Conference 2002

Invited Papers

• The value of pastures to mixed farming enterprises - Mark Gardner
• Lambs or wool for Central West New South Wales - John Nadin
• Managing pastures to manage weeds - Barney Milne
• Opportunities in pasture seed production - Pat Farrelly
• High Density Legumes – where do they fit? - Peter Gordon, Kirrilly Condon
• Making native pastures pay - John Betts
• Pastures to increase nitrogen in crop rotations - Jim Watson
• Pastures for low rainfall cropping systems - John Francis
• Pastures for prime lambs - Chris Blunt
• Pastures for beef production - Geoff Lindon
• New opportunities by value-adding wool - Kate Sevier

Contributed Papers

• Persistence of phalaris-legume mixtures on the North West Slopes, NSW - SP Boschma
• Seasonal variation in long term estimates of soil water balance predicted by the SGS Pasture Model for a native pasture in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge, SR Murphy and IR Johnson
• Can graziers assess sustainable and productive pastures? - GM Lodge, LH McCormick and SR Murphy
• Root depths of sown and native pastures on the North-West Slopes of New South Wales - GM Lodge, SR Murphy

Poster Summaries

• Botanical changes in a grazed native grassland with ‘sub and super’ - TP Bolger, DL Garden and BM Reid
• Extension activities improve producer awareness of soil health - C Edwards, M Duncan
• Patience key to summer grass pasture success - RD Freebairn
• The role of pasture improvement in profitable farm businesses in central west New South Wales - K Hertel, M Gardner
• Lime – an important factor in farm business profit in central west New South Wales - K Hertel, M Gardner
• Effect of surface applied lime on establishment and persistence of perennial pastures - M Keys, B Schumann
• Managing grassy native vegetation for conservation on the Northern Tablelands of NSW - J Reseigh, C Nadolny
• Water couch – productive quality grass for acid sulphate soil remediation! - C Rose, R Yerbury and S Henderson