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Table of Contents from the 24th Conference Proceedings
5-6 AUGUST 2009 –Taree NSW
“THE GRASS IS GREENER”
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