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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”
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
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
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