Conference 2004

 

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Table of Contents from the 19th Conference Proceedings

 

27-29 JULY 2004 – Gunnedah NSW

 

“PASTURES IN FARMING SYSTEMS – MEET THE CHALLENGE”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents 2004 

 

Invited Papers

Pastures have a key role in cropping systems – RD Freebairn

Use and improvement of tall fescue and phalaris for the North-West Slopes – C Harris, R Culvenor

Successful use of sub-tropical grasses on-farm – S Murray

New and improved legumes for pastures and crop rotations – GJ Crocker

Attempting to get the right balance – R Anderson

Soil water balance – what can pastures do for farming systems? – SR Murphy

How a pasture phase improves soil health and sustainability – P Pittaway

Soil organic matter and structure in vertosols – using pastures to make a difference – G McMullen, G Schwenke

Maximising water use to solve dryland salinity – a producer’s story – C Widdis

Improving feed efficiency of animals in your herd – R Herd, P Arthur and S Exton

Holding a measuring stick up to the Cicerone farmlets: how are they shaping up? – JM Scott, C Gaden, L Shakhane and AF Healey

Virtual fencing and cyber herding – R Lake

A cropping and livestock system – M Donaldson

A decision aid to assess the economic implications of ley pastures in crop rotations – R Strahan, F Scott

Pastures and livestock in the cropping system – benchmarking trends in the wheat-sheep zone of the Central-West NSW and farming zone of North-West NSW – S Fritsch, G Shepherd

Successful integration of pastures in farming systems – DL Lloyd

Managing the pasture phase as a high value crop – LH McCormick

Managing invasive weeds with pastures and livestock – S Millar

Was it a drought or just a dry spell? – D Capel

Managing family relationships in a family business – L Sykes

 

Debate Papers

Integrate or separate – the debate: separation case study 1 – I Carter

Integrate or separate – the debate: separation case study 2 – G Brownhill

Integrate or separate – the debate: integration case study 1 – M Hathway, L Hathway

Integrate or separate – the debate: integration case study 2 – A Donoghue

 

Poster and Contributed Papers

The role of time control grazed pastures in farming systems – FC Anderson, RSB Greene, J Field and I Packer

The B.O.Z.O. lime movement study at Wollum on the Northern Tablelands – C Edwards

Pasture dynamics in western New South Wales saltbush rangelands: Some results from 14 years of monitoring – AR Grant

Nitrogen fixation and cycling of pasture legumes – a review – DF Herridge

Mapping native vegetation communities – G Horner, TJ Hudspith

Leafy extension rates of some native perennial grasses in early spring on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales – WM Kelman, DL Garden

Soil earthworm numbers under native and sown perennial grass-based pastures in northern New South Wales – GM Lodge

Ant theft of Sirosa phalaris seeds in northern New South Wales – GM Lodge

Evaluation of pasture plants for use in recharge areas in northern New South Wales – GM Lodge, SP Boschma and MA Brennan

Preliminary studies comparing soil labile and microbial biomass carbon under native and sown perennial grass-based pastures in northern New South Wales – GM Lodge, KL King

Numbers of nematodes and microbial activity of soils under a range of pastures in northern New South Wales – GM Lodge, GR Stirling and RJ Hannam

Re-colonisation patterns of native plants in cultivation paddocks at Gunnedah, NSW – C Nadolny, J Lemon

Native grasslands soils: How do they compare with cropping and remnant woodland soils? – BR Wilson, J Lemon