Conference 2004

Invited Papers

• Pastures have a key role in cropping systems - RD Freebairn
• Use and improvement of tall fescue and phalaris for the North-West Slopes - C Harris, R Culvenor
• Successful use of sub-tropical grasses on-farm - S Murray
• New and improved legumes for pastures and crop rotations - GJ Crocker
• Attempting to get the right balance - R Anderson
• Soil water balance – what can pastures do for farming systems? - SR Murphy
• How a pasture phase improves soil health and sustainability - P Pittaway
• Soil organic matter and structure in vertosols – using pastures to make a difference - G McMullen, G Schwenke
• Maximising water use to solve dryland salinity – a producer’s story - C Widdis
• Improving feed efficiency of animals in your herd - R Herd, P Arthur and S Exton
• Holding a measuring stick up to the Cicerone farmlets: how are they shaping up? - JM Scott, C Gaden, L Shakhane and AF Healey
• Virtual fencing and cyber herding - R Lake
• A cropping and livestock system - M Donaldson
• A decision aid to assess the economic implications of ley pastures in crop rotations - R Strahan, F Scott
• Pastures and livestock in the cropping system – benchmarking trends in the wheat-sheep zone of the Central-West NSW and farming zone of North-West NSW - S Fritsch, G Shepherd
• Successful integration of pastures in farming systems - DL Lloyd
• Managing the pasture phase as a high value crop - LH McCormick
• Managing invasive weeds with pastures and livestock - S Millar
• Was it a drought or just a dry spell? - D Capel
• Managing family relationships in a family business - L Sykes

Debate Papers

• Integrate or separate – the debate: separation case study 1 - I Carter
• Integrate or separate – the debate: separation case study 2 - G Brownhill
• Integrate or separate – the debate: integration case study 1 - M Hathway, L Hathway
• Integrate or separate – the debate: integration case study 2 - A Donoghue

Contributed Papers

• The role of time control grazed pastures in farming systems - FC Anderson, RSB Greene, J Field and I Packer
• The B.O.Z.O. lime movement study at Wollum on the Northern Tablelands - C Edwards
• Pasture dynamics in western New South Wales saltbush rangelands: Some results from 14 years of monitoring - AR Grant
• Nitrogen fixation and cycling of pasture legumes – a review - DF Herridge
• Mapping native vegetation communities - G Horner, TJ Hudspith
• Leafy extension rates of some native perennial grasses in early spring on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales - WM Kelman, DL Garden
• Soil earthworm numbers under native and sown perennial grass-based pastures in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge
• Ant theft of Sirosa phalaris seeds in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge
• Evaluation of pasture plants for use in recharge areas in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge, SP Boschma and MA Brennan
• Preliminary studies comparing soil labile and microbial biomass carbon under native and sown perennial grass-based pastures in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge, KL King
• Numbers of nematodes and microbial activity of soils under a range of pastures in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge, GR Stirling and RJ Hannam
• Re-colonisation patterns of native plants in cultivation paddocks at Gunnedah, NSW - C Nadolny, J Lemon
• Native grasslands soils: How do they compare with cropping and remnant woodland soils? - BR Wilson, J Lemon