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Table of Contents from the 7th Conference Proceedings
8-9 JULY 1992 –Tamworth NSW
“MANAGING SOILS FOR BETTER PASTURES – MANAGING PASTURES FOR BETTER SOILS”
Invited Papers
Can you afford to keep your soil? – Robert Crouch
Tackling salinity on the farm – Bill Barber
Stabilising soils with pasture – Brian Murphy, Adrian Harte
Summer grasses – where do they fit? – Peter Thompson
Using summer and winter perennial pastures for soil improvement and profit – John Cull
Using winter perennials for soil improvement and profit – Reg Simson
Mixing farming and pastures – Ian Collett
Practical use of improved pastures in crop rotations: A north west New South Wales experience – Robert Anderson
Best bet fertiliser strategies – Part 1 – Robert Freebairn
Best bet fertiliser strategies – Part 2 – Graham Crocker
Reducing the guess work – soil testing – Graeme Blair
A successful fertiliser strategy on the Slopes – Jim Clifton
Thirty years of phosphate fertiliser application on a New England Tablelands grazing property – Edmund Wyndham, Alward Wyndham
Fertilisers and the environment – Ian Vimpany
Soil minerals and animal health – Jim Langlands
Putting it altogether – Des Green
Pastures, livestock and the bottom line – Graham Peart
Contributed Papers and Posters
Spreading Scale Insects to Control Sifton Bush (Cassinia arcuata) and other Cassinia spp. – Malcolm Campbell
Use of Roundup® (glyphosate) for Control of tussock Sedge (Carex appressa) – Malcolm Campbell, Barney Milne
The Relationship between Pasture Yield and Height for Phalaris Pasture – David Kemp, Geoffrey Millar
Herbage Quality of Two yearlong Green Native Grasses – Peter Simpson
Establishment of Surface-Sown Pastures in Wheat Stubble in North Western New South Wales – Malcolm Campbell, Alison Bowman
Pasture Response to Lime on Acid Sodic Soils – Colin Mullen
Getting Value for the Wool Growers’ Research Dollar – Hugh Hamilton
Species for Saline Soils on the Northern Tablelands – Desmond FitzGerald, Philip Fogarty
The Impact of Grazing Interval on Production and Persistence of a Ryegrass/White Clover Pasture in the Subtropics – Bill Fulkerson, Katrina Slack
Linking Soil, Pastures and Livestock in Pasture Management – Des Lang
The yield Performance of White Clover Cultivars on the Northern Tablelands of NSW – John Ayres, Desmond FitzGerald
Monitoring the Extent and Density of Woody Weeds in Western NSW – Maria Cofinas, Sharon Weir
Using 100 years of Gunnedah Rainfall Records to Investigate the Role of Pasture in Reducing Water Table Recharge – Peter Hayman
Evaluation of Perennial Grass Cultivars for the Northern Tablelands – Desmond FitzGerald, John Ayres and Jeff Lowien
Some Effects and Risks of Manipulating a Native Pasture on the Central Tablelands of NSW – Bill Semple, Doug Waterhouse
Native Grasses on the Farm – Hidden Treasures – Peter Dowling, Denys Garden
Prime Pasture Project – Michael Keys
Native Grass Pastures – Some Current Research on the Central and Southern Tablelands – Peter Dowling, Denys Garden, Peter Simpson and David Eddy
Viability of Illyrian Thistle Seed Following Ingestion by Goats and Sheep – Cameron Allan