2026 PROGRAM
Check out the program below!
Pre-Event
WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2026
| 6:00pm |
Meet & Greet - thanks to JBS AustraliaLocation: The Club Hotel, Roma A casual evening for delegates to network prior to the forum. Early lanyard collection. |
Day one
THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2026
| 6:30am |
Registrations and Breakfast thanks to Maranoa Regional CouncilLocation: Roma Saleyards |
| 7:30am | Welcome, Housekeeping and Introductions |
| 7:35am | Low Stress Stock Handling
Dust Devil Stock Handling - Clancy Mackay TBC - TBC |
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9:00am |
Travel to Roma Cultural Centre |
| 9:10am |
Morning Tea - thanks to TBC |
| 9:45am MC Welcome / YBPF Chair Address | |
| 10:05am
12:00pm |
Marcus Oldham Workshop - David Cornish, Nic Howard - Beef, Bucks and Better Decisions
Lunch - thanks to The Club Hotel |
| 12:40pm | GOLD Sponsor Address - Australian Retirement Trust |
| 12:50pm | Speaker - Darcy McKenzie - So This Is Your First Rodeo? (ABL - Advancing Beef Leaders) |
| 1:00pm
1:40pm |
Speaker - Richard Rains - The Global Stage: Lessons from a Life of Exporting Beef
Sponsor Standup |
| 2:05pm |
Afternoon Tea - thanks to Copley Pastoral |
| 2:30pm
2:40pm
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GOLD Sponsor Address - Teys
Perceptions of the Beef Industry - Beef Central - Eric Barker, Lydia Burton, Peta Carige |
| 3:40pm
3:50pm |
Stand up and stretch the legs!Speaker - Jimmy Bellingham |
| 4:15pm
4:20pm
4:35pm |
Skin Checks, thanks to the Rabobank Client Council
Lachlan Hughes Foundation - Tim Lee - Regeneration of Soil and Self Royal Flying Doctors Service - with Sam Fryer & surprise guest |
| 5:05pm |
Closing Comments, Cocktail Dinner Details |
| 6.30pm
10.30pm |
YBPF Cocktail Party thanks to Teys & Charity Auction thanks to EldersLocation: Roma Saleyards Dress Code: Cocktail |
Day two
FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2026
| 7:30am
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Breakfast - thanks to Maranoa Regional CouncilLocation: Cultural Centre, Roma |
| 8:00am |
Forum Doors Open |
| 8.30am | GOLD Sponsor Address - Mort & Co |
| 8:40am | Speaker - Rob McGavin |
| 9:20am | GOLD Sponsor Address - Origin |
| 9:30am | Speaker - Aline Teixeira, interviewed by Sam Parish |
| 10:00am |
Morning Tea thanks to RCS |
| 10:30am Speaker - Carl & Judi Bain | |
| 11:05am | Speaker - James Copley |
| 11:25pm
11:35pm |
Speaker - Rhonda Toms-Morgan
Speaker - Roger Hill |
| 12:10pm |
Lunch - thanks to Roma Gas Supplies |
| 12:55pm | Tim Emery Busary |
| 1:05pm | Speaker - Teek Carmichael |
| 1:35pm | Speaker - Harry Evans, Bush AgriBusiness |
| 1:55pm | Speaker - Caitlyn Barton |
| 2:20pm |
afternoon tea - thanks to TBA |
| 2:40pm
2:55pm |
Speaker - Will Jones, Outback Poly Products
Pathways in Ag101 - with Grace Griffiths, Nick Henderson, Nathan McPhee |
| 3:45pm | Wrap up + thanks |
| 3:55pm |
forum closes |
The Young Beef Producers Forum is an initiative of the Future Farmers Network (FFN), Australia’s national network for young people in agriculture. FFN connects, supports and champions the next generation of agricultural leaders.