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Table of Contents from the 13th Conference Proceedings
7-9 JULY 1998 – Orange NSW
“PASTURES TO PROFIT – THE BUSINESS OF FARMING”
Invited Papers
Processing and Farming – do they work together? – Peter MacSmith
Challenge to Traditional Thinking – Alec Thompson
Pasture Improvement – Expensive Indulgence or economic necessity – Cyril Wills
Management and Marketing Strategies for Profitable Grazing – Robert Stanbridge
What Should We Use From The New Zealand Pastoral Industry – Rob Eccles
Effects of fertiliser and grazing management on pastures, animal productivity and profitability – Geoffrey Saul
Producing low cost milk from pastures – Andrew Bruem
Can the soil phosphorus bank be unlocked by plants? – Alan E Richardson
Farm business management – Robert Patterson
Perennial Pastures in the Cropping System – Neville Thompson
Limitations to increasing nutrient supply from forages – DP Poppi, SR McLennan
Genetic improvement of feed conversion in beef cattle – Jonathon Wright
Kareela Wool – The product at the end of the line – Mary Hall
Contributed papers
Effects of sowing depth and time on the emergence of perennial subtropical grasses – KC Motley
Studies on the Establishment and Early Persistence of Six Native Grasses on the Central Tablelands – R Stitt, B Baldwin, P Dowling
The effect on wool production of adding Super to a native pasture – Phil Graham, Martin Williams and Roger Garnsey
The effect of high and low rates of reactive phosphate rock or water soluble fertilisers on net returns from 2nd cross lamb production – Bruce Clements, Michael Keys, Martin Williams and Howard Sinclair
Phosphorus availability in natural and improved pasture under long-term grazing – Belinda Hackney, Kathy King and Donald MacLeod
Effect of fertiliser and pasture improvement on soil pH on Northern Tablelands NSW soils – MR Duncan, GJ Crocker
Effect of lime rate on lucerne persistence and productivity – CL Mullen
Effect of Canberra sewage ash on soil pH and cadmium levels – Peter Simpson, Mark Whatmuff
Filling the winter feed-gap: Autumn oversowing of a kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) dominant sward in the Sydney Metropolitan region – SM Johnston, AC Andrews
Persistence of Caucasian Clover (Trifolium ambiguum) on the Monaro – Stuart Burge, Linda Ayres, John Booth and Helen Nicol
Farmer Experience with Chicory on the Central Tablelands and Slopes of NSW – M Parker, DR Kemp
Tall fescue ecotype collection on the Northern Tablelands of NSW – CA Harris
Evaluation of meat production from improved tall fescue cultivars – G Milne, F Johnson and H Eisenhauer
Irrigated lucerne in the south – What’s new? – Mary-Anne Lattimore, Sam Lolicato
Planning pastures for horses – WM Wheatley, JL Stallard and RA Woodward
Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana) management options – Jeff Lowien, Mark Gardener and Archie Cameron
Use of low rates of herbicides to control serrated tussock, African lovegrass and St. John’s wort in NSW – MH Campbell
Competitive Pastures for Giant Parramatta Grass – DI Officer, TE Launders
A survey of lucerne establishment in southern NSW – Eric Koetz, Mark Norton
Travel Grant Report
Report on Grassland Society of NSW funded study tour to Western Australia – April 4 to 11, 1998 – RD Freebairn