Conference 2006

"WAGING WAR ON WEEDS"

Date: 25-27 JULY 2006
Location: Wagga Wagga NSW

Table of contents

Invited Papers

• Setting the scene: ‘Farming – a great means of wealth creation, but who is managing it’ - Peter Jacobs
• The economic cost of weeds in pasture systems - Randall Jones, Jack Sinden
• Weed introductions – what has been learned from the past that can help stop future weed problems - Lynley Stone
• Weed management principles for permanent and ley pastures - David Kemp
• New and existing weed threats in southern NSW - Birgitte Verbeek
• The weed control paradox or how and when do I learn to love my weeds? Major pasture weeds in northern NSW - Andrew Storrie
• Conquering serrated tussock at ‘Yellangalo’ - Alison Nicholls
• Utilisation of pastures dominated by Coolatai grass (Hyparrhenia hirta) in Northern NSW - Steve Hunt
• Assessing the extent of serrated tussock resistance to the herbicide, flupropanate in Australia - DA McLaren, S Ramasamy, AC Lawrie, TA Morfe and G Pritchard
• Herbicide tolerance of seedling perennial grasses – options for improving establishment - Brian Dear
• Herbicide tolerance of pasture legumes and herbs - Peter Lockley
• Are you importing weeds onto your property - Michael Moerkerk
• Biological control of pasture weeds in New South Wales – an update of current research - Royce Holtkamp
• Successful biological control of Paterson’s curse - Max Cowie
• Timing pasture cutting for weed management - Annabel Bowcher
• Making quality silage and hay from pastures containing weeds - JW Piltz, HM Burns
• Fodder conservation and weed control - Frank Austin
• Winning the war against bare ground and broadleaf weeds with grazing management – results from the Broadford Grazing Experiment 1998-2003 - Kate Sargeant, Lisa Warn and Gary McLarty
• Managing weeds through effective grazing - Chris Wright, Margot Wright
• Shifting from sheep to cattle and its effect on pasture weeds - Bryan Corrigan
• Problems in livestock grazing weeds - Luzia Rast
• Balancing enterprises on a whole farm basis for improved economic viability and weed management - David Michalk, Warwick Badgery, Geoff Millar and Randall Jones

Poster Summaries

• A 2005 snapshot of dryland farming management within the mid and lower Murrumbidgee catchment - VL Davis
• Saltbush – its value as a supplement for finishing prime lambs in summer/autumn in southern NSW - G Duddy, B Hackney
• Paddock Plants field days – helping landholders to recognise and manage common pasture species - C Edwards, B Clements, C Rose and L McWhirter
• Grass tetany – property risk diagnosis - MG Elliott
• Controlling saffron thistle using grazing management - BS Grace, RDB Whalley, AW Sheppard and BM Sindel
• Best management practices for dryland cropping systems: great brome and fumitory - CM Griffiths
• Pasture legumes and grasses for the Monaro region of southern NSW - B Hackney, G Dyce and C Rodham
• Tolerance of seedling plantain to broadleaf weed herbicides - B Hackney, B Dear, G Dyce and C Rodham
• Selection of alternative ‘lucernes’ and native legumes for Australian farming systems - RC Hayes, BS Dear and GD Li
• Managing wireweed in spring-sown pastures - RC Hayes, BS Dear, GD Li, JM Virgona, MK Conyers and BF Hackney
• Effect of lime on the persistence and production of two chicory cultivars on an acid soil - RC Hayes, BS Dear and GD Li
• What is Chilean needle grass? - LJ Iaconis
• Establishment of perennial wallaby grass (Austrodanthonia caespitosa) compared with annual rye corn as a citrus mid-row ground cover crop for semi arid areas - PJ Jessop, JA Giddings
• Angel medic tolerates sulfonylurea herbicide residues in south western NSW - PJ Jessop, JH Howie
• Profitability of liming and fertilising native pastures in the Yass district - FJ Leech
• Long-term lime effect on pasture and sheep performance. 1. Pasture botanical composition changes - GD Li, MK Conyers, RJ Lowrie and GJ Poile
• Long-term lime effect on pasture and animal performance 2. Sheep responses - GD Li, MK Conyers, RJ Lowrie and GJ Poile
• Flood induced recruitment of lippia (Phyla canescens) - MJ Macdonald, RDB Whalley, BM Sindel, MH Julien and JA Duggin
• Arming weeds advisors with knowledge - AC McCaffery
• Regional best practice management of Chilean Needle Grass (Nassella neesiana) – New South Wales preliminary trial results - L McWhirter, J Lowien, C Grech, DA McLaren and BM Sindel
• A holistic approach to the control of weedy Sporobolus species - KC Moore
• Pasture production, animal performance and weed population changes under three fertiliser treatments on granite derived soil on the Monaro - J Powells, L Pope
• Pasture production, animal performance and weed population changes under three fertiliser treatments on basalt derived soil on the Monaro - J Powells, L Pope
• Cane needle grass, Nassella hyalina, on North Wagga Flats - DG Read, AS Craig
• Distribution of phosphorus levels across the Healthy Soils for Healthy Landscapes and Benchmarking Soil Chemistry projects for cropping and pasture systems - SE Roberts, K Andersson, N Murphy, C McMaster and S Tate
• Long term control of blue heliotrope (Heliotropium amplexicaule) using Graslan® and tropical grasses - KJ Schulze, J Unwin
• Noxious weed legislation. 1. Changes to the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 - B Verbeek
• Noxious weed legislation. 2. What do changes to the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 mean to you? - B Verbeek