2016 Newsletters

Grassland Society of NSW – 2016 Newsletters

Volume 31, Number 1, 2016 (pdf file 1016kb)

  • Editorial – Carol Harris
  • Is it time to revisit management of soil acidity? – Helen Burns and Dr Mark Norton
  • The end of summer – assessing the outlook for 2016 in northern NSW – Sean Murphy and Lester McCormick
  • Bureau of Meteorology Climate Outlook for March to May 2016
  • The influence of herbicides on soil fungi in grazing systems
  • Research Update
  • Doing the numbers on ewes – reprinted from mla.com.au
  • Grass seed management starts now – reprinted from mla.com.au
  • From the President – David Harbison

Volume 31, Number 2, 2016 (pdf file 2068kb)

  • Editorial – Carol Harris
  • Pasture Updates – what’s new
  • LambEx 2016
  • Three things you need to know when grazing crops- Shawn McGrath
  • Russian wheat aphid
  • Research Update
  • Not just bees: the buzz on our other vital insect
    helpers – Romina Rader, Manu Saunders and Saul Cunningham
  • History of Grassland Society of NSW – the first 30
    years – Malcolm Campbell and Carol Harris
  • From the President – David Harbison

Volume 31, Number 3, 2016 (pdf file 1449kb)

  • Editorial – Carol Harris
  • Liveweight gain by cattle grazing native pasture or improved pasture sown on rehabilitated mine
    land – Upper Hunter study – Neil Griffiths, Lester McCormick and Neil Nelson
  • Upcoming Pasture Updates
  • Research Update
  • Barbervax – the state of play – David Smith
  • MLA to host forum on red meat industry’s digital future
  • Magnesium defciency in livestock – Nigel Brown
  • From the President – David Harbison

Volume 31, Number 4, 2016 (pdf file 3575kb)

  • Editorial – Carol Harris
  • Pasture Update Reports
  • Producing store lambs on a Microlaena stipoides dominated pasture – the impact of grazing management and stocking rate – NP Linden, ML Mitchell, S Norng and LL Slocombe
  • Temperate perennial pasture establishment guide now available online
  • Farming Together
  • Merino Superior Sires – New edition now available
  • How to manage grass seeds
  • Research Update
  • AGnVet, Grassland Society of NSW and Auswest Seeds Holbrook Field Day
  • From the President – David Harbison