WMG CEO Nathan Craig explores the roles of collaboration, connectivity and community in transforming agricultural extension, looking back at how things have changed since his time on the family farm in the 90s and 2000s.
Tag Archives: Capacity Building
WMG on the National stage at Soil CRC Conference
The WMG Team recently attended the annual Soil CRC conference in Wagga Wagga, NSW, strengthening ties with collaborators and demonstrating their capability to perform on the national stage.
New WMG Plan Tackling the Elephant in the Room
WMG CEO Nathan Craig discusses project delivery changes to address evolving farmer and industry needs, including a look at the new WMG model connecting farmers with targeted practices, boosting adoption and project success.
Helping Farmers to Make Informed & Confident Decisions – CEO Report
WMG CEO Nathan Craig discusses the importance of informed decision-making for farmers adopting new practices, introducing a tool that aids in evaluating adoption, building the capacity of the region and the resilience of farming.
CEO Report: Continuing the evolution of WMG
Learn more about how WMG will be working with its farming community in 2024.
Increasing engagement: Learning how farmers learn
WMG has been investing over 20% of its resources to understand how best to engage farmers in delivering much needed innovation to ensure they have the tools required to be profitable and sustainable in the future.
Work experience at the West Midlands Group
Seeing agricultural extension in action, Murdoch University Ag Science student Kate Parker reflects on joining the WMG team for work experience.
WMG: Expanding what we do for the Ag industry
The West Midlands Group now offers a wider range of extension and communication products and services to the Ag industry after an intensive 18-month organisational development period.
Evolving extension & communication through the Knowledge Sharing Project
This recently completed project focused on improving knowledge-sharing efforts, facilitated internal capacity building for WMG and fostered connections with other grower groups and extension practitioners.