2008 Newsletters

Grassland Society of NSW – 2008 Newsletters

Volume 23, Number 1, 2008 (pdf file 653kb)

  • Editorial – Haydn Lloyd-Davies
  • Grassland conference returns to Tamworth for 2008
  • Early maturity, hard seed; best drought pasture annuals – R. Freebairn
  • New Zealand Pasture Industry Study Tour – M. Duncan
  • Reducing theft of pasture seeds by seed-harvesting ants – M.H. Campbell
  • Boosting winter feed by adding fast growing annuals – R. Freebairn
  • New stripe rust pathotype will mean management changes for triticale growers
  • Drought affected canola & wheat – feed quantity and quality decline in standing crops – N. Phillips
  • Selecting the best variety of perennial grass for your local environment and paddock microclimate to enhance persistence (PART 1) – (B. Hackney, B. Dear, R. Hayes
  • From the President’s Desk – Mick Duncan

Volume 23, Number 2, 2008 (pdf file 573kb)

  • Editorial – Haydn Lloyd-Davies
  • 2008 Grasslands Society of NSW Annual Conference, 21 – 23 July 2008, Tamworth
  • Selecting the best variety of perennial grass for your local environment and paddock microclimate to enhance persistence (PART 2) – B Hackney, B Dear, R Hayes
  • Increasing Fertiliser Prices – P Graham, F Leech
  • Minimal damage from cattle trampling on self-mulching soils – Dr C Guppy
  • Supering Pastures – Will it Pay? – M Keys
  • Are “shotgun mixtures” the answer for tropical grasses? – L McCormick
  • Implications for pastoral agriculture of climate change in southern Australia – M Norton
  • From the President’s Desk – Mick Duncan

Volume 23, Number 3, 2008 (pdf file 865kb)

  • Editorial – Haydn Lloyd-Davies
  • Tamworth Grassland Society Conference 2008 summary – M Duncan
  • Evergraze in Central and Northern NSW – L Beange
  • Grain and Graze: pasture cropping sub-programme – G Millar, W Badgery
  • Tropical’s – they’re good – J Lowein
  • Lucerne Breeding in Tamworth Agricultural Institute current happenings – S Venkatanagappa
  • Why not more Lucerne? – B Freebairn
  • Pasture Systems in the Central West – M McRae
  • From the President’s Desk – Mick Duncan

Volume 23, Number 4, 2008 (pdf file 1250kb)

  • Editorial – Carol Harris
  • Closure of research stations – Haydn Lloyd-Davies
  • Tropical pastures on tour at Tamworth – Suzanne Boschma
  • All round sound pasture management wins coveted competition – Bob Freebairn
  • Retirement of Dr John Ayres – Carol Harris
  • XXIIth International Congreee in 2013
  • Escalating phosphorus costs – Phil Graham, Richard Simpson, Alan Richardson
  • Enabling suitable conditions for recruitment of desirable perennial grass seedlings with existing pastures – Roshan Thapa
  • From the President’s Desk – Mick Duncan