE WORKSHOP OFFERS:

Offer No. 1  Ten free positions are available for national horse organisation representatives or their SA nominee

Offer No.2.  Ten  free positions are available to horse property managers within the Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Region.  These positions have been sponsored by the Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board.  (Hurry! nearly full.)

Applications for free positions to be sent to Julie Fiedler Email: horsesa@horsesa.asn.au stating your full contact details and a short description of why you would like to attend the workshop.

Project sponsor  Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC)

Event Sponsors:  Primary Industries Adaptive Research Network     Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board

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Survey closes April 30  Click here  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YTBWG7W

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