Conference 2008

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Profitable pastoral farming through genetic modification: fact or friction?
Pastures for animal production: Understanding the challenges
Towards a tropical grass package for northern New South Wales
Experiences with the establishment and grazing of tropical grasses on the North-West Slopes
of New South Wales

Balancing pastures, livestock and climate

Pastures in the high rainfall zone – Their anticipated responses to climate change and their role in minimising net farm greenhouse gas emissions
Defining the northern New South Wales feed-year and mitigating feed-gaps
‘The business of growing a meal’ – the application of new pasture varieties
and management practices for intensive beef production
‘Art and science’ – producing high quality forage-based feed for intensive dairy production

78 Contributed papers

Making pastures pay – the profit drivers

Assessing management options for the autumn feed deficit
Modelling feed profiles and production options
Pasture-cropping in a Bothriochloa macra (red grass) dominant pasture with a low input history
Evaluating change through feed budgets – the Beef-n-omics experience
Field germination of tropical grasses with new seed coating technology
Rate and depth of sowing of sulla (Hedysarum coronarium)
Effect of sowing depth on emergence of burgundy bean (Macroptilium bracteatum)
A comparison of the performance of progeny derived from two- and three-year old heifers and mature cows
Improved pasture establishment benefits production with pasture grasses

Taking control of soil health

Soil phosphorus and sulphur in pastures of North-West Slopes and Upper Hunter districts of New South Wales
A review of the land application of biosolids as a tool to help restore
and sustain New South Wales grasslands

Pastures on the horizon

Combining yield with persistence –Pegasis, a new generation winter-active and persistent lucerne variety
Phoenix, Venture and Matador – new birdsfoot trefoil cultivars for permanent pasture applications in eastern Australia
Design and analysis for spatial effects in pasture trials
New Panicum cultivars on the horizon for northern New South Wales
Trophy – a locally adapted white clover cultivar for dry-land pastures
Where westerwolds work well
Performance of different lucerne dormancy classes under dry-land conditions
Lucerne persistence in Central New South Wales
Evaluation of new breeding populations of phalaris for the North-West Slopes of New South Wales
Preliminary evaluation of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) cultivar Tonic as a feed for ewe lactation

Balancing pastures, livestock and climate

EverGraze research in northern New South Wales
EverGraze: grazing systems for native pastures in Central-West New South Wales
Studies of plant biodiversity on properties grazing sheep on the North-West Slopes of New South Wales
Rainfall and soil water content at a native pasture site near Barraba, New South Wales; 2003–2008
Using modelling to explore the relationships between predicted long-term stocking rate and sheep intake of pasture and supplement for a native perennial grass-based pasture near Barraba, New South Wales
Potential impact of climate variability on profitability of native pasture improvement in northern NSW
‘Drying Order’: A management tool for climate change
Fertilisation of tropical grass pastures with sulphate of ammonia
Improving the match between feed supply and feed intake of beef cattle on the North-West Plain

Grassland Society of NSW