2014 Newsletters

2014 Newsletters

Grassland Society of NSW – 2014 Newsletters

Editorial – Carol Harris
Contribution of dual-purpose crops and pasture to forage supply in sheep grazing systems – Hugh Dove, John Kirkegaard and Susan Sprague
Ryegrass trial highlighted at Taree Update – Josh Hack
The successful use of winter active tall fescue in a mixed cropping program – Charlie Roberts
Improving the feed value of dryland lucerne in Australia – HC Norman, SJ Hughes, E Hulm, AW Humphries, K Oldach, DK Revell, Z Durmic, J Vadhanabhuti and PE Vercoe
Research Update
Assessing resilience of pasture production to climatic changes – Brendan R Cullen, Richard P Rawnsley and Richard J Eckard
NSW Hay and Silage Feed Quality Awards 2014
Dust to green flush in 10 days
Kasbah’s heat switch pumps pasture
From the President’s Desk – David Harbison

Editorial – Carol Harris
Vale Mike Keys – Chris Houghton
Rhizobia and the Rhizobia-Legume Symbiosis
Research Update
Subsoil acidity determines survival of lucerne on highly acidic soil – Guangdi Li, Mark Conyers, Richard Lowrie and Graeme Poile
Managing water resources in Australian temperate pastures – David Mitchell
New drought support arrangements from July 2014
NSW Hay and Silage Feed Quality Awards 2014
Target 100 gains 200th farmer story
From the President’s Desk – David Harbison

Editorial – Carol Harris
Rhizobia and the rhizobia-legume symbiosis – Part 2
NSW Hay and Silage Feed Quality Awards – Neil Griffiths
Research Update
Ryegrass seeding rate alters plant morphology and size – possible implications for pasture persistence? – Julia Lee, Errol Thorn, David Chapman, Kate Wynn, Deanne Waugh and Laura Rossi
Photos from the conference
Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) in herb and legume pastures increases lamb growth relative to perennial ryegrass and white clover – Peter Kemp, Paul Kenyon, Stephen Morris and Sharini Somasiri
New book – Pastures in a farming system
Grassland events around the globe
Why prepare low worm-risk paddocks – Deb Maxwell
Climate outlook overview
From the President’s Desk – David Harbison

Editorial – Carol Harris
Rhizobia and the rhizobia-legume symbiosis – Part 3
Horizon Scholarship
Pasture Updates – Regional Reports
Research Update
Assess the upcoming season – Indicators and Outlooks for northern NSW – Sean Murphy
Time to get serious: a review of weed management in New South Wales – John Keniry
From the President’s Desk – David Harbison