Rebekah Starick
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Rebekah Starick
@rebekah-starick.bsky.social
Grower Relations Manager for GRDC. Avid supporter of women & young farmers in ag. Studying Masters Global Food & Ag Bus 🚜🌱
Word of the year: dry 🌵

Staying optimistic with canola in the ground, lentils are halfway through, and still having decent stubbles but needing a national rain dance

Also, a reminder to feed your tractor drivers 🥪

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May 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Kicking off the second GRDC NGN forum for the week in Wolseley on Tuesday - chatting all things cropping & research gaps 🌱

There’s still time to get involved with forums - so head online to register and join us for a chat, a feed & a preso from @wheatwatcher.bsky.social
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April 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
And another Starick is a published author in a scientific paper!
Proud sister moment when Leah is an author on a paper on alternative methods of surveillance for Japanese Encephalitis Virus in piggeries 🦟🐖
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.27.645166v1
www.biorxiv.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Very proud sister moment - Hannah has been listed as an author on a new paper out of the ifarmwell team investigating mental health and wellbeing helplines for farmers 🎉
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Mental Health and Wellbeing Helplines for Farmers: A Scoping Review of Usage, Acceptability, and Effectiveness of Those Currently in Operation Around the World
Farmers have higher risk of suicide than the general working population but are less likely to seek help from mainstream mental health services. Farmer-focused sources of support such as farmer hel...
www.tandfonline.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Just a few paddocks left from a season that can only be described as trying - some wins, some pain points, very short crops gone grey, but enough grain for some pigs to enjoy 🌱
December 9, 2024 at 3:48 AM