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Table of Contents from the 10th Conference Proceedings
12-13 JULY 1995 – Armidale NSW
“PASTURE STRATEGIES TO TARGET SPECIFIC MARKETS”
Invited Papers
The New South Wales pasture base – Ken Archer
“How to become kings in grass castles” – Graham Peart
Lift your grazing profits by copying the best – Michael Boyce
Fertiliser requirements of grazed pastures – MR Duncan
Managing pastures for a mixed sheep/cattle enterprise – Colin Frost, Margaret Frost
Managing pastures for lamb production – Robert Gordon
The role of grazing management in sustaining the pasture community – Greg Lodge
Selecting the right pastures to meet the market – Warren McDonald, Alan Bell
Managing the feed-year for beef production – Allan Every
Pasture management for milk production – Peter Notman
Integrated enterprises on a temperate pasture system – Maroun Stephen
Integrated enterprises on a summer pasture system – Jock Coupland
Integrated livestock and cropping enterprises – JH Price
Contributed Papers and Posters
Impact of drought on survival of pasture species – RD FitzGerald, CA Harris and JF Ayres
Tall fescue improvement in Australia– RD FitzGerald, S Venkatanagappa andLA Lane
Microlaena persistence, protein and productivity in comparison with Danthonia and four introduced grass species – Christines Jones, Michelle Murphy
Vacuum harvesting of the native grass Microlaena stipoides– Michelle Murphy
Consol lovegrass and Premier digit grass best on acidic soils – RD Freebairn
White clover germplasm development –Leah Lane, Zulfi Jahufer and John Ayres
White clover breeding for dryland pastures – John Ayres, John Caradus, Leah Lane and Bob Murison
Domestication of Mitchell grass (Astrebla) – CM Waters, D Munnich
Tall fescue agronomy research – RD FitzGerald, S Venkatanagappa and LA Lane
Impact of time control grazing on native pastures – B Randall, C Randall, L McCormick and G Lodge
Improving lotus persistence through breeding & management – Martin Blumenthal, Walter Kelman, Zvi Hochman and John Ayres
Species contribution to pasture biomass under different grazing systems – Judi Earl, Christine Jones
Effect of grazing management on barley grass pastures – GE Robards, M Dalglish and T Luders
Effect of grazing management on growth rates of lambs grazing barley grass pastures in south-west NSW – GE Robards, TA Luders and N Corliss
Yield of perennial grasses under different drought and grazing intensities during spring and summer – SP Boschma, JM Scott and GG Rapp
Seed dispersal by sheep of Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana) – MR Gardener, RDB Whalley
Native pasture management in the Hunter Valley – Richard Marshall, Neil Nelson
Backgrounding feeder cattle – Ross Dicker, John Ayres, Bob Murison, Clair Alston, Dorothy Robinson, Arnold Turner, Peter Kamphorst, Bob Dent, Jeff Lowien and Phil Dawes
A comparison of nutritive value of chenopods from NSW & WA – GE Robards, R Egerton-Warburton
Quality and selection of plant components of subterranean clover – JG Mulholland, KS Nandra, GB Scott and A Jones
Management of African lovegrass – Rod Dowe, Vic Johnston, Jeff Lowien and Bob Dent
Supplementation of lambs on lucerne pasture with oaten hay – Peter Holst, David Hall and David Stanley
Diet composition of sheep & cattle grazing Microlaena-ryegrass pastures – RDB Whalley, MR Gardener
What does dairy pasture cost? – Neil Griffiths
Summer forage quality and lamb growth in the northern rainfall zone – D Paull, J Smith and A Allsop
Utilisation of African lovegrass – Vic Johnston, Rod Dowe, Bob Dent and Jeff Lowien
Fertiliser protects your soil by increasing ground cover – Graham Crocker
Clover ley pasture maintains soil nitrogen and crop yield – Mark Norton
Comparison of water use by grazed grasslands and remnant Callitris woodlands during drought – Philip Eberbach
Patterns of earthworm abundance in improved pastures at Chiswick – LA Lobry de Bruyn, KL King
Use of ammonium nitrate Nitram® and urea as herbicides for the control of St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) – MH Campbell
Use of glyphosate and paraquat (Gramoxone®) to stop seedhead production of serrated tussock (Nasella trichotoma) – MH Campbell
Using the alkane technique to quantify sheep selectivity when grazing perennial and annual pastures – Chen Wen, Rod Lefroy, Anne White and Jim Scott
No-till pasture establishment by Soilflow seeding – Lester Thearle
Low-cost manual equipment for sampling the soil profile – DR Wilkinson, G Burke
Perennial grass species vary in resistance to invasion of hairy panic – Jim Virgona, Annabel Hill
Emergence of African lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) and several native grasses on the northern tablelands of NSW – Steven Smith, Brian Sindel
Stocking rate affects soil moisture under pasture – KL Greenwood, KJ Hutchinson, DA MacLeod and JM Scott
The effect of stock exclusion and herbicide application on seed rain in a degrading phalaris stand – Annabel Hill, Jim Virgona
Rhizome development of defoliated Grassland Maku – CA Harris, MJ Blumenthal