www.katherinetimes.com.au KATHERINE TIMES, WEDNESDAY APRIL 3, 2013 17

A GREAT attendance was recordedat the 29th annual Northern Terri-tory Cattlemen’s Association con-ference, which was held in AliceSprings on March 21 to 22.

The two days dedicated to industrydiscussion began Thursday March21 with a Ladies Day luncheon andsponsored dinners provided byNAB Agribusiness and CoopersAnimal Health.On Friday March 22, graziers andindustry heavyweights alike gath-ered at Lasseters Casino, AliceSprings, for the annual conference,which was filled with dynamic dis-cussion about the future of the beefindustry.Colourful was the leading descrip-tion of both the characters and theatmosphere that surrounded theAlice Springs racecourse thatevening with the NTCA Dinner.

Sore heads the following day wereblamed on lively conversation anddance floor action.Luckily, the conference only occurs once a year.

John and Trish Dunnicliff, Beetaloo Station, were one of the many couplesinvited to the NAB dinner.

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ABOVE: David Connolly, General Manager Thames Pastoral Company, and Sue Brosnan, Elders Real Estate. LEFT: John and Terry Underwood, Riveren Station, were thrilled to have a relaxing evening.

Gavin Kruger, Senior Agribusiness Manager NT, Geoff Howard, Regional Agribusiness Manager NQ andNT, Tim McGavin, Managing Director Laguna Bay Pastoral Company, David Farley, CEO AA Company,

Bruce Warren, Head of Beef Division Japfa Comfeed Indonesia, and Tom Capel, NT AgribusinessManager.

THE annual NAB AgribusinessBeef Dinner was held at theCrowne Plaza Hotel in AliceSprings last week night prior to theNTCA conference.Invited guests were again treated

to superb food in a relaxed outdoorsetting.In attendance were prominent gra-ziers and people involved in thedomestic and Indonesian cattle in-dustry.

New friendships and expandednetworks resulted from a fewshared beers during the night.It was great to see the annualAgribusiness dinner was anothersuccess.

NAB Dinner

Territory Resource Management Regional Coordinator James Wright andCommunications Officer Cara Burke dominated the dance floor at the NTCA

dinner.

Geoff Warriner, Senior Agribusiness Consultant, CBRE, and Indonesia Society of Animal Science President Mr Yudi Noor at the

NTCA conference.