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Table of Contents from the 25th Conference Proceedings
28-29 JULY 2010 – Dubbo NSW
“ADAPTING MIXED FARMS TO FUTURE ENVIRONMENTS”
Invited Papers
Funny farming for the future – Andrew Mosely, Megan Mosely
From advisory to regulatory land management – Peter Weston
Broad-scale management of biodiversity in temperate grazing lands and implications for productivity and profitability – JW Dorrough
The important role of soil organic carbon in future mixed farming systems – KY Chan
Soil carbon levels in southern NSW – KO Andersson, WB Badgery
What can insects do to help the farm? soil improvement, pollination and pest control – Saul A Cunningham, Theo A Evans, Anthony D Arthur, Nancy A Schellhorn and Felix JJA Bianchi
Changing our farm enterprise and management for a profitable and sustainable future – Robert Goodear
Increasing productivity and persistence of perennial native pastures: EverGraze Albury–Wodonga – ML Mitchell, LL Slocombe, FW Dempsey and KF Wilson
Practical application of precision sheep management – JS Richards, SJ Semple and KD.Atkins
A producer’s experience with precision sheep management – Ray Haigh
Integrating livestock and subsequent crop enterprises – DR Harbison, TA Wright
Evidence-based agriculture – can we get there? – JM Virgona, G Daniel
The impact of extreme drought and climate change on the demography of plains grass populations in central New South Wales – RC Godfree, BJ Lepschi and MD Carnegie
Determining the quality of diets of grazing animals – GL Krebs, MBP Kumara Mahipala, P McCafferty and K Dods
Recent tropical perennial grass research and their potential role in maintaining production in a variable and changing climate – SP Boschma, GM Lodge, LH McCormick
Regeneration for profitable production – Angus Maurice, Lucy Maurice, Rick Maurice and Bren Maurice
Maximising productivity from Brassica crops – HG Judson
Contributed papers
Biochar and productivity of Digitaria eriantha cv. Premier on a degraded soil in northern NSW – MK McLeod, PG Slavich and RJ McLeod
Comparison of recent, short-term rainfall observations with long-term distributions for three centres in northern New South Wales – GM Lodge, LH McCormick
Predicting pasture production from November temperatures – WB Badgery, GD Millar, D Mitchell, P Cranney and S Priest
Catchment action market based instruments – Soil Carbon Research Project – A Simmons, W Badgery, B Murphy, A Rawson, I Packer and K Andersson
Conservation of plant diversity in native pastures on the North-West Slopes of New South Wales – Nick Schultz, Nick Reid and Greg Lodge
Influence of cropping and grazing on soil seed bank composition and in-situ vegetation on the “Pillicawarrina” floodplain, Macquarie Marshes – C Waters, L Nairn and G Melville
Temporary cropping as a means to restore native perennial grasslands in western NSW – Y Alemseged, R B Hacker, W J Smith and G J Melville
Long-term annual rainfall and the distribution of simulated annual pasture intake of ewes grazing different pastures on the North-West Slopes of New South Wales – GM Lodge, LH McCormick
Reduced feed quality of hay following heating – N Griffiths, J Piltz, E Clayton, R Meyer and S Richards
Evaluation of chicory cultivars and lines and plantain cultivars on the North-West Slopes of New South Wales – SP Boschma, GM Lodge, MA Brennan and S Harden
Ten tips for better establishment of sown tropical perennial grasses in northern New South Wales – GM Lodge, LH McCormick
Tropical grass pastures capture winter rainfall – SR Murphy, GM Lodge and MA Brennan
Acid soil tolerant lucerne – a pasture legume option for acidic soils in New South Wales – S Venkatanagappa, T O’Brien
Evaluation of perennial legume and herb cultivars and lines, North-West Slopes of New South Wales – SP Boschma, GM Lodge, MA Brennan and S Harden
Gross margin example of saltbush establishment in a rangeland pasture – Central West Catchment Management Authority
Developing resilient and productive pasture mixtures for southern Australia – MR Norton, RC Hayes, AW Humphries, KG Pembleton, RA Culvenor and GD Li
Do pasture cropping systems work out west? – GD Millar, WB Badgery
Pasture cropping in the Central West and Lachlan CMAs – GD Millar
Pasture cropping checklist – GD Millar, WB Badgery
Pasture cropping in northern NSW – do the numbers for plant available water stack up? – GM Lodge, LH McCormick