DRIVING YOUR LANDSCAPE TO SUCCESS
Managing a Grazing Business for Profit in the Agricultural Landscape
27th Annual Conference of The Grassland Society of NSW Inc.
WAGGA WAGGA 24–26 JULY 2012
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Invited Papers
Recognising and working within landscape limitations for increased productivity – B. Hackney, J. Powells and N. Ferguson
How has grazing management changed to utilise differences in the landscape? A follow up to 2001 Gundagai Conference – RR Purcell, CA Purcell and AB Purcell
Soil carbon: variation across the landscape – SE Orgill, J Condon, M Conyers, R Greene and B Murphy
Alternative fertiliser – what do results from pasture studies tell us? – FJ Leech
Humic products – potential or presumption for agriculture? Can humic products improve my soil? – KL Billingham
Phosphorus in the landscape: a sustainable phosphorus future for Australian pastures – RJ Simpson
‘GrassGro helped me fine tune my farming system, how can it help you?’ – O Cay
Why fertilise native pastures? – DJ Alcock, L Pope, J Powells and D Garden
Long-term effects of fertiliser on the productivity and persistence of perennial native grasses – MJ Keys and BW Clements
Intensive rotational grazing can improve profitability and environmental outcomes – WB Badgery, P Cranney, GD Millar, D Mitchell, K Behrendt
Perennial pasture species for the mixed farming zone of southern NSW – We don’t have many options – RC Hayes, GD Li and BF Hackney
How a new decision support tool helps farmers in mixed farming make pasture sowing decisions about cover cropping – J McCormick, R Hayes, T Swan,G Li, J Walker, Nordblom, G Casburn, T Hutchings, AD Moore, E Zurcher, M Peoples
Increasing the proportion of female lambs by supplementary feeding oats high in omega-6 fatty acids at joining – EH Clayton, CE Gulliver, JF Wilkins, BJ King, RJ Meyer and MF Friend
Contributed papers
Pasture utilisation – a key driver for profitable grazing – G.M. Lodge, I.R. Johnson and L.H. McCormick
Long-term modelling of lucerne and tropical perennial grass mixtures and monocultures – GM Lodge and LH McCormick
History of the Grassland Society of NSW – the first 25 years – MH Campbell
Poster papers
Critical phosphorus levels for butterfly pea and buffel grass and the impact of inter-specific competition – CD Campbell, R Haling and C Guppy
More lucerne reduces feeding in drought years and increases the weight of lamb sold in wet summers – SM Robertson and MA Friend
Choice of sheep enterprise affects production and risk – SM Robertson and MA Friend
Managing rangeland goats in western New South Wales – Y Alemseged, RB Hacker, ID Toole and WJ Smith