2018 Newsletters

Volume 33, Number 1, 2018 (pdf file 935kb)

  • Editorial – Carol Harris
  • Moree Pasture Update report
  • Livestock Productivity Program expanded
  • New drought indicator safe-guarding farmers
  • Understanding combined drought indicator phases  (click here for link to CDI page)
  • How many farm injuries result in hospitalisation?
  • NSW seed in doomsday vault
  • Research Update
  • Factors to consider before sowing a temperate pasture  (click here for DPI Pasture Establishment Guide)
  • Pasture establishment budgets
  • From the President – David Harbison

Volume 33, Number 2, 2018 (pdf file 890kb)

  • Editorial – Carol Harris
  • Grong Grong (Berrembed) Pasture Update report
  • When the going gets tough the Drought Feed Calculator (DFC) gets downloaded
  • Understanding your feedtest
  • What you need to know about soil testing
  • Soil issues affecting pastures
  • From the President – David Harbison

Volume 33, Number 3, 2018 (pdf file 955kb)

  • Editorial – Carol Harris
  • The Grassland Society of NSW sponsors GRASS program
  • Establishing pastures – Soil issues affecting pastures
  • Establishing pastures – Pasture species selection
  • Research Update
  • Largest ever remote monitoring project kicks off
  • Automation could be the way of the future for shearing sheds
  • Updated drought guide available now
  • From the President – David Harbison

Volume 33, Number 4, 2018 (pdf file 828kb)

  • Editorial – Carol Harris
  • Pasture Update Reports
  • Cattle adaption to dual-purpose canola – Dr Jeff McCormick, Dr Shawn McGrath and John Paulet
  • Weed control prior to sowing pasture
  • Research Update
  • Fertiliser at sowing
  • From the President – David Harbison