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Table of Contents from the 3rd Conference Proceedings
30 JUNE & 1 JULY 1988 – Orange NSW
“BALANCING THE INPUTS”
Contributed Papers
Annual legumes: the persistence and productivity of subterranean clover and medics – Brian Dear
Developments with perennial legumes – Warren McDonald
Serradella – A species for sandy acid soils – Sam Stephens
Practical experience with new lucerne cultivars for haymaking and grazing on irrigated beds – Martin Maynard, John Muir
Current and future developments with perennial grasses – Kevin Reed
Grasses for other environments – John Read
Farm performance of pasture grasses in the Southern Tablelands – Val Heffernan
Pasture composition for meat, wool and milk production – Hugh Dove
A pasture/forage system for prime lamb production – Roger Garland
Improved pastures for beef cattle – John Brooker
Weed control in pastures – The potential for biological control – Ernest Delfosse
Using goats, sheep and cattle for weed control – Richard Arnott
Soil and plant analysis as an aid to determining fertilizer needs – Ian Vimpany
Amending the soil: Farmer experience in the use of soil analysis – Max Mansfield
Budgeting for investment in pasture improvement – David Vere, Anne Muir
Producer experience of profit from pastures – Murray Branch
Farm cheque – Bringing it all together – Tim Burfitt
Poster Summaries
Evaluation of post-emergence herbicides for weed control in seedling phalaris pastures – Ross Watson, Neville Strachan and Mike Hill
Beds – Beneficial for difficult soils – Penny Dunstan, John Muir
Seed coating – New management tool for pasture establishment – RG Northway
Domestication of Curly Mitchell grass – Bill Bellotti
Use of Landsat by district advisory officers – Ken Dawbin, Keith McCloy and Sandra Hardy
Effect of irrigation frequency on white clover and lucerne – Maryanne Lattimore, John Thompson
The nutritional value of selected forage species in Western NSW – Sue Muir
Yellow serradella – Tim Drew
Establishment of aerially sown pastures on cracking clay soils near Walgett – Malcolm Campbell, Bill Bellotti
Leaf growth and growing point development in perennial ryegrass in winter – David Kemp, CF Eagles and MD Humphreys
Establishment and development of aerially sown pastures on black earth soils near Coolah – Malcolm Campbell, Bob Freebairn
Steer fattening trial, Glen Innes – Brett Riley