Conference 2009

 

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Table of Contents from the 24th Conference Proceedings

 

 

5-6 AUGUST 2009 –Taree NSW

“THE GRASS IS GREENER”

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents 2009 

 

Invited Papers

The Manning Valley – Terry Launders

Sustainable beef cattle production systems – A Edwards

Upper Barrington pasture improvement – J Laurie

Rumen function and lameness in highly managed pasture based dairy systems – J Gibbs

Comparing Gippsland to Walcha – P Notman

Personal health and wellbeing – T Farrell

Land sector accounting and the national carbon accounting system – W Slattery

The role of native pastures in the Mid North Coast landscape – CM Rose

Nutritional management options to reduce enteric methane emissions from NSW beef and dairy herds – RS Hegarty

The challenge of managing cattle herds for growth and reproductive efficiency on pastures in north-coastal New South Wales – DW Hennessy

High production from Creebank pasture – D Williams

Treechangers – 50% and increasing the beef supply. Growing big, healthy and happy Angus cattle on the NSW Mid-North Coast -R Elphick, E Elphick

Impacts and implications of climate change for the pastoral industries – AL Cowie, RJ Martin

Pasture production at Budgeree Holsteins – C Cowan

 

Contributed papers

Selection of a seeding Swazi grass – TA Campbell, DI Officer

Soil carbon sequestration potential under perennial pastures in the mid-north coast of New South Wales – KY Chan, D McCoy

A lime movement experiment, Walcha NSW – C Edwards, M Duncan, C Harris and  A Burgess

Pasture growth from poultry litter. Part 1 – N Griffiths, S Richards

Pasture growth from poultry litter. Part 2: Comparing the cost of poultry litter – N Griffiths

Suppression of kikuyu grass to allow oversowing in autumn – N Griffiths, T Cook and P Beale

Seed yield, dormancy and seedling survival of some perennial tropical grasses in northern New South Wales – GM Lodge, LH McCormick and BR Roworth

Producers dealing with problem pasture species that cause seed contamination and production losses in lamb production systems – J Mason, K Behrendt

Simple rules to use when buying seed of tropical perennial grasses – LH McCormick, GM Lodge, SP Boschma and S Murray

Potential production of irrigated dairy forages on coastal NSW – JS Neal

Effect of fertilisers on pasture growth in carpet grass dominated pastures – C Rose, H Rose

Effect of fertiliser and rest period on legume abundance in carpet grass dominated pastures – C Rose, H Rose

Effect of fertiliser and rest period on grass composition in carpet grass dominated pastures – C Rose, H Rose

Effect of rest period on growth rates of carpet grass dominated pastures – C Rose, H Rose

Growth rates of water couch (Paspalum distichum) and spike rush (Eleocharis sphacelata) in two wetland grazing systems on the North Coast – C Rose, H Rose and P Hirst

Feed quality of water couch (Paspalum distichum) and spike rush (Eleocharis sphacelata) on the North Coast of NSW – C Rose, H Rose and P Hirst

Producing ‘greener’ grass with legumes enhances $u$tainability – JM Scott

Productivity and nutrient availability on a Ferrosol: biochar, lime and fertiliser – K Sinclair, P Slavich, L van Zwieten and A Downie

GPS livestock tracking: a pasture utilisation monitor for the grazing industry – MG Trotter, DW Lamb and GN Hinch

Differences in intrinsic water-use efficiency between four Austrodanthonia species – CM Waters, J Virgona