Conference 2015

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MAKING PASTURES PAY

29th Annual Conference of The Grassland Society of NSW Inc.
GOULBURN 14–16 JULY 2015

 

Click here to download  Preliminary and Table of Contents 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Invited Papers

Opportunities to maximise livestock profitability – JK Webb Ware

Managing the production potential of the soils of the Southern and Central Tablelands – key messages from the LANDSCAN program – LC Pope

New insights into phosphorus cycling in pastures: implications for fertiliser management and for closing the phosphorus efficiency gap – RJ Simpson, GA Sandral, MH Ryan, RI McLaren, RJ Smernik, MJ McLaughlin, TM McBeath, H Lambers, CN Guppy and AE Richardson

Which breeding direction for sheep on the Southern Tablelands? – P Graham and AK White

Does increasing body frame size in Merinos increase profit? A case study – G Burbidge and J Virgona

Managing fertiliser in a grazing system – putting principles into practice – JM Virgona and NJ Ferguson

A farmer’s perspective on strategic fertiliser management – O Cay

Persistent perennials? An advisor’s perspective – DR Harbison

Grazing management options to boost productivity and secure healthy landscapes – W Badgery, G Millar, K Broadfoot, J Martin, D Pottie, A Simmons and P Cranney

Capitalising on the opportunities for agriculture in the Tablelands of southern NSW – a farmer’s perspective – G Kadwell

 

Contributed papers

Phalaris cultivar persistence under soil fertility and grazing treatments at Canberra  – RA Culvenor and RJ Simpson.

Evaluation of a grazier education program in a drinking water catchment  –  AA Senn and M Lieschke.

Influence of winter grazed, dual purpose wheat and canola crops in a pasture system on the performance of Merino sheep – CS Pinares-Patino, SE McDonald, JA Kirkegaard, H Dove, JR Hunt, RJ Simpson and AD Moore.

Poultry litter is not all the Same – NW Griffiths

 

Poster papers

Prilled lime added to the seed – effects on pasture establishment vary with season  – MR Norton

New pasture plant options to reduce P-input costs of grazing systems   – G Sandra, R Simpson, A Price, S Hildebrand, C Fuller, Z Yang, A Stefanski, D Kidd, H Lambers and M Ryan.

Lambs grazing a choice of biserrula and subterranean clover have higher growth rates in spring than lambs grazing a biserrula monoculture  – SR McGrath, GA Sandral, L Sundermann and MA Friend.