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Table of Contents from the 14th Conference Proceedings
13-15 JULY 1999 – Queanbeyan NSW
“GETTING THE BEST FROM YOUR FARM”
Invited Papers
Major landscape issues and developments affecting the high rainfall southern zone of the Murray-Darling Basin– Don Blackmore
Kyoto Greenhouse Agreement – an action agenda for the farming community – Ian Carruthers
Recognising and managing landscape and pasture diversity – Peter Simpson
Managing landscape diversity on a whole farm basis – Robert Lance
Supplementation as a strategy for sheep and cattle producers – Geoff Robards
Drought management of pasture, stock and people – David Mitchell
PROGRAZETM and PROGRAZE PLUSTM – Phil Graham
On-farm implementation of PROGRAZETM and PROGRAZE PLUSTM – Malcolm Peake
Balancing off-site impacts of agriculture, community aspirations and economic reality – Anna Ridley, Ray Evans, Neil Barr and David Marsh
The Acid Soil Action program for Southern NSW – Bill Schumann, Sari Glover
Whole farm management of acid soils – Bruce Clements
Living with and managing acid soils – Jim Elliot, George Elliot
Pasture selection and management for water use – Geoff Beale
Productive management of saline soils – Andrew Southwell
Sown temperate pasture decline – fact or fiction – Keith Hutchinson, Kath King
Managing native grass-based pastures for sustainability – John Fleming, Guy Robinson
Developing and maintaining productive pastures – John Nixon
Contributed paper and posters
Increasing earthworm diversity in temperate Australian pastures – Geoff Baker
A survey of soil pH and exchangeable aluminium on the Northern Tablelands – Carol Harris, Mick Duncan
– Bruce Clements, Graeme Kelso and Ian Vimpany
Does chicory tolerate soil acidity? – Brett Upjohn, David Michalk
Acid Soil Action in Northern NSW– Mick Duncan
Growth response of Danthonia species to phosphorus fertiliser – Terry Bolger, Denys Garden
Does superphosphate pay in a fine-wool enterprise? – Phillip Graham, Bruce Hazell
Times are tough – should I be using superphosphate? – Richard Simpson, Phillip Graham and Bruce Hazell
Is your rotation mining sulphur? – Cameron Tonkin
Assisting farmers to select pasture varieties – Warren McDonald
Persistence of perennial grass cultivars on the Northern Tablelands – Carol Harris, John Ayres and Jeff Lowien
The new phalaris varieties, Holdfast, Landmaster, Atlas PG and Australian II: Where do they fit? – Rex Oram, Richard Culvenor
Finding a persistent phalaris for the North West Slopes – Suzanne Boschma, Richard Culvenor
The Native and Low Input Grasses Evaluation Network – MR Norton, RBD Whalley, MM Mitchell, T Craze, DA Friend, DL Garden, G Auricht, E Kobelt, P Sanford, C Waters and EA Koetz
Perennial partnership required for productive pastures – Jim Scott
Sustainable Grazing Systems naturalised pasture site at Carcoar – Warren King, David Kemp, Peter Dowling and David Michalk
The Sustainable Grazing Systems Program on the Southern Tablelands and Monaro of NSW – Stuart Burge
Lime-pasture-animal interaction: Northern Tablelands demonstration – Clare Bentley, Mick Duncan
Use of glyphosphate as a replacement for Frenock® for the control of serrated tussock (Nasella trichotoma) – Malcolm Campbell
Native grassland conservation in the rural landscape – David Eddy
The potential for forage legumes on the tablelands/slopes – Kirrily Smith
Effects of sowing rate and cultivar on lucerne dry matter yield and weed infestation during establishment – Harsharn Singh Grewal, Rex Williams
Haymaker – efficient production of irrigated lucerne hay – Ian Collett, Lester McCormick
Travel Grant and Conference Reports
Report of study tour to USA, Mexico, Scotland (April 3 – May 17, 1999) – Hugh Dove
Report on the 60th New Zealand Grassland Annual Conference Held at Nelson, NZ October 20-22 1998. Theme: ‘Nelson – a Pastoral Pallete’ – Haydn Lloyd Davies
Report on the 39th Annual Conference of the Grassland Society of Victoria Held at Bendigo, 17-19 June 1998 – Haydn Lloyd Davies