Agsafe celebrates 20 years

To help celebrate 20 years of running stewardship programs for the agvet chemical and reseller industry, Agsafe hosted a commemorative dinner in Brisbane last month.

The dinner was held at Brisbane’s Eagle Farm Race Course to coincide with Agsafe’s annual conference.

Attendees included members of CropLife Australia, AgStewardship Australia, The Veterinary Manufacturers & Distributors Association, Elders, CRT, AgLink, and Ruralco.

Members of ToxFree, VIP Packaging, A&C Packers, Accensi and Ecopolymers who are major partners with drumMUSTER and ChemClear also attended.

During the official proceedings, Chairman of Agsafe and Managing Director of Sipcam Australia, Damien Ryan spoke of the importance of Agsafe and its programs – Accreditation & Training, drumMUSTER and ChemClear.

From his extensive experience in the industry, Damien was proud that Agsafe had helped change the attitudes of resellers towards introducing safety into their workplaces, one of those priorities was to ensure that workers return home safely each day.

One of Agsafe’s long-term trainers Rosemary Henderson told a number of stories of her time training agribusiness staff for the past 20 years. In addition to training thousands of industry personnel, Ms Henderson has help guide the evolution of Agsafe over the years, through her participation on various Agsafe committees.

Ms Henderson has also been the recipient of numerous industry achievement awards including Agsafe course provider of the year, Agsafe Award for Service and CropLife Australia President’s Award.

Vernon Keighley, who has served as Agsafe’s Operations Manager drumMUSTER National Manager and currently as drumMUSTER and ChemClear Southern NSW Consultant, was the final speaker of the night.

Mr Keighley spoke about his 20 years of service with Agsafe, highlighting his efforts to help bring in self-regulation to the industry and establishing Agsafe as an independent body.

Mr Ryan and CropLife Australia CEO Matthew Cossey together cut Agsafe’s birthday cake to help mark the occasion.

The night wrapped with a light-hearted, satirical video of a-day-in-the-life of Agsafe staff created by Agsafe’s Communication Team, Chris Davis and Nick Arnott-Job.

For photos visit our website: http://agsafe.com.au/birthday/
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